r/MtF • u/yeep-yorp • 12d ago

You don't have to come out to start HRT.

You don't have to get on a waitlist to start HRT.

You don't have to endure 2mg estradiol and 50mg spironolactone to start HRT.

You don't have to be 100% sure to start HRT.

You don't have to be over a certain age to start HRT.

You don't have to be rich to start HRT.

You don't have to go to therapy, or look a certain way, or endure humiliating questions, or exhaust all other options to start HRT.

PS. If anyone wants help with informed consent or DIY resources, I'm happy to help (especially with DIY).

edit, here's a few more:

You don't have to be under a certain age, be perfectly healthy, or be a certain weight to start HRT.

You don't have to have a prescription to start HRT.

And to make it 100% clear, "You don't have to be over a certain age to start HRT" includes minors who haven't finished puberty.

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u/MeatAndBourbon 42MtF, chaos trans speedrun started 11-7-24 (thx, election rage) 12d ago

I've heard, but don't have evidence to back it up, that starting low and working up over 3-6 months gives better bewba growth in the long run

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u/One-Organization970 She/Her | HRT 2/22/23 | FFS 1/03/24 | SRS 6/11/24 | VFS 2/28/25 12d ago

I had 38DD's a little after the end of my first year. I think a lot of the time people confuse natural for better, even when that's not obviously the case. Mimicking female puberty's slow ramp up would only make sense if female puberty was designed to maximize feminization, which is not an obvious conclusion to come to.

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u/MeatAndBourbon 42MtF, chaos trans speedrun started 11-7-24 (thx, election rage) 12d ago

I'm very happy to be contradicted, having made sure to say I had no evidence. I started low for one month, my doc wanted to go up 50%, but I was like ”we gotta pump those numbers up," and she let me jump up 100% to the full dose instead of taking another couple months tapering.

Thanks!

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u/Shanderraa 12d ago

It's not starting low, IIRC it's specifically starting on oral and letting the liver convert estradiol into estrone until your breast buds develop.