WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES FOR TRANS SURGERY
Risks associated with Surgery
- Complications of anesthesia during surgery
- Bleeding during and after surgery
- Formation of blood clots
- Trauma or injury during surgery
- Human errors
- Death
- Delayed recovery after surgery
- Respiratory problems after surgery
- infection
- skin or clitoral necrosis
- rupture of the sutures
- urinary retention
- vaginal prolapse
- fistula
So what are some alternatives?
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Laser hair removal
If you are planning to undergo laser hair removal, it is best to limit other forms of hair removal for six weeks before treatment. Before the procedure, your dermatologist will trim the hair you want removed to a few millimeters in length. A dermatologist moves a low-energy beam laser over your skin. Pigments in your hair follicles absorb the energy, which results in long-term or permanent hair reduction and removal. This procedure takes several minutes to hours, depending on the area treated. Your skin may appear slightly sunburned after treatment.
Hormone Replacement Therapy (Endocrinology)
Masculinizing hormone therapy: used to minimize undesired feminine characteristics and promote masculinization. As a result, you may notice changes in your voice and development of facial and body hair, sweat and odor patterns. You may also see an increase in your muscle mass, a redistribution of facial and body subcutaneous fat, frontal and temporal hairline recession and, possibly, male pattern baldness. Additional sexual effects may include an increase in libido, clitoral growth, vaginal dryness and cessation of menses. Talk to your doctor about any additional side effects you can expect.
Feminizing hormone therapy: used to reduce undesired masculine characteristics and promote feminization. As a result, you may notice breast development, redistribution of facial and body subcutaneous fat, reduction of muscle mass, reduction of body hair and a change in sweat and odor patterns. Additional sexual effects include reduction in erectile function, changes in libido, reduced or absent sperm count and ejaculatory fluid, and reduced testicular size. Talk to your doctor about any additional side effects you can expect.
Voice Care (Speech Therapy)
Designed to meet the individual needs of the transitioning individual, your voice therapy plan may include changes to:
- Habitual speaking pitch
- Resonance (the way sound is shaped to produce a vocal quality)
- Inflection/prosody (the melodic ups and downs of the voice)
- Rate of speech Volume/intensity
- Articulation (how speech sounds are produced)
- Pragmatics (social rules of communication)
- Nonverbal communication