Hey guys it's Chasey-poo again with other videos for you! Today
I'm going to be talking to you about the effects of
T. I had lots of people ask me questions about the effects of T, and they wanted me to make a video that
maybe explains it. And I think I'm going to put this in my friends and family
educational videos, just because I think that a lot of people are really
confused about what hormones do to an individual when they start taking them,
and I think that if somebody who's been on hormones for almost four years, um,
you know, I have experienced things. I might as well explain it to you.
So I'm going to tell you that the first
little change that might occur in somebody is that their throat might start to become a little bit itchy
a couple of days after their first shot. And this can be psychological, or it can actually be happening. Obviously some people
want the changes to happen so quickly that they think of these changes, and obviously it doesn't happen that quickly.
But the throat itching thing has happened to so many people, I
100% think that it's real for
ninety percent of people.
And that's because your vocal cords are thickening up,
because your voice is going to be, you know, lower and dropping slowly and slowly.
And you should be able to see or hear a
hearable difference, I would say. It depends for everybody of course,
but maybe like two, three,
three months to like six months
may be the biggest change. And then your voice will decrease lower after that. And even after a year on T, your voice can
decrease even more. If you want to watch some of my older videos
where I'm like one year on T, compared to now almost four years on T, my voice sounds the same
but it's a bit deeper now. So now in no particular order
I'm just going to talk about some of the changes that are going to occur as well. The menstruation cycle will end at about- It
changes for everybody of course, so it's about like one to four months for most people.
Skin will become oily. Of course
this is probably dreaded by most people, but acne does come for a lot of people. It's not for everybody, and it does really
supposedly only last for the first six, seven months of being on
hormones, but for some people it can last longer. Example for me, I started getting acne about two months on T.
It lasted until like nine months on T. And then I didn't really get it anymore. Now
I just have a couple pimples, but of course for some people acne can become a really big problem,
and they have to go on other products like
Proactive, and all of these other
prescription ones, which are completely fine if you want to get rid of acne.
Of course body hair, facial hair is going to start growing. As you can see I almost have like a full beard.
Your hair on your arms, on your legs. I'm trying to show you my legs. Your stomach hair, the chest area, back.
You're just going to get hair everywhere that you didn't think was going to get hair. And
sorry for friends and family watching this, but watch out for your butt.
Sorry if you didn't want to hear about that one, but it's a real change that occurs on testosterone,
and I feel that everybody needs to be informed. This is like a scientific-
I'm trying to take a scientific approach about it here.
But I'm really being social so I should probably calm down a little bit. Body fat redistributes for most people.
It could take a couple of months, probably around six months. Your area is going to become more narrow here, and your
figure like that, the hips area is kind of gonna lessen. Obviously if you have some really big hips you can't just
hope that testosterone's going to completely get rid of all of it. It doesn't for a lot of people.
But a lot of people get that more narrow
look, and if you want tips on how to have that very like narrow V-shaped muscular, there are some really great videos on YouTube
on how to exercise. Talking about exercise and muscle, oh, ooh!
The energy level that you're gonna have when you go on hormones increases- The red blood cell production
increases a lot more, so you do have a lot more energy. A little example,
I live on a hill kind of. Before I was on testosterone I would get up the hill,
it's like a five minute walk, and I would like go on my bed for about 25 minutes like (pants)
Exhausted. Now I can run up the hill. So you do get a lot more energy. Which is really great, and
your muscles
do become
bigger and denser. And denser is probably not the right word, but
it's easier to get muscles is what I'm trying to say.
Unfortunately male pattern baldness, or
thinning of the hair, or hair falling out is,
happens to most people who are trans and are on hormones like testosterone.
It's, you know-
It's something that we just have to deal with. There are some products that you might be able to go on.
Your hairline will recede to a more male pattern. As you can see, mine is more square now. Mine was not square before.
And
that's okay. I mean, it's thinning a bit.
I had some really, I
think if I let my hair grow really long it would still be thick like how it used to be, when I was
pre-T. But I'm okay with my hair right now. It kind of sucks that it is decreasing,
but if it does decrease anymore
I'll probably end up going on something to keep that hair.
Something that not a lot of people talk about, but your body odor is going to change and
that can be a good thing. It's like-
I'm gonna be very stereotypical right now,
but you're going to "smell like a man." You start sweating a lot more, so you do need to wear a lot more deodorant.
I apply like three times a day. That's not for everybody, obviously. I'm just giving you my experience.
But I do sweat a lot more. And my smell is more like, smells like I've been at the gym when I haven't.
Even though this is for family and friends, there are two things
here that might be a little not-safe-for-work, not-safe-for-family, so I'm sorry.
But I do want to explain it, because there are some people who are going to be watching this video who actually want to know
about the changes of the area down there. The pee smell changes, and that's something that not a lot of people talk about, either.
It's a different smell. I don't even know how to explain it. It's just more, it's stronger.
Let's put it that way. And your area is going to grow a little more. Not the whole area like bam, but um,
your
area. I'm just not going to go into details because I know that family or friends. If you have more questions about that,
I will answer them for you. Some misconceptions about being on T.
Just a little side note over here. If you've already gone through female puberty you aren't gonna grow any taller.
Your feet are not going to grow, your hands are not going to grow. Cartilage does expand,
so my nose did change a little bit because the cartilage in it. Your hands and your feet might expand a little more.
And that's only because the cartilage, it's not actually going to grow. So if you are short, and you've already gone through female puberty,
testosterone is not going to make you grow any taller.
You can get some support for your feet that have like a wedge in your shoes so that you are taller.
But unfortunately, it's not going to make you taller. Another really big misconception is that T changes your personality.
It doesn't change your personality at all. I am literally the exact same person that I was five years ago.
The only difference is that and I am so much more confident in who I am and how I present myself,
that I'm able to project myself in the way that I've always wanted to. And so confidence has really given my personality a boost
to become the better me that I was always supposed to be. So that's a really great thing.
I'm still the same person. I'm still funny,
you know I still have the exact same relationship that I had with my dad. You know it's,
your emotions change,
but not your personality. And your emotions only change in a way that like, you might get more angry because hormones are
in your body, and you might not be used to it.
And if it is too high of a dose you do need to go on a lower one
so that you're not so angry if you feel like you need to change that. Just because you're on hormones
and you start to pass more as male in society, it doesn't mean that you're going to become some misogynistic
A-hole.
To use any other words that I can think of, it doesn't make you into a raging man
who's going to start beating on people.
Honestly, it just,
it made me more comfortable in who I am, and it made me really find out who I really am
deep inside, because I was able to project myself, which was really great.
And I think that that's a really big misconception,
is that "T changes you." T
doesn't change you. It changes you a good way in your mind. I don't know how to explain it better than that. And the one last
misconception that I want to bring up is that T does not change your sexual orientation.
A lot of people think that when you're going on T, you're going to change your sexual orientation.
Ok so for parents and friends who are watching this who might not understand, this is your friend.
They are trans, the white here. Or let's make them blue. This person is
attracted to a
woman. So in your eyes, before they came out they were lesbians. Yes? Ok. So when your
friend, or your family member, comes out,
and they're attracted to women, that means that they're straight.
They're a straight male, looking for straight women. That's fine, but
sometimes even if that person that you knew was only attracted to women,
being on T might make some people more comfortable with their sexuality, and exploring things. They might go for men.
So then they would be gay men searching for gay men, and that's completely fine. T doesn't change your sexual orientation,
but I think that for a lot of people, people are able to express themselves a lot better and be able to open themselves up and
not close themself off so much, and maybe explore their sexuality a little more. So why not explore it? You know?
We're young, why not?
So that's really it that I have. If you guys have any questions for me, please let me know and I will answer them as best
as I can, and make some videos for you. I hope you have a great week,
and I hope that this was informational. Informational? I always mess it up. Love you.