transcription: trans people: hormones have made me finally feel good about and at home in my body for the first time in my life. cis people: but arent you worried that might be irreversible?
transcription: trans people: hormones have made me finally feel good about and at home in my body for the first time in my life. cis people: but arent you worried that might be irreversible?
Depends on the HRT. T is fairly fast acting, so things like vocal cord growth and activation of hair follicles could happen quickly. The latter can be fixed via laser hair removal though. Voice training can be used to compensate for the vocal cord growth, but voice training 😱
E, you’ll get some breast tissue fairly quickly, but unless like you are doing a physical examination with the intentional of finding such, it doesn’t really matter. Also, boys getting mastectomies for gynecomastia is an option, albeit I’d say anything requiring surgery to change is “permanent”.
The most immediate meaningful irreversible effect is getting peace from not being constantly poisoned by your own body brings. I didn’t know if I HRT was right for me (NB), but within a week I was pretty sure I would continue indefinitely and after getting the dosage fixed, I knew for sure I would never give it up easily. Before, I dissociated through life without really realizing it and without really knowing an alternative. Now that I know better is possible it would be hard to take that away.