Johns Hopkins researchers find minimal regret after gender affirming surgery
In a Viewpoint article published Dec. 27, 2023, in JAMA Surgery, three Johns Hopkins researchers urge the medical community to dismiss a widely held, but scientifically unsupported belief that many people who are transgender and gender diverse (TGD), and undergo gender affirming surgery (GAS), later regret their decision to undergo such procedures.
Who’d’ve thought it? /s
I hope this gets mainstream attention. And more importantly, I’m glad to hear satisfaction with GAS is high - helping enable people to more fully embody who they are. 💜
@ATXJane Absolutely. 🤗
@Wbtphdjd More like wishful thinking by those spreading the lies about GAS because they don't approve.
@nursefrombirth Yep.
Speaking as someone who *has* had gender-affirming surgery, and who had a rough time recovering from it due to some complications, I don't regret it at all.
And while the plural of anecdote is not data, every trans person I personally know who's gotten gender-affirming surgeries, whether transmasc or transfemme, has been happier for them and regrets them not even a little.
@lenaoflune 🤗🥰
Thanks for chiming in and sharing your personal experience. I concur, I have not met one person yet, who has regrets.
@nursefrombirth Of the dozens and dozens of people I know who have had surgery, I only know of two who had regrets. One was due to the inexperience of the surgeon and poor post-care on her part. The other went to Butcher Brown.
(John Brown, surgeon in SF in the early 70s. Performed crude GAS for anyone with $. Had patients work off bills as med techs. Patient died, lost license, moved practice to Mexico, ran ads in US. Returned practiced without license, caught, jailed.)
#transgender
@Graci Didn't know about Butcher Brown, what a loser. I have not met one person yet who regrets getting GAS. I think that as long as they are certain of who they are before they get the surgery, they have no regrets.
@nursefrombirth and nobody with a heart was surprised!