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. 2021 Oct 19;50(8):3353–3369. doi: 10.1007/s10508-021-02163-w

Table 6.

Social, medical, and surgical detransition steps

N (%)
Social detransition*
Previous pronouns 63 (63.0%)
Clothes/hair/makeup 48 (48.0%)
Birth name 33 (33.0%)
New name (not birth name) 24 (24.0%)
None of the above 2 (2.0%)
Medical detransition*
Stopped cross-sex hormones 95 (95.0%)
Stopped puberty blockers 4 (4.0%)
Started hormones consistent with natal sex 14 (14.0%)
Natal male
 Stopped anti-androgens 17 (54.8%)
Surgical detransition*
Surgery to reverse changes from transition 9 (9.0%)

*May select more than one answer