I don't know if you can get one at 20. I tried when I was 18 and I couldn't find a doctor who would do it then, since I was so young. But if you have a medical condition, it might be different for you. Sorry to hear of your situation - I'm not sure what it is but it sounds unfortunate. Having the surgery does hurt, as any surgery does, but they have developed such sophisticated techniques these days it's really minimal. I don't even have a scar. If you're going through so much pain you're considering having your uterus removed, I'm sure this would hurt less. I developed a lot of pain afterwards because I had some internal bleeding, but there's no reason to think that would happen to you. But I'm not sure it would solve your problem, since everything is still in there, I still ovulate and have periods, etc. As for effectiveness, yes it's as close to 100% as you can get and still have your organs in there. I suppose there's always that freak chance that something would go wrong, but it's very unlikely.
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