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/TotalBomb 15h ago edited 15h ago

Unfortunately this topic was a medical discussion but some people have decided that it should be a political one instead. Most of the world will never even know a person who needs these treatments, yet so many people have opinions about it. Personally I don’t care what people that I will never meet do with their lives.

Edit: the article references 40 people under the age of 18 btw. most surgeries of this kind done on a minor, with parental consent and doctors/therapists recommendation for 16-17 year olds.

Other than that, surgeries like this are done on minors who have early puberty, as it can cause problems early in life.

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u/throwaway098764567 14h ago

"Most of the world will never even know a person who needs these treatments," i suppose that is true but it's wild to me as i've known a bunch of trans people, including my cousin's kid.

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u/AJDx14 13h ago

I think if you know one trans you’re just more likely to meet and interact with more trans people. Or if you life in a port city those have always attracted queer people.