• FedX@quokk.auEnglish
    19·
    3 days ago

    When I first heard the term, I expected some real Nile Blue turning cardboard into estrogen type shit.

  • alapakala@quokk.auEnglish
    10·
    3 days ago

    That is a goal. Esp. insulin reproduction.
    There’s a lot of science to do💪

    • applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      39·
      3 days ago

      if only it was. creating hormones is a complex chemistry process requiring a big factory and lots of steps, which cant really be replicated in your house. well maybe if you’re an unreasonably competent chemist, which i am not so idk. the most we can do ourselves is buy the pure hormone as a powder and mix it with stuff to make it injectable.

      the diy part is more the prescribing, dosing, testing, and acquiring hormones without a doctor or engaging with the medical system. we can buy hormones without a prescription online various places, which gives us the freedom to take what we think is best for us without having to wait months or years to be jerked around by an ignorant doctor.

      not sure if you were joking so enjoy my possibly unnecessary explanation.

        • Hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          1·
          16 hours ago

          There are many illegal drugs. How many of them are genuinely unobtainable?

          There will always be a way to get estrogen. They cannot stop us.

        • applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          3·
          1 day ago

          i mean it kind of is unless a country cuts off all domestic shipping to foreign nations. as long as theres a demand for something theres a profit motive to skirt regulations and bypass import laws. you can get pretty much any drug you could want within pretty much every city in the world if you know where to look, and lots of those drugs have been illegal to possess for decades. if people want hormones and are willing to pay for them someone will find a way to sell it to them. it might be illegal but when has that ever stopped anyone?

      • Anahkiasen@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        25·
        3 days ago

        No no I was for reals thanks for the explanations!! I legit imagined people cooking large cauldrons of estrogens like witches or something xD

        • ItsLucky@pawb.social
          7·
          2 days ago

          I’ll link to two mastodon posts that contain a lot lot of informarion and links to various sites that try to be a guidance on trans general and sprcially DIY HRT things.

          This one is specifically for testosterone based HRT

          https://social.voidkvlt.eu/@void/statuses/01KVQT5V5BKA4RWKYJ9290D3Z2

          This is generall knowledge and a bit more focused on estrogen based HRT, which tbf a lot of diy online sources are. DIYHRT is kind of a thing mostly done with estrogen because testosterone is a controlled substamce but yeah, not the point of this post :D

          https://queer.group/@[email protected]/112417068947512520

          Edit: If anyone wants to talk more about DIYHRT feel free to send me a DM :)