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A woman has become the first transgender person in the world to undergo successful vaginal reconstructive surgery using the skin of tilapia fish.
The 35-year-old, who prefers to be identified only as Maju, underwent the procedure as her vagina began to shrink and close up following botched sex reassignment surgery.
A medical team led by gynaecologist Professor Leonardo Bezerra, of the Federal University of Ceara (UFC) in Fortaleza, north east Brazil, revealed that the pioneering operation has given her the chance of having a sex life again.
The procedure, called neovaginoplasty, has also vastly improved her self-esteem.
It used a tubular-shaped acrylic mould wrapped with the skin of the freshwater fish in the form of a biological prothesis to rebuild and extend the vaginal canal in a three hour operation on April 23.
Three weeks after treatment Maju said: "I’m absolutely thrilled with the result.
"For the first time in my life I feel complete and like a real woman."
