Plastic Surgeons Become the First Major Medical Society to Renounce Gender Surgeries for Minors

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) announced today, in a nine-page position statement, that it opposes gender-related surgeries for individuals under the age 19. The largest association of board-certified plastic surgeons in the world cited “insufficient evidence” that the benefits of such surgeries outweigh the risks. 

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This is the first major medical professional association that has come out in opposition to sex change, or gender transition surgeries for minors. 

More specifically, the society reports that it has studied the issue of breast/chest, genital, and facial gender surgery in individuals under the age of 19. As a result, it has issued its position statement as guidance to its 11,000 members in North America and abroad. 

The guidance points out that rapid change in treatment