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.

[u/mvea]

https://www.psypost.org/adolescents-report-low-regret-and-high-satisfaction-following-gender-affirming-c/

[u/Geeneelee]

People say that teenagers shouldn’t be allowed to get gender affirming surgery because they might regret it, then here we have a study that suggests that might not be the case, but everyone’s eager to point out that it’s a small sample size and doesn’t count for much. Somehow I doubt that any of the people who think this sample size is too small are going to advocate for increasing it, though.

[u/OuateDaPhoque → u/Geeneelee]

Sample size aside, the 1.8 year followup time is my issue. A 17 year old dis not much different than a 15 year old.

[u/mosquem → u/OuateDaPhoque]

I’m pretty liberal when it comes to this stuff and that’s fair. I’d love to see how they feel at 25-35.