HRT and Your Little Friend

[Stephenie S]

I'd really, really prefer the natural breasts. I don't want the hard, fake ones. i do want the redistribution of fat without 50 scars all over my body and thousands of dollars.

I want all my options open. Why should HRT be off limits to me because I'm not interested in the legal sex change surgery? The more I know, the more informed of a decision I can make.

Dear Veronica,

It's not that hormone therapy is off limits to you. It's just that you have an unrealistic view of what hormone therapy will do for you.

Look, we ALL want lovely soft real breasts. Getting them through hormone therapy is a real crap shoot. You have heard us say time and time again YMMV. This is real. There is NO way of telling how much breast growth you will get on hormone therapy without actually DOING it. You MIGHT get NONE. You will most likely get SOME. Those who get breast growth similar to a natal female are few and far between. Almost EVERY transwoman I know (and I know quite a few) has eventually gotten breast augmentation.

And the redistribution of fat? Just the same. YMMV. Actually your millage WILL vary. Unless we are fat to begin with, most of us get little to no fat redistribution. Ya gotta have fat to have fat redistribution. This is not a tragedy, there are plenty of women out there with small butts and small hips. I'm one of them.

And honey, hormone therapy WILL effect your ability (AND YOUR DESIRE) to get and maintain an erection. Eventually it will effect your body's ability to produce viable sperm. If you desire to have a satisfying sexual relationship with another woman, you are NOT gonna be able to have penetrating intercourse with YOUR penis be a part of that relationship.

This is OK, you know. Thousands and thousands of lesbian women have wonderfully satisfying sexual relationships without a penis. If you are so dependent of the proper functioning of your penis that you are unwilling to lose it, forget hormone therapy. It just ain't for you, hon.