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Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: ★ Sophia ★ on August 27, 2014, 10:13:49 AM

Title: Starting HRT very shortly (I hope)
Post by: ★ Sophia ★ on August 27, 2014, 10:13:49 AM
Hello ;))

I might be in the process of starting HRT.

Will this benefit me because I started it early? I mean what extra changes will I go through that would not be possible if I was like 30.
Will I have a feminine face and not need any surgery?(I don't think I would anyway)
Will I need VFS? My voice at the moment is not too deep.

Title: Re: Starting HRT very shortly (I hope)
Post by: Monkeymel on August 27, 2014, 10:22:01 AM
If you are so young then bone Formation and muscle definition will be positively benefited by HRT. The human body keeps developing until late teens / early 20's so I would not worry about FFS / voice treatment until long after then. Look after your mental health / transition and studies. And make sure a qualified gender therapist and your family are with you.

I was recently in Bangkok where there are many beautiful mtf who started early. Really stunning so don't be afraid.
Title: Re: Starting HRT very shortly (I hope)
Post by: ★ Sophia ★ on August 27, 2014, 11:03:01 AM
Should I be looking forward to this? Because I am.
Title: Re: Starting HRT very shortly (I hope)
Post by: Nicole on August 28, 2014, 01:12:13 AM
I started blockers in my mid teens and HRT on my 18th b'day.

I have never tried to change my voice, it never broke and was never deep, never had an issue with it.

Facial hair, I had a light to dark fuzz at the very most, it was waxed pretty much day 1 on blockers, it was lighter by the time I started HRT and within 6 months of HRT it had all but gone.
I did 2 laser treatments between day 1 and when it was gone.

Starting early is the best way to go.
Title: Re: Starting HRT very shortly (I hope)
Post by: luna nyan on August 28, 2014, 06:08:39 AM
You're blessed to be able to deal with this young.
Given your age, you've got a good chance of having something close to a natal female puberty, but don't feel disappointed if you don't.

You're still going have a better outcome than what many of us older folk end up with and minus the trauma of T induced changes, and life's accumulated baggage.

Good luck with it all!