About 80 percent of adult transgender patients at Cedars-Sinai experienced their first case of gender dysmorphia between the ages of three and seven, according to research from Maurice Garcia, MD, director of the transgender surgery and health program. In this episode, he discusses common misconceptions about transgender medicine and some of the barriers making gender-affirming care largely inaccessible to many who seek it.
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