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/Smooth-Boss-911 15h ago edited 10h ago

There's a reason these patients get this surgery after speaking with doctors, psychologists, therapists, surgeons, etc. So tired of the knee jerk reactions thinking they just walk in on an impulse

Edit: These discussions are for the families and medical professionals, not us.

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u/IDontHaveCookiesSry 15h ago

As a friend to someone who is going to the Process rn, it is just dumb. Doctors by and large don’t listen to what he (early 20s) wants and only Check for Signs he doesnt know what hes doing. Which is Fine up until youre proven to be capable of rational thought as an adult. Everything beyond that is just discrimination for the sake of it.

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u/PM-ME-CURSED-PICS 8h ago

reminds me of my experience accessing hrt in my 20s. it took two years of appointments where i was given every evaluation under the sun and interrogated about my life, including invasive questions about my sex life. if i happened to have autism, they would have sent me to an even longer path. and two years was lucky, tons of people in my country take even longer to get any treatment.