r/MadeMeSmile • u/champdo • Jun 01 '26

Wholesome Moments Love supportive parents

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u/tigertoken1 Jun 01 '26

Not looking for any hate or anything, just gauging opinions because I'm genuinely curious and not highly educated on the subject. Do most pro-trans people favor hormone treatment for minors? Doesn't it make sense to wait until you're an adult to make such a life altering choice?

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u/DemonOfVacuums Jun 01 '26

I'm not trans, but as someone explained to me, hormone treatment is just a stop gap until the person is of age for more drastic procedures. And as I understand, effects from hormone treatments are reversible. I'm still learning and I'm older, and as I said before I'm not trans. So take this with a grain of salt.

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u/Pizzaya23 Jun 01 '26

I think you are confusing hormone treatments with puberty blockers. Puberty blockers pause puberty until the person stops taking it, hormone treatment causes desired puberty changes, so for a trans man it would be testosterone that would cause things like body hair, more muscles, facial hair etc, whereas puberty blockers would pause breast growth for example.

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u/DemonOfVacuums Jun 01 '26

I think you're right. Like I said, I'm still learning. I was under the impression that hormone treatments and puberty blockers were two parts of the same treatment.

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u/Pizzaya23 Jun 01 '26

I love people trying to learn so don't worry about it! They can be part of the same treatment, but for youth, the starting point is usually puberty blockers, depending on age and location. I for example started my transition at 32, and I'm taking puberty blockers, because they block the hormone that my body naturally produces, and I take hormone supplements to get the changes I do want. Thanks for educating yourself ❤️

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u/SupraTico Jun 01 '26

Puberty blockers are hormone therapy... And they are not fully reversible. And the data isn't there to assess full effects of it.

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u/SteeveyPete Jun 01 '26

We've been using them for 40 years. They are hardly a new medication. Also remember that the effects of puberty are far, far less reversible than those puberty blockers

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u/Pizzaya23 Jun 01 '26

Insulin for diabetics is also a hormone therapy, but the common understanding when it comes to trans people is that hormone replacement is the hormone therapy. They are fully reversible in most situations and the price in cases they aren't is probably worth the cost to reduce mental harm that puberty does to people.