Reply #5: Sex-Reassignment surgery is [View All]

[swimmernsecretsea]

...like any kind of surgery, expensive, not without risks (as are a great many kinds of medical procedures, even routine ones), and require a lengthy recovery period followed by continued medical observation.
The surgery, being elective, is rarely covered, and, unless the patient is fully prepared to handle the expense, is not able to be performed. There are exceptions, of course, and greater acceptance has led to medical coverage.
In the case of FTM transexuals, the medical procedures that are used to imitate the male genitalia will never create anything resembling male genitalia, and the most up-to-date procedure uses a grafting technique from tissue harvested from the patient's arm, resulting in severe scarring.