How common is it for transexuals to have gone through surgery?

Question

I hear alot about "pre-op" transexuals, but is it common for transexuals to go ahead and get the operation?

Answer 1

There are two types of transexuals: people who feel like as if they are the oppisite gender in a different body and those who actually get an operation. For those who get the operation, it depends on money and how motivated to becoming the other gender. Family and friends may also pay an important role.



Matt

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Answer 2

That tag is often applied to people who are doing their "real life test". In the UK at least you have to live fulltime in your chosen gender before you can get your gender recognition certificate. You do not need surgery for this, but you do need a diagnosis of trans-sexualism.

Some people are unable to transition until they are quite old because of family/work commitments or financial considerations and may chose to live in their gender of choice without the rigours of surgery.

Some people aren't medically suitable for surgery.

Others are waiting for it.

Still more aren't allowed it until they are psychologically strong enough to deal with it.

Don't forget as someone else says if they are in a relationship the value of sex in that relationship is more important than genital surgery.

Marriages have to be ended if you change your birth certificate.

If all of those factors are irrelevant then most who actually get to the end of that time would like surgery.

Answer 3

It's not a plastic surgery, it's a medical surgery. Come on now.....



Many post-op's go stealth. That means they no longer hang with the trans community, they would rather blend in as a "normal" male or female.



If it wasn't a question of cost and limitations, pretty much almost every transsexual/transgender would go through some level of transition on a physical level I imagine.

Answer 4

For me it is not a question of "if" I will have surgery, but "when". For a person that is truly Transsexual I do not think it is a option and it is not cosmetic. I have lost friends, family, a job, was hours from my home being foreclosed. I have dealt with severe depression and a suicide attempt. I have lost a person I loved with all my heart, and I have faced hostility from people that do not even know me. I have dealt with past alcohol and drug abuse. I have survived it all and have found I can smile again. I found the inner peace that eluded me all my life, it is not cosmetic, it is life saving. Next year I will have the surgery that will make me a complete person.

Answer 5

If you are talking about SRS (Sex Reassignment Surgery), then for me it is simple a matter of cost, as soon as I can afford it, I am going to correct my birth defect. I think allot of transgender people cost is a big obstacle. Not the only obstacle, family, health, career, age are all so big factors to consider.

Answer 6

Your question is very vague.



Do you mean transsexual men, or transsexual women?

Do you mean genital surgery, or other surgery?

Do you mean in the US, the UK, Europe, elsewhere in the world, or worldwide?



All these things have a bearing on the answer to your question.

Answer 7

really common

Answer 8

if they can afford it.