Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy

what is the minimum age for hormone replacement therapy?

if a 13 year old guy feels that he is a female trapped in man’s body, and he wants to start transtion, how old he has to be before doctors would agree to put him on estrogen hormones?

There isn’t any standard rule. It used to be you had to be 18 before doctors would consider treating you because they feared lawsuits, and many doctors are still that way, but not all.

To get hormonal therapy in general, normally a therapist evaluates the person, certifies that they’re trans and mentally stable enough to deal with the social stress of transition (or that the stress of *not* transitioning outweighs it), and writes them a letter saying so. Take this letter to an endochrinologist (hormone doctor) and they write the actual perscription. A growing number of therapists and doctors will now provide treatment to people under 18.

The big thing though, is that a minor needs parental support to legally go on hormonal therapy. But if a 13 year old trans kid has supportive parents, they can find therapists and doctors willing to help them, especially if they live in/near a large city.

Besides estrogen therapy, for prepubescent minors there’s also the option of just going on anti-androgens (for mtf kids) or anti-estrogens (for ftm kids). These temporarily halts puberty before much damage is done, and buys time.

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