First, the Harry Benjamin protocols were intended to essentially force a person to think over the consequences and extent of the change the person is wanting. Unfortunately, those standards have been relaxed: instead of two years of counseling, it became one year, and now some places say six-months.
Whatever the period, there sometimes is an infatuation effect with the idea. I know, for instance, of many ministers who want to counsel couples planning on getting married, but I also know (and largely agree with the sentiment) that some no longer give much counseling before marriage--they aren't listening because infatuation has overruled their rational faculties. A similar thing can and does take place with or those aspiring to gender dysphoria. That is why many psychologists and psychaitrists don't counsel people on this, referring them to others if the patient refuses the discussion of coping mechanisms.
There is one telling line I heard, the patient asked his counselor, "So which would be the more unacceptable socially--a man pretending to be a woman or a woman pretending to be a man?" The idea advanced was that if his then-current maleness was problematic in light of feministic tendencies and causing him problem coping, if he, as a female then tried to reenter the male world if he failed as a female after a change, then if he were found out to be female (as in certain male features are not present), the latter is more acceptable to more people than the former.
The surgeries are expensive. In Iran, as I've been told, they are painful, supposedly done without anesthetic to make sure you are really, really sure of what you ask for. Most insurance will not pay for them, some not even paying for remedies to complications, which they often will do for cosmetic surgeries like nose jobs and face lifts.
The psychology profession has long disputed the appropriateness of sex change as a treatment, for the very reason you brought up. Nonetheless, there are many who have genuinely benefited. Still, sorry to say so, but many are mere characatures of females and a surprising number become sex trade novelties, not much better than the poor anomalous 'circus freaks'. It is true, these surgeries are irreversible. You can minimize the matter afterwards, radical breast reduction for instance, but each reversal step takes a person closer and closer to what they had the surgeries to avoid--being uncomfortably and unacceptably weird. That is why you must have the consultations and you must honestly participate in them.
2007-05-22 02:04:40
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answered by Rabbit 7
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Reverse Sex Change
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answered by barakat 4
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Sex Change Reversal
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answered by ? 4
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This Site Might Help You.
RE:
How Do I Reverse a Sex Change Operation?
Suppose I had a sex change but wanted to reverse
it ...who would I go to?
Does any one know any one who
does reverse sex-change operations?
Also how much would such a surgery cost?
2015-08-12 20:54:48
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answered by Anonymous
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It's a one way ticket. You cannot reverse it.
It's hard enough to go from male to female. A natural born female has an extremely hard time going to a male, an MtF going back would be almost impossible.
Typically surgeries to go MtF run from 50,000 to $100,000. For FtM it's usually 30 to 40,000 MORE.
Most FtMs don't have the lower surgery because it's rarely fully functional with sensation. Just the lower surgery (phalloplasty) cost about $90,000 for a good job. That doesn't count full mastectomy, and (for a bio-female) a full hysterectomy.
2007-05-21 05:59:49
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answered by Radagast97 6
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I think once you go through the complete change, it's basically impossible to reverse it. it's not like having a piercing, if you don't like it you can take out the earring and let it heal up. a sex change is permanent.
2007-05-28 16:03:04
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answered by Anonymous
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if you are female why would you want to change sexs? believe me and operation is not what you want.a man has it rough, keep what the good lord gave you, be a lesbian. i have some lesbian friends and they are very happy the way they are.oh after some research it cost from 10,000 to 20,000 dollars to have it changed.
2007-05-21 06:00:12
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answered by terry c 3
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I dont think that they would give you one in the first place. They want to make sure that one WOULDN'T change their mides after having one....
2007-05-21 06:06:17
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answered by Daniel F 6
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A psychiatrist first and then work you way from there. God Bless.
2007-05-27 08:35:12
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answered by Bethy4 6
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any where between 30-40 thousand dollars and look for local plastic sergions in ur area
2007-05-21 05:59:17
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answered by Anonymous
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