hrt benefits for transmasculine people

[Undead Cat]

Are there any benefits of doing hrt other for aesthetic or psychological reasons that outweights the  many health risk cons of doing so, I even consider body hair more a con , but anyway ?


what regimen has more benefits to it than cons ? Low dose androgens, or progestins only,  or androgens + SARMs, androgens + anti-estrogens,  etc ?

[TransAm]

What are the 'many health cons', exactly? As long as your levels are safely monitored, you're really at no more risk than an average cisgender male. We're arguably healthier than the general population given the regularity of our blood draws and checkups--something the average person can easily go years without--that inadvertently stay on top of any number of issues, hormonally related or otherwise.

[Undead Cat]

I have found this article and it lists the risks associated with hormone therapy in transmasculine and transfeminine people and its quite depressing (also because they don't compare it with cis people risks in their biological hormones ) : http://www.endocrinologistmelbourne.com.au/transgender/

Anyway considering somebody is Trans and doesn't care too much about hrt, they just want to get benefits out of it, should they go after any cross sex regimen ? or go after a period stopping regimen ? or anything at all.

Like "I don't care if I'm hormonally male or female, I just want to have an easier life with my afab body." Anyway what's the best way to get "both of both worlds " as an afab?  I know some regimens make menses stop, increase muscle mass and gives more vitality, less breast and ovarian cancer risks, that's a start I guess.

[Dan]

What are the 'many health cons', exactly? As long as your levels are safely monitored, you're really at no more risk than an average cisgender male. We're arguably healthier than the general population given the regularity of our blood draws and checkups--something the average person can easily go years without--that inadvertently stay on top of any number of issues, hormonally related or otherwise.

This ^^^ is correct, and this is exactly what my doc told me. Second, because I care for my health and exercise regularly, don't drink nor smoke I'm in better health than the rest of the cis population in my age group. All these lower any risks still further.

Plus, A Systematic Review of the Effects of Hormone Therapy on Psychological Functioning and Quality of Life in Transgender Individuals, released in Jan 2016
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5010234/

In particular, Largest Study to Date: Transgender Hormone Treatment Safe
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/827713

I rest my case.

[kelly_aus]

I have found this article and it lists the risks associated with hormone therapy in transmasculine and transfeminine people and its quite depressing (also because they don't compare it with cis people risks in their biological hormones ) : http://www.endocrinologistmelbourne.com.au/transgender/

That list of side effects is misleading, as it doesn't really adequately explain the actual likelihood of any of those issues. 

[Undead Cat]

The Wikipedia page of hormonally transitioning has good points about risks https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormone_replacement_therapy_(female-to-male)

[TransAm]

I have found this article and it lists the risks associated with hormone therapy in transmasculine and transfeminine people and its quite depressing (also because they don't compare it with cis people risks in their biological hormones ) : http://www.endocrinologistmelbourne.com.au/transgender/

That's a fairly misleading list. Furthermore, medically speaking, an 'increased risk' could mean that you have--drumroll, please--a whopping 0.4% higher chance of an issue arising.
Want to know who else has an 'increased risk' for all those issues they pointed out? Natal males.
Look, if you eat decently, exercise, undergo HRT therapy with a licensed endocrinologist and just generally look out for your well-being, you'll be just fine.
And even if you don't exercise and eat like a pig, you'll be no more at risk than any other dude for developing hypertension, cardiovascular disease and all the other stuff.

Guess what? Your AFAB body isn't exactly a gift, either. Right now, even though you're not doing anything, you're at a much higher risk for cervical/ovarian/breast cancer, a host of autoimmune disorders (3/4 of the sufferers are women), UTIs, kidney/bladder infections, etc. Several doctors have told me that the longer a female-bodied individual remains reproductively active (such as someone beginning their period at 11 and ending at 50), the higher they're at risk for contracting all the female related cancers. That's a crock of **** and a terrible design flaw if you ask me, but that's the reality of the situation.

You're at risk no matter what you do because everything in life comes with risk factors.

[Undead Cat]

Alright, after you mentioned it, hrt seems much more appealing than being hormonally female.

[Cindy]

duplicate topic

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