• FedX@quokk.au
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    1 day ago

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

    • applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 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.