Tips for HRT prep? - eviltoast

How do you do, fellow ladies?

If all goes as planned, I’ll be starting HRT in just a few weeks (😁). Does anyone have any practical tips on things to do or procure in advance? So far, all I’ve managed to deduce from wandering the internet is:

  • cryopreservation of sperm
  • find and secure a bralette that fits comfortably, by the time things get tender
  • stock up on pickles

Anything else I’ll likely be happy to have prepped in advance?

Note: flagged this as NSFW to encourage open conversation, and in case mere mention of sperm warrants it.

  • Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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    11 months ago

    Thank you! That sounds handy. I’m great at forgetting things.

    I’ve been dragging my feet on hair removal, mostly because I’ll probably end up needing hair transplants and I’m not sure where they’ll be taking them from. Don’t want to end up messing that up somehow. Definitely sounds like the sort of thing that is best started sooner rather than later, though.

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      11 months ago

      You should let someone with more expertise chime in on hair transplants, but I don’t believe they typically take hair from your face.

      Also, fwiw, you may well get significant regrowth after starting hormones. 6 months in on Spiro & estradiol, the large bald/thin spot on the crown of my head is almost gone.

      • Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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        11 months ago

        That’s awesome, I’m genuinely happy for you! ❤️ Hopefully, I’ll experience the same, but my hair loss started over 15 years ago, so I don’t want to build my hopes up. That’s partly why I was holding off, though - to wait and see if I luck out and end up not needing transplants after all. But you make a good point; I imagine I should at least be able to start on facial hair.