Advances in all branches of medicine, including psychology and psychiatry, have made it possible for us to learn more about the phenomenon of transsexuality. The WPATH, World Professional Association for Transgender Health, is a great example of this.
Transsexuality is not a “transvestite thing” or a rare disease, but neither is it “a state of opinion”, in which today you think and feel one way, tomorrow another, and the day after that a different way.
Gender reassignment through surgery is the end of a process in which several medical specialties are involved, among which psychologists and psychiatrists must be highlighted, since they are the only ones who can make a clear and precise medical diagnosis.
Once a diagnosis is made by these specialists, other medical professionals such as endocrinologists, internists, gynecologists, otorhinolaryngologists and, especially the plastic surgeon, can give the patient what nature denied him/her.
Sexual reassignment surgery transforms a body that does not correspond to their gender identity. Not diagnosing this process or doing it incorrectly could affect the patient psychologically.
On the other hand, performed by experienced hands on a well-diagnosed and counseled patient, sex reassignment surgery can give back to the patient the appearance and physical morphology that has been denied to him/her due to an error of nature.
This surgery is very demanding and, generally, there is only one chance to obtain a good result. Therefore, it is imperative that patients with gender dysphoria place themselves in the hands of recognized, highly experienced specialists.