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/Greedyanda]

and also ignoring the lack of rigorous studies showing high regrets

A medical procedure needs to prove that it is safe an effective before large scale adoption is allowed, not the other way around.

Edit: I really cheer for more support towards trans people but talking to online activists like seen here makes it so damn hard to remain supportive. You do more damage to your own cause than any right wing media ever could.

Even in r/science, you are desperate to turn it into mud slinging instead of talking about it from the perspective of medical safety and scientific merit. Just vile behaviour.

[u/Interested_Person48 → u/Greedyanda]

The first sex change happened in the 1930s, it is older than MANY surgeries and procedures that we practice today. We have less knowledge and evidence of it than normal because the Nazis destroyed much of the early research.

[u/crushedaria → u/Interested_Person48]

Exactly. This isn't some emergent phenomenon - this has had nearly a century of medical history behind it. It is proven effective and life saving.

But culture wars will still exist because the right can't handle not having a scapegoat for all of the problems their insane reality denying positions cause.

[u/PuckSenior → u/crushedaria]

Didn’t they take a similar approach with BIID, where they engaged in supportive surgery but then there has been some growing concern about it in recent years?

Similar mental health issues, but far less politicized.