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Hormone replacement therapy is a scam.
Your body undergoes changes during puberty.
This is triggered by your endocrine system and encoded in your DNA.
Increasing the levels of certain hormones at the end of puberty or afterward doesn't do much to stop these changes, let alone reverse them.
Breast tissue growth is minimal: you already have fat in your chest, but you won't be getting DDs anytime soon.
You can't remove the follicles in your cheeks, nasolabial fold, or chin. They're permanent; the only options are laser and makeup.
You can't regrow your hairline; the follicles die, you can only have surgery to literally cut them out the back of your head and paste them on your forehead.
It won't make your face shorter; anyone who says otherwise is lying.
You will see minimal fat redistribution, but, as already said, the amount and location of fat depend primarily on your DNA. You won't grow noticeably wider hips or develop fatty tissue in new areas, and your bones won't change shape.
Surgery, makeup, angles, fashion sense, regular personal care, that's what you see in photos. Artificial, invasive, and high-maintenance procedures and habits, not caused by simply taking a pill or injecting a liquid into your tissues.
You already know this; it's intuitive, you know how your body works and what can and can't be changed. Those who have already spent huge amounts of money on body modifications will tell you it's all due to the snake oil known as HRT. It's not; maybe it's a white lie, maybe it's denial, but deep down you know better; you just want it to be true, you want it to be as easy. Start living in the real world, nothing good ever comes this easy. Please, don't be driven by vanity, I'm not saying don't transition, but don't go out naked telling everybody you're wearing fancy new clothes.
Your body undergoes changes during puberty.
This is triggered by your endocrine system and encoded in your DNA.
Increasing the levels of certain hormones at the end of puberty or afterward doesn't do much to stop these changes, let alone reverse them.
Breast tissue growth is minimal: you already have fat in your chest, but you won't be getting DDs anytime soon.
You can't remove the follicles in your cheeks, nasolabial fold, or chin. They're permanent; the only options are laser and makeup.
You can't regrow your hairline; the follicles die, you can only have surgery to literally cut them out the back of your head and paste them on your forehead.
It won't make your face shorter; anyone who says otherwise is lying.
You will see minimal fat redistribution, but, as already said, the amount and location of fat depend primarily on your DNA. You won't grow noticeably wider hips or develop fatty tissue in new areas, and your bones won't change shape.
Surgery, makeup, angles, fashion sense, regular personal care, that's what you see in photos. Artificial, invasive, and high-maintenance procedures and habits, not caused by simply taking a pill or injecting a liquid into your tissues.
You already know this; it's intuitive, you know how your body works and what can and can't be changed. Those who have already spent huge amounts of money on body modifications will tell you it's all due to the snake oil known as HRT. It's not; maybe it's a white lie, maybe it's denial, but deep down you know better; you just want it to be true, you want it to be as easy. Start living in the real world, nothing good ever comes this easy. Please, don't be driven by vanity, I'm not saying don't transition, but don't go out naked telling everybody you're wearing fancy new clothes.