A PLASTIC surgeon in Taiwan, Dr Chen Weinong, decided to "gift" his wife with the promise of having no more children, by performing a vasectomy - on himself.
And they say chivalry is dead.
Of course, to prove he actually did take matters into his own hands (literally), the father-of-three recorded the whole procedure for "education purposes" and uploaded the video onto social media, which has unsurprisingly gone viral and attracted four million viewers.
Dr Chen was fully conscious after using a local anaesthetic to numb his genitals for the hour-long procedure.
However, he admitted "it was a strange feeling to touch and suture my own urethra".
Ironically, Dr Chen encouraged viewers to see a medical professional for their own vasectomies, rather than attempting to DIY like he did.
It should be noted that Dr Chen was also under the supervision of a qualified urologist, so he wasn't completely alone. Phew.
It certainly takes balls to take on such a task.
Most cases of self-surgery take place under life-or-death circumstances.
One of the most famous documented cases involved a Russian physician, Leonid Rogozov, who successfully removed his own appendix after suffering appendicitis during an isolated Antarctic expedition in the 60s.
Don't try this at home, kids.
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