HOW far a transsexual surgery painful & expensive? do you recommend it?
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I'm not quite sure what you are trying to get at- but I'll try to answer some of your questions- and maybe some you didn't think of.\n\nIf you mean how far can the surgeon go to make you look like you have a genetic woman's vagina, the results are virtually indistinguishable from the "real thing". I have heard stories where a transsexual woman went to her gyno and the doctor couldn't tell anything had been done. You would just look like a hysterectomized female- vagina and no uterus.\n\nYes, a sex change is painful- most major operations are, but since you are more than likely a woman in a male body, you would have a higher tolerance for pain- a lot of women do. They do give you pain meds, and from most accounts, the worst of the pain is over within 2-3 days- after that- it's just background noise.\n\nIn the U.S., surgery can run anywhere from $8,000 to as high as $18,000 dollars. Dr. Marci Bowers took over Dr. Biber's practice in Trinidad, Colorado, and she currently charges (I think) about $15,000 for her procedure.\n\nIf you decide to go out of the country and get the op, Thailand is a top pick for a medical holiday. The Thai surgeons charge between $6,000 and $12,000 for their procedures, and they have excellent results. I am going to go to Dr. Suporn in Thailand for my surgery- I hear he does really good work.\n\nIf you have a small "package", the doctor can use two flaps of skin from the inside thigh to increase depth. They remove two triangular pieces, invert one (tip to base) and sew the sides closed, resulting in a tube of tissue.\n\nIf you are deciding on going ahead with your transition, I would recommend getting on hormones immediately- either a doctor can prescribe for you, or you can order them from overseas via the internet (see below). You are young enough that hormones will have a dramatic effect on your body- I waited until I was in my early 30's to start hormones and I don't know if they will be as effective for me as they will be for you.\n\nAlso, you can't really "decide" to be transsexual- you either are a female (mind) in a male body or you are not. If you have felt that all your life that you are a female, that this male body is a mistake, that you HATE having male genitals attached to your crotch, more than likely, you are a MtF (male to female) transsexual. What you CAN do is to decide to do something about your predicament- and if you really want to do it, transitioning might be a good thing for you to do.\n\nEmail me at (mageapprentice@yahoo.com) if you want to talk more in depth.
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I also had the surgery about 6 years ago now, so I imagine that technology has greatly improved since then. I really didn't experience any pain with the procedure, but it was a little weird. It worked great and is still working. Usually they tell you you can't do certain things for like a month afterwards while your eye heals up completely, but I suppose it depends on what type of surgery you are getting (they have different kinds now.) I'd say go for it. It's great not to have to wear glasses or contacts.
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If you are going for "The Change" (a sex change), I really wouldn't recommend you doing your own electrolysis- you can really damage your skin and end up with some really nasty looking scars on your face.\n\nI would reccomend finding a licensed electrologist, paying the hourly rate, and doing it professionally. I also recommend the "blend" method- a combination of electrolysis and thermolysis- I have heard many positive stories of this when done right.\n\nAs for the "South Pole", doctors like Thailand's Dr. Suporn don't require that electrolysis be done in the genital area-he has found a way to separate the deep hair bearing layers from the upper, hairless layers to use during SRS.\n\nAs for the body, hormone therapy will slow, if not stop, the growth of body hair. I was on estrogen for 6 months and I noticed the hair on my arms got finer and finer until it is now currently as fine as baby hair. I don't have any hair on my chest or my back anymore (and I had a carpet back there), although I still have to shave or depilatory (I like Veet) my leg hairs if I want them smooth.\n\nThere really is no quick way to transition properly- I had to learn to have more patience and it has paid off- I am very close to finishing my transition and I am happy with the changes.\n\nWhenever you feel frustrated that your transition is not going as fast as you would like, remember this saying-\n\n"It took time for testosterone to wreck the body- it's going to take time for estrogen to straighten it out."\n\n-OR-\n\n"Rome wasn't built in a day."\n\nThese web sites are very informative about removing hair for the MtF transsexual-\n\nhttp://www.hairzapper.com\nhttp://www.hairfacts.com\n\nHope this helps. =^.^=
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You seek attention, I seek 2 points . Everyone wins\nOh and if it does hurt it may be going back inside you, therefore making you a transgender without the need of an operation.\n\nCheers.
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That depends on how your body takes to the surgery. The doctor will give you an estimate.
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I had the LaserSheer light diode hair removal done. It didn't hurt, but it was rather expensive.
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Any surgical proceedure, however minor - and vasectomy is indeed minor surgery - will entail a bit of discomfort.  How much discomfort one feels after such a proceedure depends mostly on how well the guy copes with pain in general.  Most of my patients who had the proceedure felt little more than a dull ache for a couple days, whilst a chiropractor I know was uncomfortable for a month.  His reaction is rare and I suspect it stems as much from his distrust of all "allopathic" physicians and proceedures as from actual surgical trauma.  So if you are considering the proceedure - go for it!  Just remember - once done, it CANNOT be undone!
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I've been considering it alot too and I have family members that have gone through it. They all had like a week or so of down time where it seemed like it hurt pretty bad but all of them say it was worth it in the end. My grandma just had hers redone becuase she had the older implants that ended up leaking but the newest ones are only salt water so they won't hurt you nad it's ok to have kids and still nurse with them becuase now they can fit them behind the muscle which has no effect on nursing so do what you want. I say if your doing it for you then nothing else matters!
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Without ins your cost would be around seven hundred..Be sure to check with your ins company since some do cover it. It's a very minor surgery done in the office under local anesthesia. Once the procedure is done there will be no noticeable difference in the ejaculation..
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This should help...\n\nQ: Can a transsexual be fully a woman?\nA: Yes, but to a point- hormonally, physically, psychologically, and emotionally (basically all the aspects of being a female that society considers important), but not genetically- a person who got a sex change will still have XY, or male, chromosomes. A test for XX (female) or XY (male) will show that the person is genetically male.\n\nSome people don't believe this, that "you can always tell" a person got a sex change based on the look of their genitals, and this is wrong. Female genitals come in a huge variety of different looks- no female looks exactly any ther female in the genital department. There is a good chance that a gynecologist won't be able to tell, and they specialize in what vaginas look like. For all intents and purposes, internally, you would look like a hysterectomized female- vagina, but no cervix (opening that leads into the womb).\n\nA real transsexual desires to be fully transformed into a woman, and no half steps will be acceptable. They will not be happy AT ALL with having male parts on their crotch- it's embarassing to them and disgusts them that they have male parts attached to them. A transsexual sees a penis as something foreign attached to their body- that it shouldn't be there in the first place. A transsexual also doesn't want to become a woman because of a fetish- there is no erotic component to transformation for them. A transsexual is a woman in a male body, so I refer to them as "she".\n\nNow, a man who has a fetish about being feminized will seek breast implants, may take a few hormones (but nothing like a transsexual, who takes them every day, nonstop), and get some surgeries to make them look more female. I must reinforce the idea here that THEY ARE MEN. They have no desire to have their penis removed, they just have a sexual fetish about being a woman.\n\nSometimes, when a real transsexual is in the middle of their transition and they need money to get more operations, AND they still have male parts, some will swallow their pride and go into the pornogarphy business to make money to finish their transformations. They don't like it, but they will do it to get money to get their sex changes. Some persons that are half woman-half man are really men and just in the business to satisfy another fetish- they are also exhibitionists. \n\nI don't know what the numbers are for the proportion of real transsexuals and shemale exhibitionists, but a transsexual is in it for one thing only- to get money to get a sex change. A fetishist would be in it just to satisfy a fetish. If a person in this situation is constantly talking about getting a sex change, they are more than likely a real transsexual, and as soon as they can afford a sex change, they will be out of the business.
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well it would be kind of hard to have him do the actual surgery... but the dr i work for use to work with one of the dr on that show.. i work for a plastic surgeon its pretty cool.. and its basically like 7500 around that price because the dr does his surgies at the hospital so the patient has to pay the hopital a fee and the anthestia a fee plus the surgeons fee.. then the post operative visit are included with the suregeons fee.. if you come to think about it thats not a lot of money and the way he inserts the implants makes it look more natural and feel natural once the post care is over and done with.. but that takes some time if you are not happy with your size then i say go for it ... and noo im not saying this cause i had any surgies done im only 21 and im happy with my body .. good luck
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It's not specifically transsexuals only, but try tgpersonals.com- completely free.  It's not the most fantastic service, nor the most snazzy looking website, but you get what you pay for, right?  You're guaranteed to be able to find lots of transsexuals on there, as well as cross-dressers, transgender individuals, and so on.\n\nGood luck!
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The only way is with a very painful leg lengthening surgury that takes about a year to recover from. It involves stretching your bones. It's done it's a somewhat common, but taboo procedure in China, i'm not sure how common it is in the US. According to a page I came accross online the cost is typically as follows - In The United States it is about $75,000 for two legs. In Europe, the cost is about $25,000, and can be done for as little as $10,000 in Egypt.
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I did it 3 yrs ago this December.  Scars look different, depends on how large you are and what you go down to. I was told I'd probably be a C (small, average or full C, but a C), but I'm a small D.  But I was a 36G or larger on a size 6 or 8 size body, that is a lot.  I had back pain, shoulder pain, etc.  Mine was covered by medical ins.   It was day surgery (8 hrs in and out total) and they took off a total of about 3.5 lbs of tissue between the two.  Scarring is inevitable and I scar easily. So I couldn't fairly say what it is like. They had to do the most comprehensive reduction because of my size so my incisions go pretty far onto the side of my torso.  I had a friend who had it done and she showed me her scars 5 yrs after so I could have an idea and I could **barely** see them, her incision scars were much smaller and shorter. Another friend did it and the incisions were far less than what I had, hers looked way better one week after she had it done(she showed me).  I'd do it again in a heartbeat for the confidence I finally have and "feeling within the realm of normal" for a woman's figure.  It's life altering.  I feel attractive now, not googled at by men. and scowled at by women.    What size are you now?
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I don't know the answer to most humiliating thing, but I researched this, and this is what I found for you to be able to understand better...\n\nPut yourself in their shoes, then read all of this from their perspective... maybe you will come to a better understanding... \n\n\nThe Underage Transsexual:\n\nYou are under 18, and you know exactly what you are, and how much your body does not fit you. You have probably known since your earliest memory, usually around age five. This is very typical for transsexuals, what is not typical is that you can actually face all of this so young in life. You are very brave, or else suffering a very, very great deal. What should you do?\n\nYou will not like my answer, but if you follow it, you will survive, and you will succeed.\n\nIn general, wait. I know that this is a terrible thing to hear. I know that you are suffering and it is the last thing you want to hear. But understand something clearly: you have three-fourths, or MORE of your life ahead of you. Things feel extra desperate to you because you have only been alive for less than two decades. Your pain is real, but the intensity of it is being magnified by time and by the power of your raging hormones.\n\nThe one thing you need to do is to endure, and to prepare. Endure the pain, and prepare for when you are not powerless, for when you can truly take action to fix your life. If you are good at doing this, your transition will be almost the best imaginable. You will be able to sail through what others suffer through.\n\nTo transition, you will need three things, when you get old enough to act. You will need the best job you can get, to support yourself completely, and afford the hormones, and the surgery, if you choose to go for surgery. That job needs to be as high tech, as intellectual, as you can make it. Such jobs not only pay more, they also attract more educated and liberal people to them, meaning you can stay employed while you transition. You also need education...about your condition, and about your options, and about the world. You need smarts to survive. Lastly, you need to be alive. Yes, I know the misery is great, and suicide is always on your mind. I was there myself. Face it, you are going to have to hurt for awhile: but you must endure, because you cannot transition if you are dead. Stay alive, and win.\n\nAs for parents: you should be able to tell what your parents attitudes are about these matters. If they are narrow, face that and keep your secret until you are old enough to survive on your own. It won't be that long. Seriously, it really won't; it just feels like it.\n\nLastly, and this is absolutely vital: DO NOT have children before transition under false pretenses. By false pretenses, I mean getting involved with someone who you are in love with, and figuring that this will cure your being transsexual, and that if you just get married and have a kid, it will change you, and straighten you out.\n\nThis delusion, that by jumping into a 'normal' life you can cure yourself, or make the pain go away, or fix your problem is the main way that transsexuals mess up their lives, and also the lives of others. It simply does not work. All that will happen is that you will end up losing your children, and your partner, and still be driven to transition, only at a much older age, with more problems, and less perfect results. The younger you transition, the better you will pass, and look, and succeed. Don't screw up your potential, and avoid the delusion that you can be 'cured' by pretending to be normal.\nSource(s):\n\nhttp://www.transsexual.org/
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oooh it's on the tip of my tongue but I can't think of him right now..\n\nAlso, I'm not real familiar with male to female SRS surgeons, I know more about the surgeons that do female to male chest reconstruction, because that's where MY focus is right now..ugh, gotta come up with about 7 grand.
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I worked for a Plastic Surgeon for five years. I also have personally known a couple of people who have had the surgery. I do not know anyone who was sorry they had the surgery. However, it is  a rough surgery. There is a lot of blood and fluid loss and it is painful. Everyone is different as far as the recovery, but as far as the results of the surgery, I do not know anyone who was not absolutely THRILLED. \n\nIt is not an inexpensive surgery. If you have a medical reason, insurance will cover it. Many insurance companies do not approve the surgery instantly though. The insurance companies usually make you "jump through hoops," before finally approving the surgery.