Detransition is commonly referred to the process of a person reverting to one’s birth gender after they began some aspects of gender transition.

  • Stopping, pausing or reversing gender-affirming hormone therapy
    • (e.g. someone taking masculinising hormones if they were previously on feminising hormones)
  • Surgeries
  • Returning to a gender presentation and pronouns aligned with their birth sex
  • Using a previous name or their birth name

  • travelling or working in certain parts of the world
  • meeting relatives who are unaware that they’re trans
  • meeting job requirements
  • or fulfilling conscription-related obligations.

    • Some people detransition without regretting transition. Others regret transition but do not detransition.

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    Regret may also disappear when a trans person experiences greater acceptance in their lives.

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    If you have decided to medically detransition, either temporarily or permanently, it is important that you consult a medical professional.

    The effects of gender-affirming HRT may either be reversible or permanent, but alterable through surgery.

    EffectPermanency
    Breast development
    Permanent/Reversible only through surgery
    Softening of skin and decreased skin oiliness and acne
    Reversible
    Redistribution of body fat in a feminine pattern
    Reversible
    Decreased muscle mass and strength
    Reversible
    Decreased sex drive and spontaneous erections
    Reversible
    Erectile dysfunction and decreased ejaculate volume
    Reversible
    Decreased sperm production and infertility
    Mixed; may require fertility treatments
    Decreased testicular volume
    Unknown
    EffectPermanency
    Muscle or fat changes
    Reversible
    Menstrual cycle
    Reversible if uterus not removed
    Skin oils, texture or acne
    Reversible
    Body scent
    May change
    Increased sex drive
    Reversible
    Voice deepening
    Permanent, reversible only through speech therapy or voice training
    Facial and body hair
    Texture or growth of hair may change, but hair that has developed will not disappear.
    Clitoral growth
    Permanent; clitoral size will not shrink
    Hair loss (male pattern baldness)
    Head hair loss is mostly irreversible, but may see improvements after going off T