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Aella
@Aella_Girl
I get not wanting kids to make permanent changes to their body before they're old enough to have a better sense of what they want, but aren't puberty blockers reversible? If a kid wants to transition and it can be undone if they change their mind, what's the harm?
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Kelsey Piper
@KelseyTuoc
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@Aella_Girl
My impression from reading the (incredibly politicized in both directions) research is that long-term use of puberty blockers can cause medical problems, short-term probably okay, we can almost def design better puberty blockers/vastly reduce harms if we invest there
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Joey
@sassafrasind
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@Aella_Girl
If you manipulate hormones during puberty, all kinds of development issues can occur into adulthood which can not be reversed with current medicine.
Vinny Titone
@Vinny_Titone
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@Aella_Girl
Injecting artificial hormones to prevent a young person's body from developing is not reversible. Even full grown men who increase their test levels with artificial hormones (steroids) for a short time end up suffering from unbalanced hormone levels for the rest of their lives.
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dmg
@dmg122884
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@Aella_Girl
No, they are not really 'reversible'. Using them as intended generally results in permanent changes and deficits, including sterility and dangerous health problems later in life.
Steven Gussman
@schwinn3
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@Aella_Girl
No, they're not reversible. Puberty won't just happen again, it's a very important and time-based developmental event. I'm not saying there will be no partial return to the innate phenotype by changing chemicals but no, development should not be thought of as something we control
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Stille
@aperfectbalance
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@Aella_Girl
You're right. A classmate of mine was on them until 9th grade so she'd grow to be over 5 ft tall. Perfectly safe from what she told me, and not something any doc made a big deal about
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