Osteoporosis I think?
this post was submitted on 15 May 2025
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https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(20)30581-4/fulltext https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7656150/
I looked at these two papers, one in the Journal of Adolescent Health and one in Journal of Medical Ethics. I also only realized halfway through writing this that they’re written by the same researchers.
They’re mostly discussing the ethics of granting the requests of non-binary adults to continue puberty blockers, I mostly looked through for the potential physical effects, which are as follows:
Reduced bone density is the biggest worry, testosterone or estrogen are needed for proper bone density, which is why post-menopausal women get osteoporosis.
You’d get taller than would otherwise be expected, because the growth plates wouldn’t fuse as normal.
Impaired sexual functioning, in particular if you have a vagina it could start to atrophy which doesn’t sound great.
You’re correct that you wouldn’t need to shave.
They never really describe what would happen appearance-wise aside from saying it could “impact chances of finding a romantic partner” which along with the other things so this is my interpretation based on what they said and what I already know:
Low muscle mass, more “child-like” fat distribution, rounder face, no facial hair and little body hair, thinner hair, narrower shoulders, and obviously no secondary sexual characteristics like prominent Adam’s Apple or breasts or things of that nature.
Low muscle mass, more “child-like” fat distribution, rounder face, no facial hair and little body hair, thinner hair, narrower shoulders, and obviously no secondary sexual characteristics like prominent Adam’s Apple or breasts or things of that nature.
I was thinking the JD Vance memes
Oh also it may or may not increase the risk of cardiovascular disease
Also I say “taller than expected” but I’m not sure if that is true for both AMAB and AFAB people.
The paper is talking about an AFAB non-binary person who would otherwise resume female puberty, I’m not entirely sure how testosterone affects height but it would make sense to me that forever-puberty-blockers would give a height in the middle between the post-female-puberty height and the post-male-puberty height.
I thnk it's true for people who were AMAB as well. Men castrated before completing puberty were often very tall, as it takes longer for the skeletal growth plates to set into place.
They'd have a hell of a time buying booze, that's for sure
Castrati were essentially this.
My dogs castrati, he seems okay, a bit sexually frustrated, but okay
Honestly I wish I could have done that. The only problem is I had no way to even realize that before going through puberty. How was I supposed to know I would hate what my body would become?
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