Emergency contraception Sexually transmitted infections How fpa can help you A final word Male and Female Sterilisation Sterilisation works by stopping the egg and the sperm meeting. Sterilisation is only for people who are sure they never want children or do not want more children.
Sterilisation is a permanent method of contraception.
There is an operation to reverse sterilisation, but it is complicated, expensive and may not work. You may want to find out about other long-term methods of contraception which are as effective as sterilisation, but reversible. How effective any contraceptive is depends on how old you are, how often you have sex and whether you follow the instructions. There is a very slight risk that sterilisation will not work. The tubes that carry the sperm in men and the eggs in women can rejoin after sterilisation.