Answer 05 · Regret

What Is the Detransition and Regret Rate?

No reliable universal regret or detransition rate is known for today’s adolescent population.

The answer

Studies use different outcomes: regret, stopping hormones, changing identity, reversing a social transition, or seeking care for complications. They also differ in age, treatment, follow-up, and loss to follow-up.

Older surgical cohorts cannot answer what will happen to the much larger, younger, and clinically different population treated in recent years. A one-percent talking point should not be used to erase detransitioners or bypass long-term follow-up.

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Reviewed July 14, 2026