Sounds like gender affirming care.
Sorry to be snide. I don’t take TRT, but everyone should be able to do this sort of stuff without judgment. You only got one life.
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I'm not trying to judge, more asking about how people feel about trying to change the natural aging process
100 homie. Sorry if it sounded like I implied that. Not my intent.
What is TRT?
Testosterone Replacement Therapy - a treatment used to raise low testosterone levels in men, often addressing symptoms like decreased libido, fatigue, and muscle loss.
And to OPs question, not a fan doing it if it's not prescribed, and that's also the constraints I would always do it in if my doctor said I needed it.
There are tradeoffs, but the biggest downside is it down regulates testosterone production in the body, and all the sexual side effects of not producing natural testosterone.
I think it's a valuable tool, but it's not a panacea, and needs to be closely supervised by a endocrinologist.