A detransitioned teen is suing a California hospital and four doctors over a mastectomy performed on her when she was thirteen years old.
June 17, 2023 - "A California woman is suing the hospital that removed her breasts when she was 13, claiming her doctors pushed her into the procedure under the 'erroneous belief' she was transgender. Kayla Lovdahl, now 18, says she underwent the invasive surgery after being urged to 'entertain' the plans by medical professionals when she was just 11-years-old.
"According to a lawsuit filed by Lovdahl against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and four doctors, it is claimed they 'handed Kayla the prescription pad, and allowed her naïve, emotional, childish, rollercoaster of feelings to dictate the so-called "treatment" that she would receive'....
"After years of battling mental health issues, Lovdahl claims she was 'exposed to online transgender influencers' who prompted her to 'erroneously' believe she was transgender when she was 11. With her parents unsure how best to support her, the tween sought medical help, rapidly sending her down a path of risky treatments. By the age of 12, she was on puberty blockers and testosterone despite never receiving a proper psychological evaluation, per the lawsuit.
"Amid concerns over the potential surgeries, it is alleged that Lovdahl's physicians told her parents: 'It is better to have a live son than a dead daughter'. Her entire transition evaluation lasted just 75-minutes, she claims, as Lovdahl alleges the process that led her to surgery is 'ideological and profit-driven medical abuse'. Within six months, Lovdahl underwent a double mastectomy, a decision she now regrets after detransitioning a year ago.
"Her lawsuit condemned the system that allowed her to undergo the invasive surgery at such a young age, saying: 'There is no other area of medicine where doctors will surgically remove a perfectly healthy body part and intentionally induce a diseased state of the pituitary gland misfunction based simply on the young adolescent patient's wishes.'"
"After detransitioning, she says she began regular psychotherapy sessions to help her mental health, 'which is the care she should have been receiving all along', the lawsuit states. 'The vast majority of cross-gender identified children, if medically treated in early adolescence, risk regretting the decision after they are old enough to realize their losses,' Lovdahl added.
She said the ordeal left her with 'deep physical and emotional wounds and severe regrets'. She also claims the hospital and doctors did not provide her and her parents proper 'informed consent', which would have introduced therapy sessions, something she says was never offered."
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