Feminizing Men - A Guide for Males to Achieve Maximum Feminization (Non-fiction Crossdressing and Feminization Books)

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To get in touch with your personal vision of femininity, you need to recognize that ego, social norms, and logic are going to get in the way. Injected depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-Provera®) is less commonly used in transgender women. Feminizing hormone therapy may be used as a standalone treatment or combined with gender affirmation surgery.

Prior studies reporting a 20 to 40 fold increased risk of VTE in transgender women involved the use of high doses (100-200mcg/day) of thrombogenic ethinyl estradiol in a mix of smokers and non-smokers. With women more masculine we know they will be more focused on their career and purpose, driving them towards the mindset that they don’t in fact need a man to provide and if they have one that does provide for her he soon becomes obsolete, leading her to believe it more beneficial to either leave or divorce him. An unpublished study found positive correlations between libido and testosterone levels in transgender women treated with testosterone, but no effect when treated with dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S). Cyproterone acetate induces a wide spectrum of acute liver damage including corticosteroid-responsive hepatitis: report of 22 cases.

It is of the assumption that in a relationship, the person with a more feminine personality will be marginally less dominant and rely on the more masculine partner to account for many of the decisions that need to be made. A long-term follow-up study of mortality in transsexuals receiving treatment with cross-sex hormones. These recommendations may appear as benign to the surgeon; however to the transgender woman undergoing a life and body-altering procedure simultaneous with gonadectomy, sudden and prolonged complete withdrawal of estrogens can have a profound impact. The 2009 Endocrine Society Guidelines recommend monitoring serum estradiol and maintaining levels at the mid-cycle range for non-transgender women. There also are several forms of estrogen that are applied to the skin, including a cream, gel, spray and patch.

A discussion of the pros and cons of this approach, with individualized and shared decision making is recommended.Increased frequency of office visits may also be useful for patients with complex psychosocial situations to allow for the provision of ancillary or wraparound services. In fact one study found that transgender women experience improvements in social functioning and reduced anxiety and depression once estrogen therapy is begun. This may include them cross-dressing in feminine clothing such as lingerie, acting in a feminine manner, getting referred to by a feminine name, having anal sex as the receptive partner, [3] [4] wearing prosthetic breasts, or tucking.

Mechanisms in endocrinology: epidemiology of hormonal contraceptives-related venous thromboembolism.

Feminizing hormone therapy helps male-to-female transgender individuals (transwomen) achieve a more feminine appearance. Over time, your hormone dose may need to change to ensure you are taking the lowest dose necessary to get the physical effects that you want. While progestogens have some anti-androgen effect through central blockade of gonadotropins, there is also a theoretical risk of a direct androgenizing effect of progestogens.