Thursday, January 6, 2011

Trans woman performs DIY castration


This is one "Do It Yourself" project you should stay away from, but you have to say, it took some balls. A transgender woman in North Derbyshire was so determined to have sex reassignment surgery, she performed a DIY castration.

The patient, 22, waited 24 hours before going to hospital, the Sheffield Star reports.

She is understood to have been determined to undergo sex reassignment surgery and did not use an anaesthetic.

She told doctors that the process hurt less than she expected as they treated the wound and offered psychiatric help.

A spokesman for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Trust said: “A man [sic] in his early twenties presented himself at the hospital minus his testicles, which he had removed the previous day.

“He was treated, then discharged.“We can say no more because of patient confidentiality – but this is pretty unusual.”

Referrals for medical treatment of transgenderism can take months and patients are required to live in their new role for a set time period before surgery takes place.

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