Sex change surgery explained: Here's why Sanjay Bangar's daughter's Instagram ID is trending

Former Indian international Sanjay Bangar's son Aryan Bangar is in the news after undergoing sex transformation surgery. The 23-year-old, who is currently living in Manchester, now identifies herself as Anaya Bangar on social media. &quot;Losing strength but gaining happiness. Body changing, dysphoria easing… still a long way to go, but each step feels more like me,&quot; Anaya titled a video on Instagram posted in the early hours of Monday. Ahead of undergoing the hormone replacement therapy, Anaya had played for a local cricket club called Islam Gymkhana, the Times Of India said in a report. According to the Instagram video, Anaya Bangar underwent Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) 11 months ago. She named happiness, reduced dysphoria, muscle loss and other body changes as its effects. According to medical websites, depressive mixed states are characterized by unrelenting dysphoria and irritability, extreme fatigue, racing thoughts, anxiety and panic attacks, and suicidal obsessions and impulses. Anaya's Instagram handle made the first post on November 28, 2021. The next post was on December 2023. On September 23, 2024, Anaya shared a collage that compared her before undergoing HRT and 9 months after. What is Hormone replacement therapy? Hormone replacement therapy or HRT replaces the hormones that your body isn’t making enough of. According to the Mayo Clinic, Feminizing hormone therapy or gender-affirming hormone therapy can help better align the body with a person's gender identity. It is used to make physical changes in the body that are caused by female hormones during puberty. It involves taking medicine to block the action of the hormone testosterone. It also includes taking the hormone estrogen. Estrogen lowers the amount of testosterone the body makes. It also triggers the development of feminine secondary sex characteristics. What is sex transformation surgery? Gender affirmation surgery refers to procedures that help people transition to their gender. Most people who choose gender affirmation surgeries report satisfaction with results, including the way their body looks and works and improved quality of life. It is important for many transgender individuals to enable them to align their physical appearance with their true gender identity. According to the Johns Hopkins Medicine, some of the Gender affirmation surgery options available are vaginal construction or vaginoplasty, penile construction or phalloplasty, scrotoplasty (surgery that creates a scrotum out of existing labia tissue), facial gender surgery, removal of uterus, removal of breast tissue, Adam’s Apple Reduction, voice feminization etc.

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