Anonymous asked: Have you heard anything about potential health complications related to taking Testosterone from a young age? Like possibly increasing risk of ovarian cysts, something like that
There are a number of health risks associated with females taking T, but this specific situation–taking it from a young age–is not something that there are any longitudinal studies on to my knowledge. I would recommend reading about a) the nearly immediate mitochondrial damage caused by T in females who are taking transition level doses, and b) the known health risks to male bodied people who now have a class action suit about the negative impacts of exogenous testosterone and new FDA warnings on the subject–(“Reported serious adverse outcomes include heart attack, heart failure,
stroke, depression, hostility, aggression, liver toxicity and male
infertility. Individuals abusing high doses of testosterone have also
reported withdrawal symptoms, such as depression, fatigue, irritability,
loss of appetite, decreased libido and insomnia”) They’re also starting to talk about it as habit-forming/addictive. Males’ risk profile with reference to T is different from females’–they don’t suffer mitochondrial impairment, for example, nor vaginal atrophy, nor fusing of the cervix, nor damage to the uterus and ovaries, obviously, which definitely can and does happen to females–but many of those other adverse outcomes do overlap.




