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Transsexual's stubble battle
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Should Transsexuals be given free laser treatment to get rid of their stubble on the N.H.S or should they pay for it themselves ?
I beleive if they want it then they should pay for it out of their own pocket. Having stubble is not a life threatening disease, it may not look nice but would I get free treatment to get rid of hair on my upper lip ? (not that i have but some people do)
If a transexxual wants to go the full hog and get the full op then they live as a woman for a year, some women do have facial hair, its not serious enough to warrant valuable money coming out of the N.H.S, that money could be used for someone who needs medical help.
You can read the story Here which is from my local paper.
I beleive if they want it then they should pay for it out of their own pocket. Having stubble is not a life threatening disease, it may not look nice but would I get free treatment to get rid of hair on my upper lip ? (not that i have but some people do)
If a transexxual wants to go the full hog and get the full op then they live as a woman for a year, some women do have facial hair, its not serious enough to warrant valuable money coming out of the N.H.S, that money could be used for someone who needs medical help.
You can read the story Here which is from my local paper.
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Whoa, no more epilators!
but then you would have to live as a man for a year and your boobs would not look like they do in your av
He is still waiting to see if he can get this treatment, but im really against it. Some men suffer from spots and stuff from shaving, now if they want laser treatment to get rid of the hair they have to pay for it. Its just not fair in my opinion.
Anyway, I don't think the NHS should pay for stubble removal, it's a very cosmetic thing. But should thye pay for the op.? Many people believe that transexuality is a medical condition, so should the NHS be paying or not?
I'd say that they probably shouldnt be allowed to have it on the NHS, you can always wax etc. Theres a whole host of things you can do.
Like Vicky said, other people have these problems, such as a lot of dark haired girls, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't expect free treatment.
No difference from the tattoo removal service the NHS offers. Not freely available to everyone, but in the cases where it is creating mental distress a doctor can ask the NHS to step in and do it for free.
I never knew that tattoo's could be removed on the NHS.
I suppose the NHS would be flexible to do a lot of other non-standard treatment if their is a reference from their doctor.
That excuse is really unvalid.
It causes women stress and agony to find the time to get a proper wax and it hurts and sometimes you can be allergic to it.
And we all know that stress can result in a nervous breakdown.
Weeee! Lots of MAC and YSL!
Or I really need a new hair-style. Urgh, setting my hair in the morning is such a drag and ruins all of my day as I need to check how it looks all the time. Maybe the health sector should finance that?
Most gay people do not want to change sex and being gay is a common thing where is being a wanabe transexual is not that common therefore they have classified it as a mental disorder.
But unlike laser treatment, hairdos are cheap.
why should it be free ?
They have to live as a woman for a year, so lets assume the treatment is free and very early into this change over period they decide they cannot live as a woman but by this time they have received the treatment. Is it right to waste that money ? Is it right that a Mr Ordinary down the street has to pay for his treatment because he cannot shave because everytime he shaves his faces gets a bad rash and yet a transsexual gets it free ?
That excuse will bring a lot of unnecessary cases to the health sector. It's not logical, sorry.
i agree! plus that NHS money/time/care cud be spent on people with proper problems who need it more than some transexuals who cant be arsed to shave!
It is logical to help in such cases. That's what the health service is there for: to help people. It's up to the doctors to decide whether the person is eligible to laser treatment. If many transsexuals are having the treatment done on the NHS is because doctors have concluded it is causing them serious distress. Real mental distress, as opposed to "oh my gawd, look at that hair growing on my legs! I wish I could get rid of it" type of 'distress'.
Yes maybe, but how many years would she have to wait ?
If you want to live like a woman, without the periods, then feel damn lucky that the only thing you need to take care of is hair removal.
Providing it for them, is sheer stupidity and total waste of funds which could go to more serious cases.
....I am diagnosed as being Gender Dysphoric which is classed as transsexual. Now I have nothing in common with most so called transsexuals I've met and I too disagree with the recent story about someone getting tattoo removal on the NHS.
Now this person was a typical man: a merchant Navy seaman who had married 3 times and had quite a few children. This person in my opinion is not someone like me. I have always appeared female physically all my life, not ever able to produce sperm or offspring genetically and not open to any male conditioning. It is believed I may be intersexed, so for me it is a medical condition.
I have never had or been able to get treatment through the NHS in any shape or form and any treatment I have had, I have paid for. I believe there needs to be more investigation and monitoring within the NHS to make sure priorities are met for certain issues.
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