Surgeons can only work with whatever there..there is no book of 10,000 pictures of vaginas and a choice of which one

I have a friend (well probably more of an acquaintance) who fully transitioned MtF and she reckons the surgeons told her explicitly that the results will likely not be what she was expecting and might not even look anything like a 'vagina'..along with a bunch of risks such as the constructed clitoris may fall off and such. So as usual, India is talking utter bollocks. Also took my friends months and months to recover fully from the op, where India reckons its a quick recovery and is just like getting a tooth taken out D:

If you're gonna have a wound, may as well be a pretty one!

Breast reduction is usually done for medical reasons, I know a woman who had it done because she's very small and had huge boobs and a result suffered really badly with her back, her life and health has improved so much after she had it done

Wouldn’t fancy going down for gravy

I too thought the 10,000 different vaginas and the stupid title of the book fake as well ,what a load of utter BS

Yes sometimes its done for this reason and thats fine,but don't by choice for a different body shape no

I wouldn't class SRS as a vanity/cosmetic procedure personally, it's done as a treatment for gender dysphoria. There are plenty of treatments done on the NHS that aren't directly life saving or that are 'less important' than cancer treatments but we try and treat as many afflictions as possible if we have the means to do so. SRS improves quality of life, helps with depression, prevents self-mutilation, and lowers suicide rates, so I think it's a good thing.

The definition of cosmetic surgery is non-essential surgery ie its purely for cosmetic reasons hence the name. Breast reduction is usually done for medical reasons, so no its not technically cosmetic based surgery even if one of the after effects is cosmetic. While mastectomy may fall under that its done because the patient has lost their breasts due to cancer, its pretty insulting to compare this to what India gloated about.

Exactly.

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Temporarily. Long term suicide rates are the same after SRS as beforehand. Which says to me that the underlying mental health issues (most trans people have at least 1 co-morbid mental health problem) need to be treat, rather than the body.

Which is another reason the government needs to sort out the mental health sector of the nhs which is so poorly managed and funded.

That's really interesting (and surprising tbh I didn't know that). I'd say that any other mental health problems would also need to be treated but not as an 'instead of'. If the rates are improved temporarily but then end up the same later on it suggests to me that there is a benefit to SRS and perhaps the answer is to improve long term aftercare.

Indeed. Funding for mental health is being cut left right and centre, when we need it most too.

Its never really been considered an important issue by the government it seems, and now they are trying to remove the little thats left. If they invested in it it would remove a lot of demand for other nhs services and help so many people. ******* i'm so angry about this #angrygrumpygit