When Laura Becker was 19, she injected testosterone into her right thigh for seven months before she had her breasts surgically removed at 20 years old.
Becker, now 25, regrets her decision and blames the medical and mental health care systems for failing her as a teen. She describes the experience as both humbling and horrible.
“I had a lot of developmental trauma and it was very obvious,” she told The Epoch Times. “So, even though I was an adult, I still was not of sound mind to have these procedures.”
Becker joins a growing number of detransitioners such as Chloe Cole, Abel Garcia, Cat Cattinson, Daisy Strongin, and others who are speaking out about their cases. Cole’s attorneys recently sent a letter of intent to sue the medical group Kaiser Permanente over her gender transition, including a double mastectomy when she was 15….