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reminder: Harry Potter tattoos have a higher regret rate than trans surgeries and that's very funny actually
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Anyone know where they sourced that anecdote? I would love to be able to spread that around
The general regret rate is around 25% of people with tattoos who regret any tattoo they have.
Trans surgery regret rates are around 1-3%, last I looked into it.
I like that study. I wonder what the actual rate of people who specifically regret their HP tattoos is vs the rate of overall tattoos. Like the commenter above, I would love to share this but I want to make sure everything about it is unassailable before I do.
That's the fun bit. Pick any study you like. Gender affirming surgery still has the lowest regret rates out of (I think) any procedure ever, including life-saving ones. The point is the "what if they change their mind" is a completely disingenuous narrative, and adding more roadblocks to care is harming more people than it could ever potentially help.