# Sex change operation question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 15, 2000, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-change-operation-question/8703 "2000-03-15T02:34:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-change-operation-question/8703/1 "2000-03-15T02:34:00Z")
No, I’m not entertaining any ideas. But the question came up during a conversation. When gender reassignment is pursued, is any attention paid to altering the subject’s Adam’s apple? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-change-operation-question/8703/2 "2000-03-15T02:46:00Z")
Nope. My niece looked into this, and found that the only thing you can do is try to hide it with make-up. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-change-operation-question/8703/3 "2000-03-15T03:55:00Z")
Somewhere I read there is an operation to “shave” the adam’s apple so it isn’t so prominent. Don’t know any details but as they go to such great lengths to change their bodies it seems logical that there would be a way to change the adam’s apple, too. There’s not much one can do about the huge hands and feet, though. ---
**Author:** ![labradorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@labradorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labradorian)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-change-operation-question/8703/4 "2000-03-15T23:58:00Z")
Adam’s apples can be reduced surgically, and the procedure is often done in male-female conversions. There was a two-part series on CBC’s _The National_ about this last month. * * * **Dee da dee da dee dee do do / Dee ba ditty doh / Deedle dooby doo ba dee um bee ooby / Be doodle oodle doodle dee doh** [http://members.xoom.com/labradorian/](http://members.xoom.com/labradorian/) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-change-operation-question/8703/5 "2000-03-16T07:51:00Z")
Everyone who said that the Adam’s apple is reduced surgically is correct. [This site](http://heartcorps.com/journeys/) has a lot of useful information on the entire process. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-change-operation-question/8703/6 "2000-03-17T01:14:00Z")
Thanks, Otto, for the link. I’ll send it to my niece. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-change-operation-question/8703/7 "2000-03-17T13:54:00Z")
Tell anyone concerned to be wary of this operation (the throat one, I mean, not the Main Event). A friend of mine who had her Adam’s apple “shaved” wound up with a voice like Minnie Mouse on helium. If the person in question is doing it to make her deep voice higher, advise her to spend the money instead on a good voice coach, who will do the same thing non-surgically. If it’s for appearances’ sake, have her figure out if it’s worth it, possibly ruining her voice.