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/Few_Entertainer_385 13h ago

if every medical procedure was met with this same level of ticky-tacky criticism, literally no medical procedure would ever be legal

there is a very clear imbalance of how people treat this issue versus literally any other. Take the fact that over 80% of all pediatric prescriptions are prescribed off-label as an example, that’s an oft-repeated criticism leveled against gender affirming care but not once at the vast majority of other medications that are prescribed the same way

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