Plastic surgeons urge waiting until age 19 for gender surgery
A major group of U.S. plastic surgeons is now urging doctors to delay gender transition surgeries for young patients until they are at least 19 years old.
Feb 5, 2026
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Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure: Gender-Affirming Surgery
Medical news and research articles
Half of trans people pay for gender affirming surgery themselves
One in three people in Norway (32.5%) who have started hormone treatment, and half (49.5%) of those who have undergone gender affirming surgery, have obtained treatment entirely through private funding. That is the findings ...
Jan 29, 2026
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Families of transgender youth no longer view Colorado as a haven for gender-affirming care
Colorado has long been known as a haven for gender-affirming care, which the state considers legally protected and an essential health insurance benefit. Medical exiles have moved to Colorado for such treatment in the past ...
Apr 21, 2025
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Detransitioning: Those who've done it feel misunderstood, study finds
Gender detransitioning—going back to living as the gender one was assigned at birth, or identifying differently—is generating more and more headlines these days. How do young people who've gone through the process view how ...
Mar 19, 2025
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UK review on gender medicine 'largely ignored' in the US, finds journalist
The newly released Cass Review on transgender care for young people has been pivotal in the UK, where the prescription of puberty "blocking" drugs outside research protocols has now ceased.
May 23, 2024
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