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Often used to refer to vaginoplasty, sex reassignment surgery can also more broadly refer to other gender-affirming procedures an individual may have, such as permanent reduction or removal of body or facial hair through laser hair removal or electrolysis, facial feminization surgery, tracheal shave, vulvoplasty, orchiectomy, voice surgery, or ...
Metoidioplasty, metaoidioplasty, or metaidoioplasty [2] (informally called a meto or meta) is a female-to-male gender-affirming surgery. [ 3 ] Testosterone replacement therapy gradually enlarges the clitoris to a mean maximum size of 4.6 cm (1.8 in) [ 4 ] (as the clitoris and the penis are developmentally homologous ).
Elmer Belt may have been the first U.S. surgeon to perform gender affirmation surgery, in about 1950. [34] In 1951, Harold Gillies, a plastic surgeon active in World War II, worked to develop the first technique for female-to-male gender-affirming surgery, producing a technique that has become a modern standard, called phalloplasty. [35]
Gender-affirming care is important as it supports the whole person, experts say. It includes medical, legal, social transitioning, changing pronouns, surgery. Doctor treating trans kids breaks ...
New York was among the states with the most gender-affirming care. 1,154 minor New Yorkers were sex change patients between 2019 and 2023. 580 received puberty blockers and/or hormone replacement ...
The number of gender-affirming surgeries done in the United States nearly tripled between 2016 and 2019, a new study shows.
Gender-affirming surgery (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. Pages in category "Feminizing surgery"
The number of patients opting for top and bottom surgeries has surged, a new study reports.