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REUTERS -- Senior health official Tara Chinakarn admitted that policing the temporary ban might be difficult as cosmetic removal of the testicles was such a quick operation and easy to conduct in secret.

"It's hard to track them down as it takes only 15-20 minutes to have the surgery," Tara told Reuters.

P.S. Unfortunately, our understanding of what motivates these men is largely derived from a biased sample: those individuals whose attempts at self-surgery or use of a medically unqualified castrator are not completely successful are the ones who come to the attention of the health profession -- Wassersug et al., 2004.