Hi! Sorry if this isn’t allowed. Although I don’t think there is a rule against it, I can remove it if it is a problem!

My (literal) skin craves tiddy skittles. Endocrine systems are very complex, but TBIs + dry skin to the point of bleeding a little bit does generally point to not enough E being produced. Please do not tell me to visit a doctor, especially about the physical head trauma… There is no treatment to speak of, other than mitigating neuroinflammation, which I did do (over two years ago), when the last head bonk happened. I am safe meow, but not having a baja blast, tbh.

I’m not a “still cis tho” AMAB, trying to avoid hormones, since they’re for trans folk. I lost shits to give about my presenting gender a long time ago, and consider myself agender or enby, or any expression in that vein, basically.

That said, I am pretty garbage at talking to new ppl, online or not, and also didn’t want to pm a poor unexpecting soul, asking where to obtain E. “Controversial” or not, a quick test and some pills would almost definitely improve my wellbeing in multiple ways. Help finding an affordable tester and source for estrogen, or at least resources that have a trusted list would be appreciated greatly, even if they are not replies to this long-winded post.

(Thank you mods/hosters for keeping this place alive and safe, really. I am/was a lurker for a while, and this instance has been comfy af.)

tldr: I wish to obtain E, and would like a safe starting point, or a source for testing and pills.

EDIT: I just found out that Pueraria Mirifica exists… o.o Now I feel kinda dumb for posting this, but oh well. A plant with some phytoestrorogens in it seems like a saner option for dabbling in self-treatment of this type of stuff.

  • AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    the dry, cracking skin on hands thing can be worsened significantly by using bad (read: most) hand soap, in my personal experience at least

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      12 days ago

      Yeah :< I can’t use any soap that doesn’t have moisterizer of some kind in it. I wish it was localized to just my hands too, but they def get some of the worst of the dryness over all.