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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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[–] goryramsy@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

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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