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Gender
Reassignment Surgery
While many people go through life
without thinking twice about their sexual makeup and whether or not
it is correct; others find themselves more then convinced that they
are the wrong sex. Whether its their body, sexual characteristics,
gender roles and expectations or all of these things combined; gender reassignment surgery
serves as a plausible alternative for getting the desired results.
In gender reassignment surgery there
are a number of different procedures in which patients go through
depending on whether they are being reassigned as a male or a
female.
Going through gender reassignment
surgery has it's fair share of complications. Obviously, any
procedure that requires an operation is going to be far from cheap.
Other complications include the fact that there are not many
surgeons with experience in the gender reassignment procedures of
constructing either vagina's or penis'.
The fact that gender identity is
generally classified as a
disorder makes it possible but complicated for people seeking gender reassignment
surgery. While you may be surprised that such procedures are legal
they are often protected by organizations known as "Standards of Care
for Gender Identity Disorders". Given that they are protected there
is still a number of qualifications to be diagnosed with this
disorder.
Patients usually have to be evaluated
by three different psychologists to decide that these people not
only want to go through with the gender reassignment surgery but
want to live the rest of their lives as their desired sex. There
are also interventions to attend for these people, and even a process
called "real life experience" to make a final decision on not only the
gender reassignment surgery, but the life ahead of them after the
operation. On the other hand, some medical professionals do not believe that all of this is
really necessary.
What makes all of the qualifications
for gender reassignment surgery necessary, is the permanence. While
female to male surgery's have a slight chance of being reversible,
male to female surgeries have no chance of reversal due to the
removal of both the penis an testicles. Also whether or not a
person is convinced that they are ready to go through with the
gender reassignment surgery they are not ready for the societal
reactions and discriminations that usually follow. Sometimes being
unable to walk down the street without being harassed can be harder
then living in what these people believe is not their true sex.
Other then societal reaction ,is the
lengthy and painful rehab following the gender reassignment
surgery. Limitations for extreme and even regular activity exist
for several months while the entire process can take up to a year
and a half. Constant maintenance to your new sexual makeup can also
be very demanding and painful, and if your are unwilling to take
care of your new body then you have just wasted a lot of money.
The total of people going though with gender
reassignment surgery will only increase with society becoming more excepting
and technologically advanced. Remember, it isn't an attempt to get
attention or to start over; but and actual disorder that these people
have to face. The dedication is stressed and the tests are stern
in order to qualify these gender reassignment surgeries; in order to validate
that this is in fact the right road for these people to follow.
Male to Female Operations
Sex Change Operations
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