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2026-04-20 01:55 UTC
Fun fact! The same thing happens with bodybuilders take steroids. It changes their face look so much!
(couldn't find a better photo so I used a YouTube thumbnail lol)
Actually, steroids are essentially my HRT in reverse. It makes me look younger, softer skin, less muscle, less acne, etc. whereas body builders who take gear look older, have thicker skin, more muscle, more acne, etc.
Women who get on steroids and take testosterone is LITERALLY the same thing as FtM HRT.
I've been watching an ex bodybuilders YouTube who does a lot of activism against unhealthy steroid use and it's REALLY fascinating to me how gender expression can be so opposite but still so similar.
Men taking steroids is (more or less) essentially DIYHRT just for cis men instead of trans men. Same testosterone coming from the same oversea suppliers. (ignoring that testosterone is only 1 chemical bodybuilders inject, there's a LOT of others)
I've literally recommended someone doing DIYHRT to get blood work done by a company that the YouTuber recommends to people on steroids to get their blood work done.
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@hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-20 05:20
Not like, estrogen literally is a steroid. If you’re taking HRT you’re doing steroids. Most laypeople mean anabolic steroids when they say steroids. Those are the masculine ones that build muscles, but steroids as a category includes much more. All sex hormones are steroids. Estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone are all steroids. So is cortisol, and many others that regulate many bodily functions. Steroids are a biological communication protocol used to control many thongs. Maybe I’m just being pedantic, (probably) but far from steroids in reverse, estrogen is the best steroid of all.