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No regrets: Gender-affirming chest surgery in adults has long-term satisfaction (arstechnica.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

:( you are right