Thread documenting how medicalization isn’t the “life-saving” treatment it claims to be.
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@dave
The issue always seems to be that such people are rushed into it, by hack doctors looking to make some quick money. Also, they're not properly informed of the risks and potential side effects of any of the medical treatment (from blockers, to hormones and surgery), and they're strongly discouraged by their echo chamber to seek information from sources that don't favor these treatments, or that speak negatively about them.
@Eris @dave
Not really. The issue with trans surgeries is that they're ultimately plastic surgeries. And plastic surgery is a field that attracts the most hack of doctors. Only thing less respectable than a plastic surgeon is a homeopath.
I'm not even sure if the Hippocratic oath applies to plastic surgeons, cause most of their customers aren't actually sick or ill. They just want a different nose or boobs. Not exactly a life threatening condition. So "do no harm" kinda gets broken the second they cut you open to change your nose.
@icedquinn @dave @Eris
There's always an implied oath when studying or practicing medicine, even if you don't officially take it. Not to mention that actual hospitals and doctors abide by ethics committees all the time.
If plastic surgeons were to respect basic ethics, you probably wouldn't have boob jobs.
>Not to mention that actual hospitals and doctors abide by ethics committees all the time.
LOL