@AccidentalKylie
Maybe other people find it expedient to lie about these things. I do not. Denying what is documented in the research literature - that there are transgender patients who regret genital surgery - also serves no purpose whatsoever. Detransitioning is not transphobic. Acknowledging and discussing detransitioners is not transphobic.
I will not name this particular surgeon as he has a right to his privacy, but your claims that this never happens and that reversing the surgery is impossible are profoundly untrue.
Let me remind you of James Caspian, a therapist and at one time head of a transgender organisation who was motivated to study detransitioners because he was told about patients seeking reversal of the genital surgery by Professor Misoslav Djordevic in Serbia. Here's a quote from an article in the Independent about it:
It's potentially why some of those seeking “reversal” surgeries are heading to a clinic in Serbia, where Professor Misoslav Djordjevic has been performing them for five years at the Belgrade Center for Genital Reconstructive Surgery.
A specialist in genital reconstruction with 20 years of experience, Prof Djordjevic began conducting the innovative procedures after a transgender patient who had undergone surgery to remove male genitalia requested a reversal.
It's by no means a common practice. He has performed just 14 surgeries to date and is currently in the process of treating two “reversal” patients, reports The Daily Telegraph, explaining that the procedure is extremely complex and can cost up to €18,000 (£15,965).
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So far, Djordjevic has exclusively treated transgender females who have asked to recreate their male genitalia.
Known as phalloplasty, the procedure entails the construction of a penis from skin taken from the groin, abdomen or thigh. Though the surgery produces aesthetic results, many mistakenly assume that it will ultimately render one’s genitalia physically futile.
Of course Mr Caspian was prevented from carrying out a study that met all scientific and medical criteria (his proposal was passed by his own department) because it was feared that finding out why people detransition may be offensive to some people.
This opposition to scientific research and the rejection of science is motivated entirely by the fear that its results may threaten one's core beliefs or world view. And while these feelings are nothing new, when it comes to evidence based policy making they are irrelevant.
FYI Here's also a study from Sweden showing that 2.2% of those who had genital surgery regretted their decision and sought to reverse it.
And I urge you to refrain from becoming abusive. I will not call you names and being called a liar and a miserable hateful TERF is once again confirmation that people who cannot refute one's arguments must resort to ad hominems in their efforts to stop this debate.
Well, it's not going to work. I have a transkid in the family and being well informed on this issue is too important for me to stop educating myself or anyone who wants to make the right decisions. They will affect this child for life after all.
And so far, insults like yours have merely served to help me realise that I must fight for my rights. And that's all they do - motivate me to keep going. I accept that you hold a different view and disagree with me on this and I understand you may come at this from a completely different perspective, experience and background.
But it's unnecessary and unpleasant to hurl insults, so keep a civil tongue, please. We are all adults here and can have a debate without resorting to verbal abuse.