Sometimes I really do wish that after a year or so of continuous HRT your body would just like figure it out and start making it by itself. Get w the program.
wait it DOESN’T?? you have to take it FOREVER for the changes to be permanent?? mannn that sucks i am so sorry y'all. does it reverse the changes too if you go off of it?? that’s so screwy. bodies are transphobic
Unfortunately no, your body doesn’t start making the hormones on its own, you have to keep taking them.
However, different changes have different levels of reversibility. This is something I definitely encourage folks to do research on, especially for nonbinary folks considering short term HRT. Some changes like fat redistribution, muscle gain (T) or loss (E), sex drive changes, skin changes, stopping of periods (T), etc are pretty reversible, and likely to go away if you stop HRT. Other changes like breast growth (E), bottom growth (T), and voice deepening (T) are irreversible and unlikely to change much even if you stop HRT. Some changes like body and facial hair growth (T) are mostly irreversible, but may reverse slightly like the hair grows in slower or thinner than previously.
