Survey: Most Happy With Sex Change Results, 90 Percent Of Those Who Have Male-To-Female Sex Change Operations Pleased, Study Shows

Survey: Most Happy With Sex Change Results, 90 Percent Of Those Who Have Male-To-Female Sex Change Operations Pleased, Study Shows - CBS News

(WebMD) Most people who undergo male-to-female sex change operations are pleased with the results despite some minor complications, according to the largest study ever of sex change results.

Researchers surveyed 222 patients who had sex change operations and found nearly 90 percent of them were happy with the results soon after surgery and nearly half were eventually able to achieve orgasm as a woman after a later follow-up.

The results suggest that most men who undergo a sex change to become a woman are happy with the cosmetic and functional results even though complications, such as vaginal hair growth and urinary problems, can occur.

Despite these problems, which were mainly minor and easily corrected by secondary surgery, 76 precent of the patients who provided detailed feedback were happy with the cosmetic result of their surgery and 80 percent said the surgery had met their expectations, says researcher Jonathan C. Goddard, MD, a urologist at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust in the U.K., in a news release.