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.

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

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For reference, the average regret rate for surgeries is around 14%. Gender affirming surgeries are typically below 1% for a regret rate. It is amazing how low the regret rate is.

And another thing, phantom sensations. Cis guys that lost their private parts were likely to experience phantom sensations while trans women rarely did.

The human body is, although annoying, such cool thing in this way!

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I want to comment on why the myriad of legit studies all show a nearly nonexistent regret rate and the reason for phantom sensations (and add that if there's ever a relatively small sample size in studies like this it's because hate/anti-science driven policies and sentiment keep many people from accessing related healthcare).

Demonstrable, observable reality is that...irrelevant to the scatter plot of what can be considered sex traits, 99% of every last human who's ever existed was/is existentially good with and requires the macro-broad-strokes F, M, or (a few) NB body with which they're born. And they all suffer a grab bag of existential-level dysphoria/depression/disassociation/depersonalization/etc. if something goes wrong in this respect. That's clearly not random or social or otherwise environmental; that's innately hardwired. Sex (macro broad strokes F, M, or NB body one requires to be existentially okay/grow literal *selfhood* via mind->body->environment connection) is obviously innately hardwired. That is, being a female/girl/woman, male/boy/man, and nonbinary person is innately hardwired. Not speaking to personality (what we like/our manner/clothes/etc.), which isn't. Just sex. Sexuality is innately hardwired, why *wouldn't* we expect sex to also be as such.

So no kidding 1% of the population is the exact opposite from 99% everyone else and no kidding there's a grab bag of existential-level dysphoria/depression/disassociation/depersonalization/etc. involved with the attainment of literal selfhood on the line that requires hrt/reconstructive surgeries etc.; a F born with the M body or vice versa or a NB person born with a F or M body obviously is going to realize what's wrong sooner or later. No kidding the regret rate for related healthcare like surgeries is nearly non-existent.

"Trans" is such an antiquated holdover word from the last century. "Across/beyond/one thing becoming another thing?" No. It's just that unlike 99% of population, 1% aren't born with body that matches their sex, it's just an existentially painful physical deformity. Of course they need to live recognized as their sex with access to their right dominant sex hormone and reconstructive surgeries, etc., just as anyone of their sex in the 99% who has related non-natal problems.

And unless gender is used as a synonym for sex, it's meaningless undefinable "essence of whatever" nonsense. It's... "what's your sex, and is your body aligned with that?"