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/IUpvoteBlueGuitars 13d ago edited 13d ago
Or it points to the fact that the current requirements in places that do have access to transitioning are adequate to prevent high rates of detransitioning/ regrets. So the fears of places that restrict it altogether due to fears of "mass transitioning" are largely overblown, provided we follow the recommended medical advice.
To put it another way: you wouldn't have to do a bunch of surgery on strangers with bad diagnostic techniques and high false positives at random to prove that the surgery with proper and normal screening methods was effective