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delectiyesterday at 9:03 PM1 replyview on HN

It is absolutely possible, and it has been done in cisgender children with precocious puberty for decades.

> Puberty blockers alter hormones dramatically during critical growth phases.

Which is generally the goal. It is of course not possible to retroactively have allowed puberty to progress as though the blockers had never been taken, but it is possible to cease the blockers and allow it to resume, again, as is done for cisgender children who take them.

It almost feels like you're arguing definitions.


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Aurornisyesterday at 9:09 PM

> It is absolutely possible, and it has been done in cisgender children with precocious puberty for decades

Precocious puberty is a condition in which puberty happens earlier than it's supposed to.

The goal of puberty blockers in precocious puberty is to delay puberty until the correct age and physiological growth window.

Puberty blocker in precocious puberty are also not used to induce hormonal profiles that are different than the body's eventual genetic set point, just to delay them until typical puberty ages.

Delaying puberty until it aligns with the body's expected pubertal ages is completely different. You cannot extrapolate and claim this as evidence that we can safely delay puberty until adulthood, well beyond pubertal age.

> but it is possible to cease the blockers and allow it to resume, again

I don't understand what you're trying to claim, but ceasing the medications does not reverse the changes they made during critical teenage growth windows.

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