Most transgender women seeking gender-confirming surgeries will be taking gender-confirming sex steroid hormone therapy. Under medical supervision, hormone therapy appears to be safe with very low risk of complications [1]. However, some patients may be receiving hormone therapy without a prescription ...
While there has been much concern about the potential harm from transgender medical intervention (hormone therapy), a new study has found that transgender women who receive hormone therapy are more likely to quit or decrease smoking cigarettes as compared to the general population. The findings, whi...
As the final step in her transition journey, a transwoman may elect to undergo gender confirmation surgery (GCS). Also known as genital reconstruction surgery, this step typically includes several procedures performed at once. During a process called “penile inversion”, the penis is turned inside...
to evaluate baseline bone density and fracture risk. Hormone therapy, particularly testosterone therapy in transgender men (female-to-male), may impact bone health over time, so monitoring bone density and providing appropriate interventions are important. ...
testosterone and estrogen, respectively. They usedmagnetic resonanceimaging (MRI) to map body composition and measured metabolicrisk factorsvia blood tests, blood pressure and vascular stiffness. The scans were conducted before the start of hormone therapy, after one year and after five to six years...
The heart and lung capacity and strength of transgender women exceed those of their cisgender peers, even after years of female hormone therapy, but they are lower than those of cisgender men, indicates the first study of its kind, published online in th
Transgender women are still at risk for prostate cancer. A new study led by Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators, published in JAMA concludes that current screening guidelines could miss early-stage prostate cancer in transgender women on hormone therapy.
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3. Layer Up Many transgender women who undergo feminizing gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) experiencechanges in the patterns of hair growth, which may result in bulkier hair. If this is your case,layersmight be just the solution you are looking for. They add dimension and movement to...
Gender affirming hormone therapyBody mass indexMany transgender people take hormone therapy to affirm their gender identity. One potential long-term consequence of gender affirming hormone therapy is increased body mass index (BMI), which may be associated with metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease ...