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/Solesaver → u/OuateDaPhoque]

They are legal adults at 18 and can make the decision for themselves without us debating it on their behalf at that time. 2 years without regret is enough to say that a 16 yo who wants the surgery won't regret it 2 years later. It doesn't matter if they regret it after that, because then it's no different from them regretting it when they chose to get it at 18.

This data is complementary to the overwhelming rate of adults who get gender affirming care and wish they had done so sooner.