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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Huh, that seems like a fairly rare occurence that you'd have to get it at age 16, but I do know that absolutely does happen.

... and/or me being from the US and your registered instance being... a Denmark instance?

Ya'll probably have actual healthcare over there, lol, and maybe such procedures are somewhat more common?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yes, it was covered by health care. It's not common that early in life, but I think it makes sense to get it sorted out as soon as possible before it makes the issue worse. I have never thought much about it, but in hindsight I think it must have been hell for her to go through.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I agree, it does make sense to tackle something like that as a young adult / post pubescence teen, a human body generally tends to handle surgery recovery of pretty much any kind when its closer to age 20 than age 40... but the, I guess you'd call them 'social' downsides are massive, kids are often brutal and cruel to other kids for really, really stupid reasons.

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