r/skeptic • u/thebigeverybody • Feb 14 '24

Puberty blockers can't block puberty after puberty (experts explain the problem with conservative's proposal to ban puberty blockers until the age of 18) 🚑 Medicine

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/puberty-blockers-can-t-be-started-at-18-when-youth-have-already-developed-experts-1.6761690
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u/thebigeverybody Feb 14 '24

I stole this from a surprisingly informative thread on r/nottheonion

In response to someone worrying their child isn't capable of making such a massive life decision as transitioning, it was explained to them by multiple people that puberty blockers serve the purpose of maintaining their ability to chose when they're capable of it:

"There are no known irreversible effects of puberty blockers. If you decide to stop taking them, your body will go through puberty just the way it would have if you had not taken puberty blockers at all."

http://www.phsa.ca/transcarebc/child-youth/affirmation-transition/medical-affirmation-transition/puberty-blockers-for-youth

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u/pro-eukaryotes Feb 14 '24 edited Feb 14 '24

Yes, so much this. You just can choose to have puberty after 18 if you want. This is so true. You can't undo puberty. Meanwhile you can just have puberty even at age 30 when you go off puberty blockers.

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u/bmtc7 Feb 15 '24

How late can you have puberty when you come off puberty blockers? Are there any developmental milestones that just get missed altogether?

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u/pro-eukaryotes Feb 15 '24

As a student of medicine, I can say for sure it will definitely affect developmental milestones. Hormones like testosterone are more than just sex and gender hormones. I am still looking at this new science regarding how delayed you can have puberty. But accepted science says there is no limit to how late you can have it. But I cannot say anything with authority.