MYTH:
Masturbation will slow the feminizing processFACT:
There is NO link between masturbation and the production and/or utilization of hormones within the human body.
Masturbation neither increases nor decreases testosterone production.
MYTH:
Dong Quai is estrogen. Black Cohosh is estrogenFACT:
Neither of these herbs "are" estrogen.
Dong Quai and Black Cohosh, along with several other specific herbs, contain bio-molecules which the human body can convert into estrogen.
But of and by themselves, no herbs "are" estrogen.
How much estrogen could be gotten from ingesting these herbs, is a function of the potency and purity of the specific herbs being ingested.
But a person would have to eat hands-full, and bottle-full of these kinds of herbs every day, for many months, in order to even begin to see feminizing results from either of these, or from any other herb.MYTH:
"Herbal Hormones" Do Not "Work" for FeminizingFACT:
By analogy: For hundreds of years, many men tried to build an airplane, to fly like the birds. None of them were successful.
So it was easy for many people to say,
"Flying like a bird is impossible, it will never work."
Just because hundreds of people did it wrong, does not mean it won't work.
When you do it properly, it will work.There are no such thing as "herbal hormones".
There are herbs which the human body will convert into hormones.
But if a person does not eat enough of them, nothing will happen. A person would have to eat hands full, and bottles full, of store-bought herbs every day, to get enough herbs to enable a male body to begin to femininze.
The bigger problem with people who proclaim this Myth, is that historically the people using store herbs, have virtually never used anything to block testosterone first.
So they, too quickly, decide that "herbs don't work" for feminizing
Because they did it wrong and got no results, means nothing.Drug hormones do not work quickly for many people, either.
Especially if nothing is also taken to block testosterone.
The "dirty secret" for drug hormone users, is that changes may not start or become visiable for MANY months. Many of them will give up, also; but none of them ever seem to say "Drugs don't work".Evanesce is formulated from concentrated extracts of the active ingredients -- active bio-molecules of each herb; i.e., only the good useful stuff.
Evanesce also has the most potent testosterone blockers a person can legally obtain;
All mixed in ratios which German scientists found would make each herbal extract work better than any could on their own.
Evanesce is FAR different than just crushed herbs in a capsule.
There is nothing else like this formulation.
MYTH:
Phytoestrogens are "weak hormone like substances" which will obstruct Feminization; phytoestrogens will block cellular estrogen receptors, so that real estrogens can not ever workFACT:
Articles on the interent about "weak hormone like substances" are just flatly false --
a false concept repeated over and over is still a false concept.
Information about herbal hormones "obstructing" feminization is also just flat false.
There are indeed weak estrogenic hormone-like molecule mimics, which do harm estrogen receptors -- -- these come from various chemical pollutants in our environment; and are properly called PSUEDO-estrogens.
These do NOT come from herbs.
MYTH:
Phyto-estrogens can cause Breast CancerFACT:
There has NEVER been a single case of HRT-induced breast cancer in the M2F TG/TS community. NEVER.
There are articles on various interent web sites which use this kind of story to try to scare people away from using herbs.
The one case of breast cancer in a post-op TS which I am aware of over the past 25+ years, was in a person with a family history of males who developed breast cancer.
She does not in any way blame HRT for her cancer.
For her, by her own words to me personally, the cancer was genetic.
It would have developed regardless of what she took, or did.
There are born women who develop breast cancer after taking drug estrogens;
it is fascinating -- and just plain wrong -- for writers to insinuate that estrogenic herbs will cause breast cancer.
MYTH:
Spironolactone is a testosterone blocker, an anti-androgen.FACT:
Spironolactone is a Diuretic; i.e., = a drug developed to strip water from the human body.
Spironolactone does have an interesting side effect in a small percentage of males, of reducing testosterone levels.
The trade off is that spironolactone, can easily create major physical problems of potassium overload and dehydration.
When using spironolactone, an individual needs to consume 3-4 liters of water each day, above and beyond coffee (which is also a water-striping diuretic), soda pop, tea, etc.
MYTH:
Commercially available breast growth creams, pills, etc., are effective for feminization of malesFACT:
None of these products have any ingredients to block or to reduce testosterone production in a male body.
Most of these products DO have ingredients which, in a male body, will convert into additional testosterone.
MYTH:
Hormone Creams can be used to feminize a male body; to grow breasts.
FACT:
There are two types of hormone creams: Estrogen creams, and Progesterone Creams
There are two strengths of hormone creams: over-the-counter, and Prescription.
There cannot be enough estrogen in any given finger-tip full of these over-the-counter creams
to substantially affect a male body in any way.
Testosterone must be reduced in order to feminize; estrogen creams cannot do that job.
Progesterone in the male body is the precursor of testosterone; progesterone becomes testosterone.
People who claim feminization results from these creams,
are getting feminizing results in spite of the creams, not because of the creams.
MYTH:
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