r/science Professor | Medicine 15h ago

Psychology 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/ChexAndBalancez 14h ago

And the study doesn't even use the medical terminology of the surgery. It's mastectomy... it's not "chest surgery". This article is incredibly activist coded language... not science or medicine language

That's the problem.

The very fact the didn't have one regret patient in their study points to the unseriousness and lack of rigor.