Demand for sex changes jumped dramatically last year
Sex reassignment surgeries in the United States rose nearly 20 percent from 2015 to 2016, according to data released this week by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
The rise is the first ever report from the ASPS on the number of sex change surgeries performed in the United States. The report found that ASPS member surgeons performed more than 3,200 surgeries, including facial and body contouring as well as genital reconstruction, on patients in 2016, a 19 percent jump from the year before.
Male-to-female and female-to-male surgeries both increased, climbing 27 and 10 percent, respectively.
The report refers to the procedures as “gender confirmation surgeries,” a term the ASPS endorses over “sex reassignment,” “gender reassignment,” or “sex change” surgeries....
