Modern eye surgery exists because a few adventurous soldiers who had glass shards in their eyes let doctors experiment on them, same for gender affirming surger

Modern eye surgery exists because a few adventurous soldiers who had glass shards in their eyes let doctors experiment on them, same for gender affirming surgery. Originally it was done to reconstruct war wounds. We’ve always had science that existed on the bleeding edge and at the time only benefited a few people, but it’s our own ingenuity that brings these advances to a broader market and to benefit more people. There will always be a small amount of people willing to pay or be lab rats to squeeze an ounce of life or happiness out of their existence, socialized health care or not, and there will be those who recognize a way to expand that experiment into something safe and broadly acceptable.