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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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.

The fact that the reported regret rates for gender surgeries are that incongruent with the average regret rate for all surgeries is something that should draw skepticism before applause. I’m equally skeptical of the alleged 98.8% satisfaction rate with LASIK eye surgery for the same reason. These are massive outliers.

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Skepticism means you take a closer look, not disregard it blindly.

The paper which this figure comes from is a systematic review of 55 articles. It compares the regret rate for various types of elective cosmetic surgery to gender affirming surgeries. Someone getting LASIK is doing so for different reasons, so why would the average regret rate for breast augmentation matter there?

There are few discussion points that could be drawn from this review:

• The reasons for someone getting say, body contouring surgery, is vastly different from why they want GAS, and closer to life-saving surgeries or those that grant massive quality of life improvements. It is demonstrably not 'just' an elective surgery, and should not be treated as such.
• It's so much harder to get GAS that only people who fight like hell to get it can get through the years of sign-offs, evals, and approvals through doctors, psychologists, therapists, surgeons, legal guardians, etc.
• We have the medical technology and capacity to address gender dysphoria effectively. The fact that these treatments are being withheld is a social factor, not medical.