Doing a paper on sex changes, SERIOUS answers?

Question

Im doing a paper on sex changes, and I needed to know what type of drugs do women take, to grow facial hair, deepen their voice, and so on........I need to know what it is, where it can be bought, and the average cost.

Answer 1

I agree with the first answer all the way, but to correct a few things everyone has an Adam's apple it's the voice box the only difference is men's or bigger. And women taking homo pills it does deepen the voice a bit.

Answer 2

As far as I know sex hormones (the substance that each gender uses to take on the secondary sexual characteristics of the other sex (facial hair, breasts etc)) need to legally be obtained from your doctor/specialist. I believe that you have to go through a lot of time talking to your doctor and go through certain things (like spending a lot of time dressing and acting like the other sex) before he or she will give you the estrogen or the testosterone etc.

I'm not sure if the voice deepening is as a result of the hormones or due to minor surgery (like the fact that you'd need surgery to get an adam's apple).

This might be specific to Canada though.

Not sure why your paper would need you to figure out where to buy some and how much it would cost though =/.....?

Cheers,

Answer 3

So you're curious about FEMALE to MALE sex changes. Then you are in luck. I can help you. I am a female to male transsexual. For females to deepen their voice, get facial and body hair, gain muscle, ect, they take testosterone hormones. This can come in several forms.
Testosterone can come as a cream which is rubbed into the skin usually of the forearm or upper shoulderblades. It can also be injected intramuscularly, through a syringe like a shot. (This is the method I'm using) It can also be bought as a gel usually under the brand name Androgel. (rather expensive) They also have it in a sublingual (under the tongue) pill form. However, the sublingual goes through the "first pass" system through the blood stream and is believed to be damaging to the liver due to the high levels of androgens (much like steroids). The injectible and cream forms can be made by compounding pharmacies that make bio identical hormones and through this method is usually much cheaper than the brand name. They do sell the injectible vials (usually in 10ml. vials) under the brand name Depo-Testosterone, which can range from $120.00-$150.00 a vial. The compounded on the other hand..well, I buy mine for about $45.00 for a 10ml vial.
A 10ml vial will last approximately 5 1/2 months though, since a pre-op (no hysterectomy) transman will on average, inject 2 cc's a month, 1 cc every 2 weeks is the usual starting dose. After a hysterectomy you can reduce the amount of testosterone you take due to it not having to overpower the effects of estrogen still being produced in the body.
I buy my testosterone from a pharmacy in Dallas, TX. I receive it through mail order, although my doctor here writes the prescription and faxes it to them. The pharmacy is called apothecure pharmacy. Hope I helped.

Answer 4

Many transexuals also buy their hormones through online pharmacies, many of which ship internationally and do not ask for prescriptions. Due to the high cost of transitioning ones sex, in addition to the difficulties associated with procuring a lucrative job as a transexual, many transexuals bypass the (high) expense of seeing a psychologist and endocrinologist. Psychologists rightly follow the Harry Benjamin standards of care, which requires that a TS visit with them for a requisite amount of time before prescribing hormones. The fees for attaining the prescription are at least equal to the cost of the generic medicines themselves, making this a risky but often necessary option. Perhaps this page may be enlightening:
http://www.tsroadmap.com/early/transsexual-hormones.html
Note that I'm not advocating not seeing a professional doctor, I'm just pointing it out.