I'm going to cut and paste my advice I gave to another cross dresser concerning HRT and Herbal products.

Flat to fem is nothing more than herbs;

First my background. I am an intersexed female and have been on HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) for a little over eleven years.
I've studied them and their effects in depth for over a decade so I know what I'm talking about.

With that out of the way let's begin;

Herbal and phytoestrogen's are derived from natural non animal sources and do not have enough strength to overcome average male testosterone levels.
They will do nothing but make your bank account shrink .

HRT. The real thing. Magic pills for a girly body right guys??? Wrong!

HRT is more powerful concerning the things you can't see than for the things you can.

Hormones have a very powerful effect on brain chemistry.
Chemicals within the makeup of estrogen will begin to alter neuro pathways within the brain thus altering the way you process information ranging from judgement to emotions
In other words after X number of months on hormone therapy you as you currently exist will be changed.

Impotency- Your sexual function will be altered very rapidly from hormone intake.
Your ability to gain erections will quickly disappear with the chances of it returning by stopping the intake of hormones greatly diminishing the longer your taking them.

Sterility- Your chances of sterilizing yourself from hormone intake is close to 100 % at the six month ingestion time frame.

Age- HRT's effects on breast and fat redistribution is extremely subjective and has most to do with your genetic makeup and your age at the time of beginning hormone intake.
Optimally you would begin HRT when you are in your teen's to early twenties.
After the age of 25 the effects of HRT as it pertains to breast growth and fat redistribution drops rapidly to the point of little growth in the average individual after age 40.
Most transsexual and intersexed patients are prescribed HRT for the brain chemistry enhancement and thus it's calming effects on GID ( Gender Identity Disorder).
Of course all patients wish physical changes as well and whereas this is extremely important to them it is not the main focus of hormone therapy.

Those of you wishing to ingest HRT for the sake of body changes only will be greatly disappointed by their effects.
Your brain chemistry alteration and your loss of sexual function and desire including sterility will be the most quickly realized when undertaking a hormone regime.


Julia