A question on hormone regimes
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transA little question about hormone regimes:
By the time I go for surgery next May time, I will have been on HRT about 15 months. Already my psych is talking about post-op hormone regimes, but I am aware that I have gone through all this a lot quicker than others may have done. Some transwomen can be several years before they go for the op, and it seems that hormone regimes only get changed at the point of SRS. Given that genetic off-the-peg women spend quite a few years going through puberty, it must make sense that transwomen will need at least a certain length of time for HRT to finish the majority of changes that it is going to cause. Would it be worth considering a post-op regime similar to my pre-op regime, at least for a certain length of time to allow my body to continue and finish puberty this time around? If so for how long before I switch to a post-op regime similar to natal women?
By the time I go for surgery next May time, I will have been on HRT about 15 months. Already my psych is talking about post-op hormone regimes, but I am aware that I have gone through all this a lot quicker than others may have done. Some transwomen can be several years before they go for the op, and it seems that hormone regimes only get changed at the point of SRS. Given that genetic off-the-peg women spend quite a few years going through puberty, it must make sense that transwomen will need at least a certain length of time for HRT to finish the majority of changes that it is going to cause. Would it be worth considering a post-op regime similar to my pre-op regime, at least for a certain length of time to allow my body to continue and finish puberty this time around? If so for how long before I switch to a post-op regime similar to natal women?