http://asknip.com/can-hormone-therapy-be-an-alternative-to-breast-augmentation/ Keeping you young and beautiful Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:32:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://asknip.com/can-hormone-therapy-be-an-alternative-to-breast-augmentation/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Pooky Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:03:22 +0000 http://asknip.com/can-hormone-therapy-be-an-alternative-to-breast-augmentation/#comment-29 no or they would be doing it no or they would be doing it

]]> http://asknip.com/can-hormone-therapy-be-an-alternative-to-breast-augmentation/comment-page-1/#comment-30 leonard s Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:58:05 +0000 http://asknip.com/can-hormone-therapy-be-an-alternative-to-breast-augmentation/#comment-30 No, I'm afraid not. You're right, some (not many) transgender men, and ALL transsexual women, use hormone therapy to develop breast tissue; but this therapy won't have any significant effect on anyone with functioning ovaries. The hormones that are used (oestrogen and progestorone) are produced naturally in the ovaries, in the quantities required to grow breasts at puberty; adding more afterward will not cause any more growth. The reason this treatment works for transgender men, and transsexual women, is because these two groups of people have almost NO naturally occurring oestrogen in their bodies, and so they don't develop breast tissue at puberty (or, indeed, at any time), unless these hormones are added to the body artificially. No, I’m afraid not.
You’re right, some (not many) transgender men, and ALL transsexual women, use hormone therapy to develop breast tissue; but this therapy won’t have any significant effect on anyone with functioning ovaries.
The hormones that are used (oestrogen and progestorone) are produced naturally in the ovaries, in the quantities required to grow breasts at puberty; adding more afterward will not cause any more growth.
The reason this treatment works for transgender men, and transsexual women, is because these two groups of people have almost NO naturally occurring oestrogen in their bodies, and so they don’t develop breast tissue at puberty (or, indeed, at any time), unless these hormones are added to the body artificially.

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