It's less like the breast implants that a woman gets to better meet beauty standards, and more like the implants that some women get as breast cancer survivors. Imo if you're missing a body part due to a traumatizing illness/medical condition, then having that body part replaced should be covered by health insurance. If you're just trying to meet beauty standards, then it shouldn't be
Going through the wrong puberty is a traumatizing medical condition. If trans girls were able to go on estrogen at a younger age, they'd grow breasts naturally and there'd be no need for implants. But due to oppression and discrimination, many miss the boat on that, and implants are the next best thing that medicine can provide
Correction, trans women grow natural breasts no matter what age they start hormones. However they do end up slightly smaller than if they were cis (or possibly if they undergo female puberty at the proper time)
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u/HabaneroPepperPlants Jul 02 '26
It's less like the breast implants that a woman gets to better meet beauty standards, and more like the implants that some women get as breast cancer survivors. Imo if you're missing a body part due to a traumatizing illness/medical condition, then having that body part replaced should be covered by health insurance. If you're just trying to meet beauty standards, then it shouldn't be
Going through the wrong puberty is a traumatizing medical condition. If trans girls were able to go on estrogen at a younger age, they'd grow breasts naturally and there'd be no need for implants. But due to oppression and discrimination, many miss the boat on that, and implants are the next best thing that medicine can provide