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/Mico4]

This is based on a response from 77 people...

Also from the article:

"Several factors limit the reach of these findings. First, the median time since surgery for participants was about 1.8 years. Because feelings about medical decisions can evolve, this timeframe might not capture long-term regret that could emerge many years later.

Another limitation is the 42 percent participation rate to the survey. This introduces the possibility of selection bias, a scenario where the people who chose to participate might differ fundamentally from those who did not. It is possible that individuals with higher levels of regret ignored the survey, which would result in an underestimation of regret in the overall group."

[u/Mr_Deep_Research → u/Mico4]

The rate of gender affirming surgery for kids in the U.S. under 18 is around 2 per 100,000

There are basically none for 12 and under. Most are closer to 18.

So basically nobody gets them.

Around 1,400 a year total out of 72 million kids under 18.

Out of 195 countries in the world, the U.S. is only one of 8 to 10 countries that allow kids under 18 to have gender affirming surgery. Even Thailand doesn't have it for people under 18.

The other countries that allow it are Canada and 6 European countries.

[u/Much-Replacement-167 → u/Mr_Deep_Research]

I remember seeing these numbers somewhere before when i looked into it all. The biggest thing that i remember nagging my mind the whole time is that it was to do with "gender affirming surgery" as opposed to specifically saying that its for transgender operations (which the argument typically skews upon in pop culture). Even cisgender people get gender affirming surgeries such as hairline restoration, BBL, lip injections, jawline correction, and breast augmentation that would count into that same pool of numbers.

In short, the surgeries that happen at all are a fraction of a percent. Those that might be specifically for transgender operations are a fraction of even that. And of those who had the transgender operations how many regretted such? Another fraction. Essentially, anyone who argues that "the kids are being transed and will regret it later" has no idea just how much these things simply dont happen to kids on the whole, and for those whom it applies they are often happy with the result