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I said nothing about suicide, but yes, regret is an issue. You want citations? You get them:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2640543/Two-thirds-Britons-REGRET-having-cosmetic-surgery.html
Yeah so I'm pretty
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People regretting their transition is a thing that happens in such a tiny percentage that it shouldn't even be a thing people talk about, but the media blows it up to enormous proportions (because we live in a society where being trans is seen as a horrible abomination, and what a better way to help keep things that way than to tell everyone about people who thought they were trans but weren't, especially if that's going to be a great argument in order to delegitimize what actual trans people feel?)
People who hold views like Archem's and Drace's are directly responsible for so many deaths.
also, jesus, it's not about the ****ing surgery.
Soooo should I just save up and go under the knife
SRS is NOT cosmetic surgery.
A huge portion of it is. Rhinoplasty, face-lifting, lip enhancement, facial bone reduction, blepharoplasty, breast augmentation, liposuction of the waist (body contouring), reduction thyroid chondroplasty, hair removal, voice modification surgery (laryngoplasty or shortening of the vocal cords), and skin resurfacing, which have been used in feminization, are considered cosmetic. Similarly, chin implants, nose implants, and lip reduction, which have been used to assist masculinization, are considered cosmetic. Most insurance companies will tell you this.
This is sort of becoming a distressingly common topic on this forum.
If something bothers someone to the point where they are unable to function and often consider hurting themselves or even commiting suicide due to extreme dysphoria, SRS becomes a necessary medical procedure.
For one, you posted an article that talks about regretting cosmetic surgery... not at all linked to trans-issues.
single isolated incidents of people who have SRS who shouldn't have
The study never posits why that is the case only that more research into post-surgery therapy and adjustment could help alleviate the problem. In fact, it's even stated on the site that the only purpose of the study was simply to collect data.
you are only trying to speak truth
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which is as abhorrently ignorant as some Christian Evangelical comparing same-sex marriage to bestiality.
If this conversation makes you so uncomfortable
you're unable to participate in it without throwing insults around at people who didn't ask for your opinion
the last three paragraphs
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Considering only roughly 20% of people who identify as Trans go through with the surgery, I find it suspicious that it has become the central focus of the topic.