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Penectomy
is the total or partial removal of the
penis
. This is usually done for one of two reasons:
Penile
cancer
Sexual reassignment surgery
(SRS) from male to female (not all
transgender
individuals go through such invasive
surgery
)
Less commonly, but still well documented, there many people who undergo voluntary penectomy as a form of extreme
body modification
.