HRT = Fountain of Youth? Anyone feel it has brought some youth back?

[herekitten]

Kittenpower - Your skin looks flawless.  Great job.  What product do you use (if you don't mind my asking).

[Sydney_NYC]

HRT, definitely took of another 8 or more years. I always looked young for my age thank to low T prior to HRT, but E even more so

[KayXo]

If indeed there was a cream that worked for maintaining youth, trust me, it would have already been found out  by women through word of mouth and that cream in particular with that set of ingredients would have eventually been reproduced by other companies after the patent expired. No such cream, sadly. Indeed, surgery can help but I personally think the safest, most cost-effective and natural approach to slow down ageing is sex hormones (but due to fears related to that famous study, is more rarely prescribed these days), low levels of stress AND genetics. Malnutrition can accelerate ageing, perhaps excess carbs and too much sun exposure, of course...don't go to tanning salons...super nice short-term but long-term, awful (+ skin cancer).

[Marissa_K]

Ha. Funny i find this thread here today. I went to a store where I know the staff really well and they haven't seen me in 6 months and when they saw me, they commented I look like a teenager. Lol. I'll be 34 in a week.

[kittenpower]

Kittenpower - Your skin looks flawless.  Great job.  What product do you use (if you don't mind my asking).

Thanks 😊

My morning facial cleansing and moisturizing regimen consists of Dove moisturizing soap, Olay firming cream, and Neutrogena clear face sunscreen (broad spectrum spf 55); and in the evening I use Neutrogena make-up remover cleansing towelettes, and Olay firming cream.

I also use Dove moisturizing soap for my body, followed by Curel lotion.

[Maybebaby56]

For me, unfortunately, no.  Although HRT has helped a bit with reducing skin pore size, and slightly softer skin, I look every bit my age without makeup. I have a terrible complexion, much of it due to sun damage while in Afghanistan, the rest due to genetics.  I would say facial hair removal has done more for my looks than HRT, but I have only been on hormones about seven months.

~Terri

[herekitten]

My morning facial cleansing and moisturizing regimen consists of Dove moisturizing soap, Olay firming cream, and Neutrogena clear face sunscreen (broad spectrum spf 55); and in the evening I use Neutrogena make-up remover cleansing towelettes, and Olay firming cream.

I also use Dove moisturizing soap for my body, followed by Curel lotion.

I also Loooove Dove as well!  Your regimen is paying off.

[abd789]

Dove... bar or body wash? which flavor?

I use nourishing for sensitive skin body wash???

[KayXo]

Your regimen is paying off.

Her regimen or HRT? The latter is more likely. If Dove was the solution to keeping young, I think many more women worldwide would be using it and sales would have skyrocketed. Let's remain objective here.

[allisonsteph]

I definitely look younger than I did pre HRT. I'm 47 and pass for early 30s. Back when I was still working one of my coworkers started to say "you're not old enough to remember..." I got a big kick out of telling him that I am ten years older than he is.


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[abd789]

Nice to hear from you Allison

[judithlynn]

Yes definitely  HRT the fountain of youth.
I have been on low dose HRT for 3 years now (although a transitioning dose since Nov 2015).  Most people that have never met me (I recently met another Susans girl called Elle) rate me about 15 years younger than I am and people that do know me or my male self, reckon that I look really good with a beautiful sheen to my face. One person  who hadn't seen me for 5 months said - my goodness you look so well, there is something so different about you. Another male fail!

So for me I believe its a combination of Oestrogen and beauty treatments.

Daily I  use Simple  kind to skin cleansing  lotion, followed by Simple  Facial tonic then  Simple rich moisturiser both morning and night (although at night I put a Clinique intense Night moisturiser on plus  special cream for my under eyes.

Twice a week i use the Simple facial scrub instead of facial cleanser and once a week use the Simple  deep cleansing face mask.

I also have a monthly  90 minutes facial at my beauticians.

I also think that laser hair removal has helped too.

For my body, I use  Dove Triple moisturising Body Wash then moisturise after every shower or bath with  and  use Swisse  Hand Cream with  Vitamin F and Pomergranate for my hands and arms every night (Oestrogen dries out the hands), but I also use some of this every night to give my breasts a gentle massage . Makes them very soft, increases the blood supply to the breast tissue and makes me smell nice too.
It all helps to make one look younger.
Judith

[ToniB]

I have certainly found that I appear to be 10 Years Younger now then before Transition .

[KayXo]

So for me I believe its a combination of Oestrogen and beauty treatments.

More likely, the estrogen that acts from the INSIDE out. I have my doubts about these creams. The evidence for their effectiveness is very weak as compared to estrogen. They may just give the illusion of better hydrated, healthier, younger skin and really do nothing for improving deep skin structures. Also, I wonder if all these chemicals found in creams might actually be harmful for our skin, long-term.

Oestrogen dries out the hands

Interestingly enough, when I switched from oral to injectable E (hence from lower to higher levels of E), my hands, skin and hair stopped being dry and were so smooth and soft. It was truly incredible!

Some transwomen report improved skin tone and less dry skin when reducing their E and adding P.

I personally don't use any cream and look wayyyy younger than my age.