The effects you mention do indeed all occur and have been excellent for me thus far, although they sadly don’t fix the uterine dysphoria.
However, I thought that depending on the method of HRT, it may very slightly decrease liver health (not that significant compared to the enormous increase in mental health though!) ? For example, oral pills do have that effect, while sublingual, and needle, and gel have less of that downside.
It’s not like comparing gold to dirt, but gold to silver - at the end of day, monitoring it every once a while with a trusted doctor, should do fine with any of them, really.
And, the lifespan thingy…? Could you elaborate on that? I thought most of the difference in lifespan depended on having a double of the X chromosome (ie XX has fewer risks of malignant mutations expressing compared to XY), but when I think of eg. Klinefelter and the like, that doesn’t seem to hold – they don’t get a longer life expectancy or anything.
Estrogen literally makes various systems in the body function better. Liver is one I looked into for personal reasons, and I learned that cis women have improved liver health compared cis men until menopause. On top of that, several animals have similar effects as a result of estrogen therapy. Hormones are basically a messenger telling the body what to prioritize, and estrogen overall favors maintaining health more than testosterone.
The effects you mention do indeed all occur and have been excellent for me thus far, although they sadly don’t fix the uterine dysphoria.
However, I thought that depending on the method of HRT, it may very slightly decrease liver health (not that significant compared to the enormous increase in mental health though!) ? For example, oral pills do have that effect, while sublingual, and needle, and gel have less of that downside.
It’s not like comparing gold to dirt, but gold to silver - at the end of day, monitoring it every once a while with a trusted doctor, should do fine with any of them, really.
And, the lifespan thingy…? Could you elaborate on that? I thought most of the difference in lifespan depended on having a double of the X chromosome (ie XX has fewer risks of malignant mutations expressing compared to XY), but when I think of eg. Klinefelter and the like, that doesn’t seem to hold – they don’t get a longer life expectancy or anything.
Correct me if I’m wrong, though.
Estrogen literally makes various systems in the body function better. Liver is one I looked into for personal reasons, and I learned that cis women have improved liver health compared cis men until menopause. On top of that, several animals have similar effects as a result of estrogen therapy. Hormones are basically a messenger telling the body what to prioritize, and estrogen overall favors maintaining health more than testosterone.
Then what does testosterone prioritise? Prowess and power?
Basically. Being stronger on average is nothing to scoff at.