Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: JasperMaverick on April 18, 2014, 09:55:14 PM Return to Full Version
Title: DHEA cream questions/Estrogen Blockers?
Post by: JasperMaverick on April 18, 2014, 09:55:14 PM
Post by: JasperMaverick on April 18, 2014, 09:55:14 PM
Hey, I'm new here and hesitant about posting but I've been scouring the internet for HOURS and I haven't found any answers to my specific/weird questions.
First off I was just prescribed DHEA cream for low libido. I know DHEA is not a proper way to transition, but I'd like to take advantages of what little masculinizing effects it can have in the mean time. Here are my major questions:
1. Can it be applied to your breasts to decrease breast size? I've heard rumors of this and am unsure. (If not, does anyone know of any such cream/medication/food/herb/exercises that can decrease breast size?)
2. Can it actually INCREASE breast size in female bodied people? I know it can in male bodied people, so I was worried that it could possibly happen to me as well?
3. Can it be applied directly to the clit to increase size? I've heard this for DHT cream, but it is unclear if the same results could be achieved with DHEA cream or not.
As for the second part of my concerns, estrogen blockers:
I've heard that DHEA also increases E as well as T, but I've been unable to find any information on a consistently good and effective E blocker. So does anyone know of any non-prescription Estrogen blockers that actually "block" instead of "regulate"?
Any and all information would be greatly appreciated!
First off I was just prescribed DHEA cream for low libido. I know DHEA is not a proper way to transition, but I'd like to take advantages of what little masculinizing effects it can have in the mean time. Here are my major questions:
1. Can it be applied to your breasts to decrease breast size? I've heard rumors of this and am unsure. (If not, does anyone know of any such cream/medication/food/herb/exercises that can decrease breast size?)
2. Can it actually INCREASE breast size in female bodied people? I know it can in male bodied people, so I was worried that it could possibly happen to me as well?
3. Can it be applied directly to the clit to increase size? I've heard this for DHT cream, but it is unclear if the same results could be achieved with DHEA cream or not.
As for the second part of my concerns, estrogen blockers:
I've heard that DHEA also increases E as well as T, but I've been unable to find any information on a consistently good and effective E blocker. So does anyone know of any non-prescription Estrogen blockers that actually "block" instead of "regulate"?
Any and all information would be greatly appreciated!
Title: Re: DHEA cream questions/Estrogen Blockers?
Post by: Randi on April 21, 2014, 09:11:15 PM
Post by: Randi on April 21, 2014, 09:11:15 PM
I have no knowledge of DHEA, but this simplified graphic shows how DHEA is transformed to other hormones:
http://ceri.com/q_v7n2q3.htm
http://ceri.com/q_v7n2q3.htm
Title: Re: DHEA cream questions/Estrogen Blockers?
Post by: Ms Grace on April 21, 2014, 09:41:08 PM
Post by: Ms Grace on April 21, 2014, 09:41:08 PM
Hi Jasper - welcome to Susan's. I'd strongly suggest you take these questions to your prescribing physician. All medicine is potentially extremely dangerous if not being used as intended. Hormonal treatments are no different and their effects need to be monitored.