Once you find a clinician, "discuss and outline your medical history with them, including preexisting conditions, family history, allergies, and other medications you may be taking," says Golding-Granado. Start by finding a qualified clinician who is knowledgeable in testosterone therapy. Your clinician may also have certain requirements before they will allow you to move forward with testosterone therapy. If you’re under age 18, you may be able to receive testosterone therapy with parental consent. A healthcare professional can help you figure out the best option for you and advise you on the next steps. In these cases, you may start something called testosterone therapy. Planned Parenthood is America’s most trusted provider of reproductive health care. PPLM is now providing surgical support letters to established patients who are seeking gender affirmation surgery. In the event of changes that would require us to shift any of our services, we will send MyChart messages to current patients and update our website accordingly. Planned Parenthood Federation of America uses tracking technologies to improve your site experience. Please click the button that corresponds to the care you will receive to read the form you will sign at your appointment. The Florida Board of Medicine requires that every gender-affirming care patient complete an informed consent form in-person with their doctor. We will continue to monitor updates to care and work to continue to care for all our patients in compliance with the law. If you are on hormone therapy, you can utilize the health center for ongoing care and monitoring. Testosterone therapy is used for as long as a person and their healthcare team feels that it benefits them and affirms their gender, says Forcier. Several U.S. states have laws designed to restrict adolescent and adult access to gender affirming care. For our gender-affirming hormone services, we see patients 16 and over. We use qualitative data, including session replay, to learn about your user experience and improve our products and services. We can start or continue gender-affirming hormone therapy and provide referrals for gender-qualified therapy and resources if needed. We offer gender-affirming hormone therapy for transmasculine, transfeminine, non-binary, and gender diverse individuals. You can change your default settings according to your preference. We use that information to make the site work, analyze performance and traffic on our website, to provide a more personalized web experience, and assist in our marketing efforts. We also use analytics to better understand how users book appointments. Worsened sleep and hair growth patterns, including hair loss, have also been reported. "Testosterone therapy can affect fertility, depending on the age you start treatment," says Golding-Granado. "This discussion should include what your potential benefits or side effects and long-term health implications could be." At this appointment, we will discuss your goals for treatment, go through the Informed Consent forms, review your medical history, and answer any questions you have about medication options. If you are under 16, we can refer you to other Massachusetts providers who can give you hormonal care. For patients who are 16 and 17, we require a parent/guardian consent.
