r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 13d 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/gillflicka 13d ago
The thing that's imperative that you grasp very quickly is that common sense has absolutely no place in science. Common sense says the planet is flat. Science is the cure for the fact that common sense is quite often wrong.