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Title: Latest hot Korean medical tour: Voice feminization surgery
Post by: Shana A on October 21, 2011, 09:48:23 AM
Latest hot Korean medical tour: Voice feminization surgery
Specialized Korean surgery offers transsexuals a literal voiceover
21 October, 2011

http://www.cnngo.com/seoul/visit/latest-hot-korean-medical-tour-voice-feminization-surgery-ladyboys-355405 (http://www.cnngo.com/seoul/visit/latest-hot-korean-medical-tour-voice-feminization-surgery-ladyboys-355405)

A little over a decade ago, Dr. Kim Hyung-tae, 48, was your standard otolaryngologist, or a doctor specializing in ear, nose and throat.

Now he is being touted as the best in a highly specialized area -- voice feminization surgery, which he developed while treating anemic patients at Catholic University Hospital in Seoul.

Initially devised as a way to combat the voice-deepening side effects of treating anemic female patients, voice feminization surgery is becoming increasingly sought after by transsexuals from overseas who fly in to specifically to receive this treatment, reported Joongang Ilbo today.
Title: Re: Latest hot Korean medical tour: Voice feminization surgery
Post by: spacial on October 21, 2011, 10:16:05 AM
This is wonderful news and will bring a lot of relief when it becomes more widely available.