π¨ #NEW: The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), representing over 11,000 plastic surgeons, has issued a major position statement recommending that gender-related breast/chest, genital, and facial surgeries for youth be delayed until patients are at least 19 years old.
Citing "low certainty" evidence, insufficient proof of favorable risk-benefit ratios, potential long-term harms, and the irreversible nature of these procedures in developing adolescents, ASPS becomes the first major U.S. medical association to narrow its guidance on pediatric gender care this way.
Full statement: plasticsurgery.org/documents/health-policy/positions/2026-gender-surgery-children-adolescents.pdf
This marks a significant shift amid ongoing debates over youth gender-affirming care. #Medicine #HealthPolicy #GenderCare
