Hi everyone!
I'm new here and so far I really like this place. I'm so glad that there are others out there, to whom I can relate and who can relate to me.
So first of all, this is the current situation: I am 21 years old, male and androgynous. I look quiet androgynous, but not THAT feminine. For example: Next to your 'typical' guy I look more feminine, next to your 'typical' girl I look more masculine. For some time I hated this, because in high school I was bullied quiet often, because I was different. However, after high school, when I started really discovering who I really am, I came to terms with it and I am now at a point where I can confidently say that I like how I look. I don't have the wish to get an operation, nor do I want to grow breasts or anything of the like. But I want to stay the way I am.
But now I have heard, that pretty much after the age of 25, a lot of guys who look androgynous, started to become more and more masculine. I'm really scared of that. I don't want that to happen. So here's my question: How can I prevent this? Is hrt an option? Antiandrogens? And how would one go about that? I mean I could go see an andrologist and try to get a prescription, but I don't think I would get one for the sake of 'vanity'. It's not the aging issue for me, it's the masculinazation (is that a word?) So how could I go about that? Keep in mind, that I don't have the wish to grow breast tissue.
So far, there are a few natural things that I know that you can do, most of them focused on stimulating estrogen production and/or decrease testosterone. But natural things can of course only go so far.
What I do know:
- Eating soy/tofu products: These are known to stimulate estrogen production and decrease the amount of testosterone in the body.
- keeping away from meat as meat stimulates testosterone.
- Starving: Starving yourself is meant to decrease testosterone production while affecting the liver's abilty to diminish estrogen, therefore more of it will go into your body.
But like I said, those things can only go so far.
As for make up, hair and the likes, these too can only go so far and I don't want to end up looking like a 40 year old guy, who wears make up. (No offense intended) I like to keep people who see me wondering.
Does anybody know anything for that?
Thanks in advance!