Sex reassignment surgery or SRS is the surgical procedure (or procedures) by which a transgender person’s physical appearance and function of their existing sexual characteristics are altered to resemble that socially associated of their identified gender. It is part of a treatment for gender dysphoria in transgender people, in combination with hormonotherapy.
Gender Reassignment Surgery
What is it?
The procedure
Men
Facial and body feminization is mainly achieved through the technique of liposculpture. Rhinoplasty and malar implants improve the aesthetic result. Breasts are augmented typically with silicone implants taking into consideration the special male thoracic dimensions. Genital reassignment is performed with orchiectomy and vaginal reconstruction reversing the penile skin.
Women
The female-to-male transition includes a variety of surgical procedures that provide physical traits more appropriate to male identity. Facial masculinization is mainly performed using mandibular implants to create angular aesthetics. Liposuction is performed to alter the typical female fat distribution, while typical breast reduction mammoplasty creates a masculine thorax. Genital reassignment includes either phalloplasty with a free forearm flap and an erectile prosthetic device or use of the enlarged (because of the hormonotherapy) clitoris (metoidioplasty).
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