Association Between Gender-Affirming Hair Removal and Mental Health Outcomes

Michelle S Lee; Anthony N Almazan; Vinod E Nambudiri; Alex S Keuroghlian

doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.2551

Association Between Gender-Affirming Hair Removal and Mental Health Outcomes

JAMA Dermatol. 2021 Sep 1;157(9):1120-1122. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.2551.

Authors

Michelle S Lee^{1

2}, Anthony N Almazan^{1

3}, Vinod E Nambudiri^{1

2}, Alex S Keuroghlian^{1

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This secondary analysis uses data from the 2015 US Transgender Survey to assess the association between gender-affirming hair removal procedures and mental health among transgender individuals.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Gender Identity
Hair Removal*
Humans
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Transgender Persons* / psychology