george Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Thais to Perform First Live Sex Change Operation BANGKOK: -- Thai surgeons will perform the world's first live sex change operation on Friday in an attempt to boost the country's booming cosmetic surgery industry. Doctors from the Preecha Aesthetic Institute and BNH Hospital in Bangkok are due to perform the operation on a man with 35 of the world's leading "sex reassignment" surgeons looking on. "We want to show the world that our standards of treatment are comparable to the international level. That is why we have invited world renowned surgeons from Europe," said Dr. Preecha Tiewtranon, who is heading the surgical team. The doctors are expected to demonstrate pioneering techniques in sex reassignment surgery during the three-hour operation with the foreign doctors watching on video montiors. Sex change surgery is already a multi-million dollar industry in Thailand, which is competing hard against hospitals in places such as Singapore for foreign patients who flock to modern posh establishments in their thousands. Preecha, considered the godfather of Thailand's cosmetic surgery business, said he performs sex change operations on between three and five patients a week. After more than 25 years in the industry, he says demand for his services is increasing. "Thailand is the most popular destination for cosmetic surgery because, one, it's cheap and two, our hospitals are better than most hospitals overseas," he said. Preecha said he pursued the field of sex change surgery in the mid-1970s after witnessing the gruesome outcomes of botched operations. The craft has been tuned so finely in Thailand that the majority of Dr. Preecha's patients are from the United States, where sky-rocketing insurance and the threat of lawsuits have contributed to spiralling medical costs. Sherri-Ann Higgins, a married 56-year-old grandfather from Pittsburgh, is one of Dr. Preecha's latest success stories after undergoing a $7,500 sex change operation last week. It restored her sanity after a lifetime of depression, she said. "I wanted my body to match my brain. I've known I was a woman since I was four years old, but I always tried to hide it. I became too depressed in later life but this process has helped me to be quite happy now," Higgins told Reuters. --Reuters 2004-12-09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ijustwannateach Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 I'm not sure I understand- is it the world's first "live" sex change because of the doctors watching on camera? It seems to me unlikely that the previous sex change operations have been "dead" ones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquess Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 It is a pity that someone doesn't perfect a brain operation, to instill common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Ravisher, Remember seeing on some television show some guy who changed back and forth multiple times (4x?.) Can you imagine? I took him for a masochist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darknight Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Ravisher,Remember seeing on some television show some guy who changed back and forth multiple times (4x?.) Can you imagine? I took him for a masochist. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It wasn't Joe was it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Ravisher,Remember seeing on some television show some guy who changed back and forth multiple times (4x?.) Can you imagine? I took him for a masochist. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It wasn't Joe was it <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Another quality comment! Keep 'em coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
et33.com Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 leave it mate unless you really need it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darknight Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Ravisher,Remember seeing on some television show some guy who changed back and forth multiple times (4x?.) Can you imagine? I took him for a masochist. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It wasn't Joe was it <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Darknight, You are male right? With a girly Avatar? Confused? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Nope i really like her by the way your avatar looks kinda in Between as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Thais to Perform First Live Sex Change OperationBANGKOK: -- Thai surgeons will perform the world's first live sex change operation on Friday in an attempt to boost the country's booming cosmetic surgery industry. --Reuters 2004-12-09 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Does this mean the patients are usually "dead"? Or they mean live on TV???? Which channel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NedKelly Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 Some commentary from the live operation...................a snip.....here............a snip..........there...................and Bob's your Auntie !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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