The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) on Tuesday issued a statement recommending that surgeons delay gender-related breast/chest, genital, and facial surgery until a patient is at least 19 years old. According to Breitbart, “The ASPS is the first major medical organization in the U.S. to reject transgender activists’ ideological push to mutilate young people without sufficient evidence.”
The ASPS cited the following:
“ASPS’s understanding has continued to evolve in light of additional comprehensive evidence reviews, including the 2024 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery article Mastectomy for individuals with gender dysphoria younger than 26 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis and the 2025 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) titled Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices. These reviews have not resolved earlier uncertainties regarding treatment benefit; in some areas they have contributed to a clearer understanding of potential harms, while also highlighting limitations of the available evidence, including gaps in documenting long-term physical, psychological, and psychosocial outcomes.“
“ASPS notes that several countries, including Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, have recently revised national policies to recommend that gender-related endocrine and surgical interventions for minors occur only within structured research settings or above the age of legal majority. These policy shifts reflect shared concerns about evidence limitations and long-term outcomes.“
Read their whole statement here.
However the ASPS arrived at their decision is good news for confused children, protecting them from those who might lure them into life-altering decisions.
No doubt the ASPS was paying attention to the case of Fox Vivian, a detransitioner who sued her former surgeon and psychologist and won a $2 million landmark malpractice suit. More details about that from NY Post:
“A 22-year-old woman who identified as a boy in her teen years won a $2 million decision in a landmark lawsuit against New York doctors accused of pushing a double mastectomy on her when she was a minor.
Fox Varian had the life-altering surgery when she was just 16-years-old — getting approval from a psychologist and a surgeon — both of whom a jury found liable of medical malpractice on Jan. 30, The Epoch Times reported.
Varian, now 22 and considered a “detransitioner,” was awarded $1.6 million for past and future pain and suffering, and an additional $400,000 for future medical expenses — in the first detransitioner malpractice lawsuit in the nation to go to trial and win.”
Read that whole story here.
Let the Vivan case be a warning for medical professionals pushing gender-confused children into life-altering decisions unwillingly before their brains are fully developed. We can only hope that more medical professionals consider their actions and the con$equences of pushing radical body-altering decisions upon minors.
h/t Breibart
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