Has there ever been a study done to compare the effects of puberty in cis teenage girls, & TG women?

My chosen profession is Education. During my teacher training program I took a course on child psychology. One of the topics was the effect of puberty on the teenage brain, & it's effect on teenagers behavior. Something I remember distinctly is a a conversation in which my teacher spoke of the way in which teenage girls going through puberty are fixated on their body, especially in relation to their hair. They are constantly flipping it, twirling it, or just playing with it in general.

My point in saying this is that I have been watching interviews from TG women on YouTube, & I noticed in many of the videos that the women are constantly playing with their hair, just like the videos I saw of young teenage girls in my child pyschology class. It made me wonder if hrt causes TG women to experience the same brain pattern changes that teenage girls do? Is it just simply an adjustment period that all women go through where they are adjusting to their bodies?

I'm still pre-transition, so I'm wondering if you ladies can provide me with some insight. Maybe I will write a paper on it someday...

I keep my comb by my computer and comb my hair constantly.

You are venturing into the nature vs. nurture debate... Of course, hormones have an effect on behavioral responses as they have demonstrated effect on physiology, anatomy, and neurology.  At the same time, you have a nurture effect, meaning how much an individual performs these actions based on their social conditioning.  These are interplayed, since performing these actions because others do them or it is what is expected (the nurture effect) works through a genetic background (the one that made our cells and hence shapes our responses).  The question is how much of the effect is nature, and how much is nurture.  Sorry for going so in crazy detail, but of course hormones shape one's responses.

Well there is a lot more going on in cis puberty than sex hormones, the growth hormones are in overdrive as are several glands, the brain is changing and forming vastly new connections and perspectives, etc. It is a full on transformational process. Trans "puberty" is quite sedate by comparison (in those over 18) since a lot of that stuff mentioned above is simply not happening - instead we have very measured medication to change secondary characteristic. Yes, it is not smooth sailing and over time creates some great results but the process it is not really the same. Behavioural cues such as playing with hair are more likely be down to learned and observed behaviours.

When I started growing my hair to the shoulders, my friends noticed and commented that I touch my hair habitually while chatting with them. I did not realize it. After ca. 5 years thereafter, I seldom touched my hair except when drying my hair.

Long hair itself was a kind of alien to my body and mind, and I touched it again and again. It took about 5 years of adjustment period. Now long hair becomes a part of me. Nevertheless, still I sometimes play with my hair in the front of the mirror.

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Omg! I play with my hair all the time and I never really noticed I did that till now. I have been obsessed in my body and the way I look. My wife is ready to shoot me and take my credit cards as I am constantly adding to my wardrobe. This his been a really strange occurrence as I never went through male puberty. So exciting for me.

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Quote from: Adchop on February 06, 2016, 12:12:49 AM
Has there ever been a study done to compare the effects of puberty in cis teenage girls, & TG women?

My chosen profession is Education. During my teacher training program I took a course on child psychology. One of the topics was the effect of puberty on the teenage brain, & it's effect on teenagers behavior. Something I remember distinctly is a a conversation in which my teacher spoke of the way in which teenage girls going through puberty are fixated on their body, especially in relation to their hair. They are constantly flipping it, twirling it, or just playing with it in general.

My point in saying this is that I have been watching interviews from TG women on YouTube, & I noticed in many of the videos that the women are constantly playing with their hair, just like the videos I saw of young teenage girls in my child pyschology class. It made me wonder if hrt causes TG women to experience the same brain pattern changes that teenage girls do? Is it just simply an adjustment period that all women go through where they are adjusting to their bodies?

I'm still pre-transition, so I'm wondering if you ladies can provide me with some insight. Maybe I will write a paper on it someday...

I have no idea. But I'm a TG guy and sometime when I'm bored, I play with my hair. I'm pre-everything. 

I've always played with my hair it's a nervous habit. My puberty was a mess I had the puberty of a female not a male.

Well, the similarities to female puberty and gender transition for genetic males of any age has long been observed and discussed. I've noticed the hair twirling as well, but there are many other things. Both tend to go through a period of experimenting with extremes of feminine fashion that they look back on later as kind of childish. And of course, there's the roller-coaster ride of adjusting to increased feminine hormones.