Underage chest reconstruction surgeries 2016-2019. Note: These numbers are likely an undercount as JAMA did not track procedures at private surgery centers. “The median total charges for chest reconstruction were $29,886 ($21,285–$45,147)”

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[–]LordoftheFliesAmeri-kin 2.0. Pronouns: MegaWhite/SuperStraight/UltraPatriarchy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Okay, but there is the question of how many of these were troon job cuts, and how many were for other reasons. There is, I vaguely recall, something where girls develop a good bit earlier than they should and end with up breasts that aren't suited to their actual bodies. Consequently, they get reductions done which, among other things, alleviates the potential for serious back problems as they get older.

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Negligible.

Breast reduction isn’t done on teenagers. An ex-girlfriend, when I was 15, was really anxious about her uneven breasts- really anxious- but the doctor said they wouldn’t do anything to them until she was an adult. She eventually had a reduction when she was 19 I think.

And precocious puberty in girls is puberty before the age of eight or so. For which puberty blockers are given for a year or so - because it’s actually dangerous for little kids to go through very early puberty - but even if they were doing breast operations for precocious puberty, they wouldn’t show up in this data as precocious puberty affects younger girls.