Hormone Therapy for Transgender Men

Supraja Narasimhan; Joshua D Safer

doi:10.1016/j.cps.2018.03.004

Hormone Therapy for Transgender Men

Clin Plast Surg. 2018 Jul;45(3):319-322. doi: 10.1016/j.cps.2018.03.004. Epub 2018 Apr 26.

Authors

Supraja Narasimhan¹, Joshua D Safer²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
² Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, Mount Sinai Health System an Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 17 East 102nd Street, Room D-240, New York, NY 10029, USA. Electronic address: jsafer0115@gmail.com.

PMID: 29908619
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2018.03.004

Abstract

This article provides an account of the current understanding of hormone therapy options for transgender men and emphasizes the importance of continued physician-supervised monitoring for long-term care.

Keywords: Endocrine Society clinical practice guidelines; Transgender medicine; Transmasculine hormone treatment.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Female
Gender Dysphoria / drug therapy*
Hormone Replacement Therapy / methods*
Humans
Male
Transgender Persons*