Operation Sex: Not Just Complicated, But High Risk

Operation Sex: Not Just Complicated, But High Risk

Genital surgery allows him to be a woman or vice versa is still difficult to be accepted in Indonesia. However, hospitals in Indonesia remains the demand for genital surgery each year.

Genital surgery is surgery to someone who is experiencing the differences between the sexes and behavior, or often called transsexuals. However, the actual genital surgery can also be performed in people who have multiple sex at birth.

Stages Genital Surgery
By the time someone wants to do a sex change, then it can not be done directly. There are several stages of the procedure that must be followed.

• The first stage

Must do a mental health evaluation conducted by a psychologist or other mental health professionals before genital surgery. Must prove their gender identity disorder (gender identity disorder), which makes people feel depressed as a result of sex is not considered appropriate.

Psychologists also should provide further insight about the risks and the advanced stages prior to genital surgery.

• Second stage

Before someone is allowed to undergo gender reassignment surgery, they must undergo hormone therapy according desired gender. The purpose of hormone therapy is to track down how they would affect a person. This therapy will help the body to initiate change towards gender desired.

For men who want to be a woman, then he should receive estrogen hormones. Meanwhile, for the woman who wants to become a man, then it should get the hormone testosterone. In fact, this therapy can be continued after genital surgery performed. Generally, hormone therapy is recommended for one year prior to genital surgery. When hormone therapy is considered insufficient, then consider the possibility of genital surgery.

• The third stage

For women into male genital surgery, the procedure including removing both breasts, removal of the uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes. In addition, genital surgery are also included as well as the formation of the penis, scrotum, and testicles and penis implants. To ensure the proper functioning of the penis, additional surgery may be required.

Meanwhile, for men to become female genital surgery, among others, is required to remove the testicles and penis as well as the formation of the vulva, vagina, and clitoris. Additional operations are needed include the planting of breast implants and plastic surgery for your face shape more feminine.

Consider the risk
Efforts sex change is not without risk. Hormone therapy is done in the long run to have the risk of causing the appearance of acne, hair loss, weight gain-weight, gallstones, sleep apnea disorder, until a blood clot (blood clot).
In addition, there is also the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, brain tumors, and other hazardous conditions. Hormone therapy can also reduce fertility, to possibly cause infertility, even when therapy was discontinued.

Before the surgery, your doctor may ask for obese patients to lose weight, or request a temporary halt smoking. Hormone therapy is also likely to be stopped some time before surgery.

In addition, some health conditions such as diabetes and blood clotting disorders should be careful to undergo genital surgery procedures, because of the risk of anesthesia and postoperative complications is higher.

Especially for patients with hepatitis C and HIV, there are likely to experience difficulties in genital surgery. Patients with hepatitis C and HIV are more at risk of complications, so not many surgeons are willing to perform genital surgery in both groups.

Genital surgery is not a simple procedure that can be done at any time when desired. There are stages that must be passed before undergoing the procedure, including the health risks that must be understood. Careful consideration and carefully before deciding genital surgery.