Gender Change Surgery

A person gets the identity of male or female in the mother's womb. Certain hormones are responsible for making male a male and female a female. However, at times a person who is born as male may not feel like male or someone born as female may not feel like female. This is not a disease, this is the understanding of one's true identity. There are certain indications that may indicate towards such a scenario:

A male dressing up like a female or a female dressing up like a male.

Female getting attracted towards a female and male towards a male.

Not getting feeling of attraction towards the opposite gender.

Before even planning for the gender change surgery at APG Hospital in Mohali in Punjab, India, person desirous of getting the surgery needs to go through psychiatric and psychological evalutaion under our neuro-psychiatrist. After multiple sessions of evaluation and counseling we are able to understand if the person is in sound mental condition and is taking the decision in right frame of mind. Once the initial screening and counselling of the person is done then the process of gender change starts under the able guidance of our cosmetic and plastic surgeon Dr Jayanthi Mala.

Gender Change Procedure

There can be two types of changes that can happen at APG Hospital, Purnia India when we talk about gender change, it can either be male to female or female to male. In case of female to male surgery at APG Hospital, Purnia India, there is almost equal role of hormonal medicine as that of surgery. The team that works on such cases includes Plastic or Cosmetic Surgeon, Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Gynaecologist and Endocrinologist. The first step is to put the patient on hormonal therapy which includes increasing testesterone levels and reducing estrogen as well as progestrone levels. In the next step the female organs are removed surgically. A Plastic surgeon would remove the breasts through mastectomy, gynaecologist would remove the female reproductive organs through hysterectomy and then plastic surgeon would put testicular implants, reconstruct the penis followed by penile implant.

In male to female conversion surgery at APG Hospital, Purnia India, again process starts through hormonal therapy which is exactly opposite of the above mentioned. Here levels of estrogen and progestrone are increased instead of testestrone. This is followed by breast implant surgery which is again done by the plastic surgeon, penis removal surgery and reconstruction of Vagina. It is to be remembered that after the gender change surgery you can live the life as per the new gender and enjoy sexual life as well but would not be able to bear children.

Best Doctors and Cost

The surgery is not done at one go. There are various phases to it. Initial consultations, investigations and hormonal therapy provides the platform for the further procedures. Even the surgereis happed in phased manner. Like there would be gap between breast removal and uterus removal as well as testicular implant and penile reconstruction or implant. The cost of surgery for female to male conversion is relatively lesser for the simple reason that not much has to be implanted. The cost for the same could be approximately INR 4 lacs to 6 lacs which may vary from cases to case. The cost of male to female gender change surgery at APG Hospital, Purnia India would be Approximately INR 6 lacs to 8 lacs.

Dr Singh is one of the senior most plastic surgeons in India. He has done large number of gender conversion surgeries during his career spanning over 20 years. Dr Singh undoubtedly is one of the best and most experienced cosmetic and plastic surgeons in India for the gender change surgery