Regret after Sex Reassignment Surgery (Transgender regret?)
The number of young people seeking gender transition is at the highest it has ever been, but little is reported about how many of them regret the decision later, finding they are unhappy with their new gender.
One study found that up to 20% regret their gender reassignment and more than 40% commit suicide after surgery. The scientific research shows that the risk of regret is higher among men who have experienced a long heteros-e-xual life, whose request for s-e-x reassignment comes late in life, and who do not receive the support of family and friends. We might add that the lack of s-e-x life, interruption of the treatment and the absence of gender disorder in childhood seem to be significant criteria for risk of postoperative regret.
What is Detransitioning?
Detransition is the cessation or reversal of a transgender identification or gender transition, whether by social, legal, or medical means.
How many gender reassignment surgeries are there per year?
Getty Images Plastic surgeons performed more than 3,250 operations to help people physically confirm their genders in 2016 — a 19% increase compared to the previous year in the US. Such operations included everything from changing the shape of a transgender person’s face or body to s-e-x reassignment.
What causes gender dysphoria?
Gender development is complex and there are many possible variations that cause a mismatch between a person’s biological s-e-x and their gender identity, making the exact cause of gender dysphoria unclear.
Is gender dysphoria a disorder?
Gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria (GD) is the distress a person feels due to their birth-assigned s-e-x and gender not matching their gender identity. People who experience gender dysphoria are typically transgender
Can gender dysphoria cause physical pain?
Gender dysphoria is discomfort, unhappiness, or distress due to one’s gender or physical s-e-x
Was Lachlan Watson born a boy or girl?
Lachlan Watson was born female and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. They received a mastectomy to remove their breasts
Is body dysphoria a mental illness?
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), occasionally still called dysmorphophobia, is a mental disorder characterized by the obsessive idea that some aspect of one’s own body part or appearance is severely flawed and therefore warrants exceptional measures to hide or fix one’s dysmorphic part on one’s figure
What do you call someone with no gender?
They may fluctuate between genders or express multiple genders at the same time. An agender person (‘a-‘ meaning “without”), also called genderless, genderfree, non-gendered, or ungendered, is someone who identifies as having no gender or being without a gender identity.
What does it mean to be Cisgender?
Cisgender (sometimes ciss-e-xual, often abbreviated to simply cis) is a term for people whose gender identity matches the s-e-x that they were assigned at birth. For example, someone who identifies as a woman and was assigned female at birth is a cisgender woman. The term cisgender is the opposite of the word transgender.
Can you grow out of gender dysphoria?
The majority of children diagnosed with gender dysphoria cease to desire to be the other s-e-x by puberty, with most growing up to identify as gay or lesbian with or without therapeutic intervention. If the dysphoria persists into puberty, it is usually or likely to be permanent
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