• idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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    Other purported benefits include decreased fatty tissue, increased muscle mass and cognitive performance, and even better skin.

    Emphasis mine, but that seems… unlikely

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      It happened to me. My skin was chronically dry and painful my whole adult life, but I’m magically normal on T. I also sweat more and have to wash my face multiple times a day.

      It also really helped my emotional regulation not by changing my emotions, but moderating how intense they feel. It takes a lot more to make me cry now. Stopping the menstrual cycle was part of that as well, and I’ve not had a single yeast infection or hagfish attack on T.

      I sometimes joke to myself that I’m just faking the whole trans thing to gain access to these treatments.

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        Tbh, extra dry skin is the one skin condition I would have expected it to improve. That’s really good to know about the emotions. I’m probably an egg who’s very afraid of turning into a rage machine, but I’d much prefer occasional controllable anger to every intense emotion causing tears (which it currently does for me, even positive ones if they’re strong enough).