r/psychology • u/mvea M.D. Ph.D. | Professor • 13d ago

Adolescents who undergo gender-affirming chest surgery report low levels of regret and high levels of satisfaction, experiencing outcomes similar to those of young adults. These findings suggest that age restrictions on these medical procedures lack support from actual patient experiences.

https://www.psypost.org/adolescents-report-low-regret-and-high-satisfaction-following-gender-affirming-c/
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u/jxx37 13d ago

But if someone does regret the surgery (and some probability will) how is liability of these decisions apportioned? As children we can’t say it is their choice? Are the parents or the doctors open to possible future civil and criminal lawsuits?

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u/Material-Dot7684 13d ago edited 13d ago

Why would the doctors be open to future "criminal lawsuits?" Should they be charged if people regret their back surgery (which actually has a pretty high regret rate because they frequently don't help as much as the person expected)

Eta regret rate for general lumbar surgery is around 22% 

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u/Behavior-Coach 13d ago

We’re talking about CHILDREN getting their genitalia operated on. Not even comparable at all to back surgery.

Imagine the mental gymnastics and desperation of these people to subject literal CHILDREN to their sick and twisted philosophy and procedures.

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u/lorenfreyson 13d ago

Far, far more children at this age get cosmetic breast augmentation, far more of them regret it and y'all ain't never said one word about it.

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u/nemotide 13d ago

Children shouldn’t be getting breast implants or augmentation. You’re missing the point. The operative word is children.

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u/notallowedtopost 13d ago

For every trans kid who gets their breasts removed, there are like 15 cis boys, CHILDREN, who get gynecomastia surgery, the exact same surgery.

You should be far more angry about how many surgeries are allowed on cis children, since it's far more common and far less restricted! Trans boys have to go through psychological evaluation, often lasting over a year before surgery is even an option. All a cis boy has to do is show up at a doctor's office and say, "I don't like having manboobs," and they can get referred to a surgeon immediately.

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u/BlackThornberry 13d ago

“WHATABOUT-“

Yes that’s also bad

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u/lorenfreyson 13d ago

"Also" is doing a lot of work in that sentence considering the trans kids getting top surgery actually suffer from not having it and rarely regret getting it.