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Changing Genders: An Interview With the World's Leading Sex Change Surgeon

Started by Natasha, September 15, 2009, 05:16:15 PM

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September 15, 2009, 05:16:15 PM
Changing Genders: An Interview With the World's Leading Sex Change Surgeon

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,550545,00.html
Karlie Pouliot
9/15/09

Ever since Cher's daughter Chastity Bono — now Chaz Bono — announced she was beginning the process of becoming a man – many have wondered what exactly a sex change involves.

In order to get that answer, FOXNews.com talked to Dr. Marci Bowers, an internationally renowned surgeon who performs more than 200 gender-related surgeries a year at her clinic in Trinidad, Colo.

"There's no one way to transition," Bowers told FOXNews.com. "But generally a patient receives some type of psychological counseling in the beginning. Once they have therapy, they will then undergo a combination of hormone treatments — usually in conjunction with living in their desired gender role full-time for a year."
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