Man to woman sex reassignment surgery

University of Campinas, 2. Research Type. Abstract Category. Pelvic Organ Prolapse. Edit Abstract.

Sexually deviant humans have been mentioned since antiquity and presumably have existed at all times. Opinions on the subject have varied throughout recorded history. Nowadays we distinguish between different forms of sexual abnormality, a. The etiology of transsexualism is unknown. There have been proposed from psychological conditioning in childhood or an unusual paranoic state to genetic disturbances. Current investigations indicate that mutations in the SRY-gene might be a cause.

Sex reassignment surgery for male-to-female involves reshaping the male genitals into a form with the appearance of, and, as far as possible, the function of female genitalia. Before any surgery, patients usually undergo hormone replacement therapy HRT , and, depending on the age at which HRT begins, facial hair removal. There are associated surgeries patients may elect to, including vaginoplasty , facial feminization surgery , breast augmentation , and various other procedures. Lili Elbe was the first known recipient of male-to-female sex reassignment surgery, in Germany in

Sex reassignment surgery for female-to-male transgender people includes a variety of surgical procedures that alter anatomical traits to provide physical traits more comfortable to the trans man's male identity and functioning. Non-binary people assigned female at birth may also have these surgeries. Often used to refer to phalloplasty , metoidoplasty , or vaginectomy , sex reassignment surgery can also more broadly refer to many procedures an individual may have, such as male chest reconstruction , hysterectomy , or oophorectomy ,. Sex reassignment surgery is usually preceded by beginning hormone treatment with testosterone. Also called "top surgery", male chest reconstruction is any of a variety of surgeries to remove breast tissue, and provide shaping of a male contoured chest.