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Worth a read. Does the same apply to T women?
Hormone Replacement Skin Patches Don’t Raise Risk for Blood Clots
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There are always risks
But patches/injections/creams/gels that go directly into blood stream are safer than orals that have to be broken down by the liver first. Bio-identical estrogen being the 'safest' version.
Transdermal patches...
Appear to be the preferred option recently in the UK for HRT. I've used them for a number of years from the start of my transition without any issues; even whilst deploying in hot and sandy environments with a high stress factor. I can't compare my experience with any oral options (Premarin for example) but I've been very happy with their performance.
Persephone
Non sum qualis eram
Vivelle Dot .1
I've been on these patches since 2007 or 8 and in comparison to pills or shots, I think they are the business! :) My growth may have something to do with my being XXY?
I had relatively little breast growth until the patches and after the girls just came and moved in! I'm somewhere around b or c. A doctor thought I'd had implants. I will admit that they can be costly but for me, my Health coverage does it.
Gwen
It is common practice
For trans women over 40 to be assigned patches instead of other forms of oestrogen. Especially because of the reduced risk.
Anne Margarete
Oral pills
Do patches work better than pills I take it then. I was proscribed estradiol orally.
hugs :)
Michelle SidheElf Amaianna
Hormone safety
I’ve never had any success with patches as they always fall off too soon.
That said, I take my pills sublingually and seems to work fine.
Regular blood work is the key.
The other question is when is a good time to menopause or is that not needed for transwomen.
I started in HRT in my 20s so have less exposure (time-wise) then natal women but still eventually need to decide.
Life long commitment.
As far as I know taking oestrogen is a life long commitment for a trans woman like me.
There shouldn’t be any difference in how you take the hormones with respect to their effectiveness.
And girls, do not forget to get screened for breast Cancer when you have (a) been on hormones for 5 years or more and (b) are past 50
Anne Margarete
The first thing
my French endocrinologist did when I came from the UK was to change me from Pills to a GEL, Estrafem. Evidently most of the French endocrinologists agree, that for M2F TG and cis women it is the best and most risk free option. I feel fine with it and don't relly recognize any changes.
But then I have the constitution of a Rhino, apparently, since I still work on high ladders, roofs and scaffolds without any problems at 65 years of age and have not visited a Doctor in 20 years for anything other than hormone prescriptions or the occasional visit to a dentist.
Monique S