Plastic surgeons in Thailand are well known for a procedure that, here, is considered as standard, gender re-assignment surgery. And they are also extremely skilled at re-attaching male private parts that would have been "accidentally" removed.
I'm going to elaborate a bit on these two points since the second one has been in the news lately.
Transsexuals, called Katoeys, or ladyboys, are generally more accepted in Thailand than in the western world. You can see quite an important number of them working in shops, restaurants, beauty salons or in the entertainment industry, as singers, dancers and well, prostitutes.
There are many cabaret shows, with Tiffanys in Pattaya being one of the best known. But you'll find others in most cities, like in Hua Hin where this photo was taken.
And hence, since you have a lot of them, you also have a lot of surgeons who developed a world class expertise in gender reassignment. They are also submitted to less stringent rules than in the west, where you need a psychiatric evaluation in order to be allowed the procedure. Not here, you've got the money, you'll get the operation. And for a fraction of the cost in the western world.
And now for the second point, not only are they good at removing male private parts, they are also very good at re-attaching a severed male organ.
The reason being, Thai women, some of them anyway, if they think that their husband is seeing another woman and could them for the new girl, will cut off the body part of their husband/boyfriend that they think is the cause of the problem.
This happened again recently in Pattaya and in Rayong.
In Pattaya, a woman married to a Belgian guy she thought was seeing another woman, just bit it off. Here is an except from the Nation.
A Belgian tourist was severely injured early Thursday when his Thai wife bit his male organ and almost severed it, police said.
And about one month earlier, in Rayong
On the night of April 26, he had been drinking at a friend’s house. When he got home, his wife accused him of being out with a kik (mistress or casual sex partner). An argument ensued and when the fighting eventually died down, the man fell fast asleep, owing to all the alcohol he had drunk.
As he was sleeping, he felt a sudden, searing pain in his groin. He looked down to see what must be every married man’s worst nightmare: blood pouring from his genitalia and his wife leaving the room clutching a bloody knife.
The first guy made it to the hospital and is expected to recover with the severed part having been re-attached.
The second guy also made it to the hospital and is also expected to recover, but the missing part will be missing forever.
Because, you see, these days, Thai women are also well aware that Thai surgeons are very good at re-attaching what they just cut off. So what do they do? They make sure the missing part will be missing forever.
By giving it to the dogs, the ducks, or the meat grinder...
And even if I'm sure it is considered a crime in Thailand, I never heard any of them being jailed for doing it.
So, for the men having a Thai girlfriend or wife, some advice, be careful...