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@Willow@chaosfem.tw i started t at 37, i joke that i'm dealing with peri and second puberty at the same time. i'm nonbinary and started on very low dose gel and now am on a larger dose (but my body reacts strongly to hormones) the biggest and main effect, even on the lowest dose, has been a drastic improvement on my mental health. a lot of my social anxiety about "do i belong here" completely vanished. absolutely wild. pmdd type stuff is gone. i feel much calmer and i am not crying multiple times a week anymore. my periods were already erratic so i have no notes on that and now i've had a hysto. i kept my ovaries and get sporadic ovulation pain still. all other cramps and stuff are gone. i have had some acne, mostly on my body, and started needing to deal with hidrendiasis superativa which started before t but got pretty bad and needed clyndamicin for. i think this is a peri and t issue (have i spelled any of those three words right today? don't answer that) i also noticed vaginal dryness and loss of elasticity and now use e cream once or twice a week. very small amount. it has worked great. clitoral growth is happening and started early on i have had some body hair growth, a bit of facial hair growth, and only a small amount of voice changes. my body shape has changed and i'm more barrel than hourglass now which is very affirming to me. *i don't personally identify as masc but fit under the umbrella for the sake of this question