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If you want to go on HRT, do your own research first. And I don’t mean skimming an informed consent packet, I mean go online and really look into the effects of HRT. This isn’t something to take lightly. One of the first changes is bottom growth, and this is a permanent change. My bottom growth started at about 1 ½ weeks. That’s 2 shots. Only. 2. Shots. That’s all it takes to never have “normal” looking genitals again. And some people have growth on their first week of T. You cannot pick and choose what changes happen. You can’t decide when each change happens. You might go bald. You might grow bear-like amounts of body hair. You’re likely to gain weight. You will likely sweat more and start having that “man smell.” When you take T, you don’t turn into a “cute smol boi uwu.” You will have male secondary sex characteristics. You will look like a man. If you know your father or if you have brothers, take a good long look at them. You’re going to look more like them. I’m sick of seeing people screw up their lives because they didn’t understand this. I’m sick of people making out transmeds to be some sort of villainous collective. We just don’t want people going on HRT and/or having surgeries only to regret it. And this doesn’t just affect ya’ll who do it either. It affects dysphoric people. It affects the people who actually need these treatments. Our medicine and surgeries are already starting to be seen as nothing more than cosmetic. The purpose of these treatments is not to “explore your gender” or “confuse people.” It’s to alleviate dysphoria. If you don’t have any issues with your secondary sex characteristics, don’t go on HRT. There’s no good reason to anyway. Truscum generally don’t like having to say “I told you this would happen.”

In conclusion, I want to clarify that I agree with the fact that if you do not have body dysphoria, please don’t rush into HRT. Personally, I’ve always had some degree of social dysphoria, but it wasn’t until I started actually examining my thoughts that I realized I was repressing the fuck out of my body dysphoria. And then the floodgates opened, and years of body dysphoria hit me like a tidal wave. In my opinion, if you identify as trans and don’t have dysphoria, it is likely that you are repressing the uncomfortable parts of being trans. I think fully experiencing body dysphoria is a very important step before starting HRT.

Look at Me

Mamma called the doctor and the doctor said

I didn’t even look at the other options