Смена пола из мужчины в женщину или наоборот – не The most common operation in the world, despite the fact that, according to statistics, how do more people experience the desire to change their sex? It is important to understand that the operation to change the sex is a difficult process, as a result of which there is a gross intervention in almost all body systems.
To consider the consequences and risks of the operation, you need to know in detail about all the stages of this procedure.
Causes of the operation
In each country, preparation before changingthe floor is different. In Russia, as a rule, the problem is limited to bureaucratic delays with the change of documents. But for a person firmly confident in the desire to change his body in accordance with his attitude, this is hardly a significant problem.
Почему возникает желание, которое побуждает to resort to such an operation as a change of gender to female or male, it is impossible to explain exactly. But one thing is certain: this desire is not a sign of mental illness, and transsexualism is officially included in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD 10).
As a rule, before changing sex, a personfor a long time already exists in the guise of a person of the other sex. He can dress in appropriate clothes, do his hair, and even present himself as someone else’s name. Moreover, new acquaintances will not even guess that a person of a different gender is in front of them.
All this means that sooner or later a person will come to the clinic and ask to change the anatomy of his body in accordance with his sense of self.
Preparation
The period of preparation for the operation includescomprehensive examination of the body and psychological examination. It is important that a person understands how difficult an operation is for him, how many procedures he will have to go through. If the patient expresses lasting agreement, he is prescribed hormone therapy.
Before you perform an operation, it is important to make sure that the body tolerates all the prescribed drugs well, because after the operation a person will have to take them for life.
Hormonal drugs
Известно, что изменяются не только половые органы after the sex change operation, but also the human hormones. Few people know, but it is hormone therapy that makes it possible to transform as much as possible, and not the surgical manipulations on the body.
Reception of estrogen gives femininity: the face and its features soften, rounded, body hair growth decreases, the voice becomes higher and more melodious.
Reception of androgens, on the contrary, makes facial features more rough, voice - low, provokes hair growth on the face and body.
Hormones should be lifelong.Officially, this is called hormone replacement therapy, it should be chosen by the doctor individually for each patient. However, in Russia there are difficulties with prescribing drugs for people who have experienced a sex change, so many patients choose their drugs themselves, significantly risking their health.
How is the operation?
Операция по смене пола – это процедура, в the result of which the external genital organs by surgical manipulations are changed to the organs of the opposite sex. It is important to understand that even in the case that the manipulations performed by the doctor create visually aesthetic and correct sexual organs, the person will forever lose reproductive ability. Yes, and getting sensual pleasure will also be a big question.
Sex change from man to woman is carried outfaster in time. During the operation, the doctor removes the penis, and from its flaps and intestinal fragments forms the female vagina. But the transformation from woman to man continues for at least one year. First, the surgeon removes the organs of the female reproductive system. And only after 10-12 months, the male penis is formed from the clitoris.
Other procedures
После гормональной терапии и хирургического interventions gender reincarnation process can already be considered complete. But many people prefer to go to the end, perfecting their body. In the list of procedures go:
- laser hair removal;
- breast augmentation with implants;
- correction of facial areas with fillers.
The course, technique and amount of interventions performed by people who have changed their gender is similar to self-care of people who have never resorted to the transgender transition.
Rehabilitation
Реабилитационный период после проведения смены sex from a man to a woman, or vice versa, is aggravated by a period of physical recovery after surgical interventions and psychological adjustment to a new gender role.
Если подготовка к операции прошла правильно, и the person admitted to the operation has no somatic pathologies that can interfere with the recovery period, there will be a minimum number of contraindications.
Physiological risks
The risks that a transgender transition carries can be divided into psychological and physiological.
Physiological include any complications that may occur after surgery. Namely:
- blood poisoning;
- hematomas;
- tissue infection;
- scars;
- loss of tissue sensitivity;
- edema;
- bleeding.
Almost all of the above complications arereversible. That is, for some time a person will have to face physical discomfort and postoperative difficulties, but after a period of rehabilitation, the person’s well-being will fully normalize.
As a rule, the surgeon gives the patient recommendationsfollowing which, it is possible to minimize all undesirable consequences of the operation. If complications do occur, you must report them to your doctor or medical staff as soon as possible.
Psychological risks
Although the sex change from a man toA woman or the reverse transformation is a desirable event in the life of a person who decided to take this step, often a period of adaptation to a new gender role leads a person to an emotional crisis. There are cases when a person turned to the doctor again with a request to return to him the same sex. Also known cases of suicide.
How to reduce the risk of adverse effectspsychological adaptation? For this you need to contact a specialist who will help to deal with problems as quickly as possible. You can chat with people who have gone through a similar operation, or try to share their experience with a large audience by starting a blog or writing a book.
Cost of metamorphosis
How much does a sex change operation cost?a question that interests everyone who is not indifferent to this subject. In Russia, the operation is quite expensive: in order to turn a man into a woman, it will take from 400 thousand to 1.5 million rubles.
For women who wish to become men, the price of the issue will be almost twice as high. On average, in a plastic surgery clinic, a newly-made man will have to leave about 3 million rubles.
Famous people who change their gender
A person who is seriously interested in changing sex from a man to a woman or turning back will be interested in learning about the experience of people who have already gone through such an operation.
Rene Richards changed her gender to female in 1975 anddid not regret the operation. Her story attracted taking pictures of the public, and her reasoning about the place of transsexuals in the world of big sport only added interest to her person.
The story of Denis Banten Berry also talks aboutturning a man into a woman on the operating table, but Denis evaluates his experience negatively. There is a special message that Daniella left to people who want to go for a sex change operation. In it, she argues from personal experience why this is not worth doing.
Sandra McDougall, changing the external genitalson women, too, was unhappy with the metamorphosis. Life in a female body, according to her own assurances, brought her only humiliation and even violence. Sandra encourages men who want to feel in a man's body, to think about how women feel in modern society, what problems and difficulties they face.
Of course, there are a considerable number of stories about the positive experience of changing sex. But it is important to know exactly the negative aspects in order to make the right decision, which later will not be regretted.
Change gender, male and female - seriousthe deed, when performing it, it is important to understand that there may not be a way back. Of course, you can do a second operation and return the former appearance to the genitals and stop taking hormones. But any intervention affects the health of the person, so when re-operation may be contraindications. In addition, when returning to the previous semi-reproductive function and sensitivity of the genitals will not be returned.
