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No regrets: Gender-affirming chest surgery in adults has long-term satisfaction

People who underwent gender-affirming chest reconstruction surgeries as adults have virtually no regrets years later and overwhelmingly high levels of satisfaction with their decision to have the procedure, according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery.

No regrets: Gender-affirming chest surgery in adults has long-term satisfactionhttps://arstechnica.com/health/2023/08/no-regrets-gender-affirming-chest-surgery-in-adults-has-long-term-satisfaction/Open linkView original on kbin.social
kbin.social

Who doesn't like boobs afterall? (Why is it called reconstruction and not construction?)

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kbin.social

Looks like it’s the other way around. From the article:

The new study in JAMA Surgery [...] looked at decision outcomes at least two years but up to 23 years after individuals underwent chest masculinization surgery.

No mo boobies

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Trans people having elective surgeries is healthcare.
I'm a cis male and the only procedure I got that I regret is circumcision and this was not my choice. Let people have choice over their own bodies.

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Also note that they found that gender affirming care in this form (boob removal) has a lower risk of breast cancer- because there is less breast.

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