I had this done in 1975, and it was the best $130 I ever spent. I was living in North Carolina at the time, and it was a state law (according to the doctor), that the husband had to get the wife's
notarized permission for the surgery. After the surgery, the doctor gave me a box of 24 "protectors" and told me to come back for testing once they were gone. I told him I would be back the next week.