Such stories have left many with the impression that medical transition is a questionable practice that occurs too quickly and in which regret is common. The truth is very different. Universal medical consensus is that appropriate medical intervention is highly effective for the alleviation of gender dysphoria. The genital surgery satisfaction rate is at 94 per cent 27 (which throws into relief the reported satisfaction rate for elective cosmetic surgeries among the wider population: as low as 28 per cent, according to one survey). Trans people and clinicians alike also acknowledge – again,
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