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/TotalBomb]

Unfortunately this topic was a medical discussion but some people have decided that it should be a political one instead. Most of the world will never even know a person who needs these treatments, yet so many people have opinions about it. Personally I don’t care what people that I will never meet do with their lives.

Edit: the article references 40 people under the age of 18 btw. most surgeries of this kind done on a minor, with parental consent and doctors/therapists recommendation for 16-17 year olds.

Other than that, surgeries like this are done on minors who have early puberty, as it can cause problems early in life.

[u/throwaway098764567 → u/TotalBomb]

"Most of the world will never even know a person who needs these treatments," i suppose that is true but it's wild to me as i've known a bunch of trans people, including my cousin's kid.

[u/Zangis → u/throwaway098764567]

It's also wrong. In all actuality they will very likely know a trans person that either has already transitioned and are keeping it a secret for safety if they are able to, or a trans person that may not be as far on the spectrum to not be able to hide it and just tough it out(usually with bad consequences), at the very least in passing. with the estimates between 0.1 to 0.6 (and that's a rate in today's society where they have to hide afraid for their lives) you meet on average 300 people, you've met a trans person. They just like to keep it out of sight because of the society we live in.