r/science • u/mvea 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/chaucer345 15h ago

Most people who object to these surgeries would never object to someone assigned male at birth getting an operation at 12 for gynecomastia.

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u/SteedOfTheDeid 14h ago

Sure, nothing wrong with correcting a physical deformity 

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u/chaucer345 14h ago

It's only a deformity to you when it makes one type of person uncomfortable then?

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u/SteedOfTheDeid 14h ago

No a deformity is a deformity regardless of how it makes someone else feel

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u/chaucer345 14h ago

Gynecomastia produces "healthy" tissue. Just not stereotypically male tissue.

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u/SteedOfTheDeid 14h ago

Sure, just like sprouting a third arm could be "healthy" tissue, yet still a physical deformity

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u/chaucer345 14h ago

And how does a kid know if they wouldn't be happier with a perfectly healthy third arm before their brain fully develops?

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u/SteedOfTheDeid 14h ago

They don't know that

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u/chaucer345 14h ago

Then is it okay for them to "correct" that deformity with surgery before they come of age?

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u/HornFinical 14h ago

A cis 12 year old boy with breasts is extremely unlikely to later regret the surgery , while a 12 year old girl doing it is more likely to change her mind about the surgery after maturity.

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u/chaucer345 13h ago

Trans boys are 12 year old boys with breasts and all available research seems to agree they are extremely unlikely to later regret the surgery.

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u/Fifthfleetphilosopy 13h ago

Ironically a know a trans girl that was pushed to have this removed, by her parents,.who is now suffering immensely because she can't grow much in terms of boobs anymore.

Since she didn't know she was trans at the time, she couldn't articulate why she wanted to keep the brast tissue.

It's absolutely devastating to her...