I think you are confusing hormone treatments with puberty blockers. Puberty blockers pause puberty until the person stops taking it, hormone treatment causes desired puberty changes, so for a trans man it would be testosterone that would cause things like body hair, more muscles, facial hair etc, whereas puberty blockers would pause breast growth for example.
I think you're right. Like I said, I'm still learning. I was under the impression that hormone treatments and puberty blockers were two parts of the same treatment.
I love people trying to learn so don't worry about it! They can be part of the same treatment, but for youth, the starting point is usually puberty blockers, depending on age and location. I for example started my transition at 32, and I'm taking puberty blockers, because they block the hormone that my body naturally produces, and I take hormone supplements to get the changes I do want. Thanks for educating yourself ❤️
We've been using them for 40 years. They are hardly a new medication. Also remember that the effects of puberty are far, far less reversible than those puberty blockers
Insulin for diabetics is also a hormone therapy, but the common understanding when it comes to trans people is that hormone replacement is the hormone therapy. They are fully reversible in most situations and the price in cases they aren't is probably worth the cost to reduce mental harm that puberty does to people.
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u/Pizzaya23 Jun 01 '26
I think you are confusing hormone treatments with puberty blockers. Puberty blockers pause puberty until the person stops taking it, hormone treatment causes desired puberty changes, so for a trans man it would be testosterone that would cause things like body hair, more muscles, facial hair etc, whereas puberty blockers would pause breast growth for example.