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‘No good evidence’ for teen gender surgery: Plastic Surgeons head
https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/exclusive-teen-gender-surgeries-asps/
https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/exclusive-teen-gender-surgeries-asps/

LOS ANGELES (NewsNation) — The president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) says his practice does not provide gender-affirming surgeries for adolescents, saying its long-term efficacy is questionable.
Despite some support in the medical community for providing gender-affirming surgeries to minors, Dr. Steven Williams tells NewsNation it is not something he provides at his practice.
“I don’t perform gender-affirming care in adolescents and the reason why is because I don’t think the data supports it,” Williams said. “So at my practice, we don’t even entertain that.”
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The outcome of other plastic surgeries tends to be positive, a conclusion supported by data, he said.
“Also,” he said, “I think that navigating some of the parental-child interactions and trying to figure out motivations for care and that overall social milieu that affects adolescents — I find it incredibly complicated.”
Williams believes, as a physician, it’s necessary to only perform care in which he’s “confident.”
“Personally, for adolescents, I don’t think I’m capable of unwinding all of that,” he said. “I know that I’m not comfortable with the level of evidence there is yet — and it’s a particularly vulnerable population — which is why I think it’s important to proceed with caution.
Despite some support in the medical community for providing gender-affirming surgeries to minors, Dr. Steven Williams tells NewsNation it is not something he provides at his practice.
“I don’t perform gender-affirming care in adolescents and the reason why is because I don’t think the data supports it,” Williams said. “So at my practice, we don’t even entertain that.”
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The outcome of other plastic surgeries tends to be positive, a conclusion supported by data, he said.
“Also,” he said, “I think that navigating some of the parental-child interactions and trying to figure out motivations for care and that overall social milieu that affects adolescents — I find it incredibly complicated.”
Williams believes, as a physician, it’s necessary to only perform care in which he’s “confident.”
“Personally, for adolescents, I don’t think I’m capable of unwinding all of that,” he said. “I know that I’m not comfortable with the level of evidence there is yet — and it’s a particularly vulnerable population — which is why I think it’s important to proceed with caution.