How to Get a Sex Change

By eHow Health Editor

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Many people today aren't comfortable living as their own gender. Due to modern advances, they no longer have to live feeling like a misfit. Sex change operations are available and affordable to almost everyone. Here's how to start your journey to your true self.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Challenging

Step1

Examine why you want to get a sex change. Make sure it's because of long term, deep rooted feelings and not just a temporary issue.

Step2

Realize that a sex change doesn't involve only physical alteration of the sex organs. It requires daily hormone injections to maintain the overall physical characteristics of the desired sex. There are side effects from the surgery and hormone injections.

Step3

Talk to a therapist about your feelings. Consult more than one, if possible.

Step4

Discuss your feelings with your friends, if you feel safe. Ask for their opinions.

Step5

Look online to find clinics that perform sex change operations. There are clinics overseas, especially in Asia, that have reasonable prices.

Step6

Read online diaries of others who went through the operation. It can help you understand what you might face.

Step7

Join a community in your area or online for people dealing with transgender or sex change issues. Establish a network of support.

Step8

Research methods of paying for your sex change operation. Some medical insurances may cover the procedure. Some large cities cover the cost of sex change operations in their medical benefits as well.

Tips & Warnings

Try cross-dressing and living as the opposite sex before you have the operation. This can give you a better idea of what it's like being the opposite sex.

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gether-done said

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on 2/14/2008 In addition to my other comment. You will have to live "full time" as your proposed other sex, for a minimum of a year. All these met requirements will require a letter of recomendation from your therapist or doctor. There is a lot for you to learn, so you might want to visit websites, type in transgender or sex change. You might want to go to transgender meetings in your area, you can find phone numbers for self help groups through yahoo, and they will surely direct you.

gether-done said

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on 1/21/2008 This a a very well researched article. All the steps are very well laid out but not in any particular order.
In order for a doctor to legally prescribe the sex change you have to have a year of therapy with a liscensed sex therapist and a year of hormone therapy. You must first start in therapy. After around 3 months the therapist will send you to a place to begin hormone therapy. All the other steps are their and are highly recommended. Yours truely - gether-done.

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