‘Girly-sounding’ man paid £6k for voice-deepening surgery – but do you think it was worth it after hearing the results?

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A MAN whose voice was so high-pitched people mistook him for a woman paid £6,400 to make it deeper.

The unnamed 26-year-old underwent the “masculinisation” surgery in Istanbul, Turkey, and is delighted by the “dramatic change”.

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A man, 26, underwent voice-changing surgery after ‘constantly being mistaken for a woman’[/caption]

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Dr Kursat Yelken carrying out the procedure in Istanbul, Turkey[/caption]

The doctor who carried out the procedure said his patient’s “whole life” had transformed.

In a video before going under the knife, the squeaky-voiced man from the US says: “I’m here for voice masculinisation surgery so people don’t mistake me for a woman.”

Then in a short follow-up clip, sounding much lower, he adds: “‘I just had the surgery. It wasn’t very painful, just felt weird.

“Yeah, I’m very happy with [my new voice].”

Dr Kursat Yelken, a professor of ear, nose and throat diseases, permanently alters the pitch of around 125 people’s voices a year.

He does so by either relaxing or tightening their vocal cords to either deepen or heighten their tone.

Sharing a video of his latest procedure on Instagram, the doctor said: “This guy is 26 years old and his voice frequency is somewhere between a male and female vocal range, close to the male upper limit.

“His main concern was occasionally to be perceived as a female on the phone.”