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AP New Zealand Herald 27/11/09 -Thai sex change ops just go
Thai sex change ops just got harder
BANGKOK — A medical association says Thailand has issued rules making sex change surgery more difficult.
Transsexuals and transgender men are a common sight in Thailand.
They appear on soap operas and work at all levels of Bangkok society.
But over the past two years, a rash of castrations, especially among young men, has alarmed the medical establishment and prompted the new rules.
Dr Sampandh Komrit of the Medical Council of Thailand said the new rules went into effect Wednesday and now requires a person to wait a year after deciding on sex-change surgery.
The applicants must also be over 18 and are required to dress in women’s clothing for the year before surgery.
Also now required is a mental evaluation before the surgery and continued follow-up visits with a psychiatrist after getting the sex change.
– AP New Zealand Herald 27/11/09 -
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Quote:Dr Sampandh Komrit of the Medical Council of Thailand said the new rules went into effect Wednesday and now requires a person to wait a year after deciding on sex-change surgery.
The applicants must also be over 18 and are required to dress in women’s clothing for the year before surgery.
Also now required is a mental evaluation before the surgery and continued follow-up visits with a psychiatrist after getting the sex change.They’ve actually had most of those requirements for a long time for foreigners already. That said it could be a doctor’s/surgeon’s requirement rather than law, which means there will be some out there that will do anything if you pay them enough.
I’ve been consulting with Dr Suporn and Dr Chet over my surgeries, and both of them require Psychiatric evaluation, HRT for at least a year and living FT for a year (I’m over 40 so only a year, under forties have to wait 2 years.)
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