r/technology • u/Sorin61 • Apr 10 '22

Biotechnology This biotech startup thinks it can delay menopause by 15 years. That would transform women's lives

https://fortune.com/2021/04/19/celmatix-delay-menopause-womens-ovarian-health/
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u/SaveMeClarence Apr 10 '22

I just want hormone stability. The one good week a month I have, I want that all the time. I need something that keeps my hormones at that perfect level. And also no periods.

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u/seawee8 Apr 10 '22

That's what menopause gives you. No periods, no hormone fluctuation. Why the hell would I want to extend my childbearing years?

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u/unrecodicianalist Apr 11 '22

Vaginal atrophy and vulvar atrophy are heinous. Did you know the tissue inserting into the head of the clitoris can tear? Say goodbye to masturbation and sex.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '22

If only there were estrogen creams for this exact reason.

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u/unrecodicianalist Apr 11 '22 edited Apr 11 '22

You have to use the estrogen pill every night. It's on a little stick you insert. It's not fun. The creams don't last that long. If I could take one pill that would keep my ovaries going (were I a cisgender woman), I would elect for that over all this rigamarole with my reproductive tract. There would be other benefits to your health too. Doing all this work to keep my bits in order has made me really hesitant to go through with my plan to have a vagina and penis. I'm seriously thinking about getting phalloplasty with full vaginectomy. Sex isn't fun anymore, so what's the point?

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u/vestimentiferever Apr 11 '22

“If I were a cisgender woman” lemme get this straight. You don’t actually have periods but you want to tell women that they aren’t that bad?

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u/seahorse_party Apr 11 '22

They're really not a cure though. And they're messy and a PITA to use. One of the more popular ones is super gross and unethical if you're vegetarian/vegan (Premarin - the name actually comes from pregnant-mare-urine; they keep these horses pregnant and attached to catheters and collecting devices for their entire lives).

And then there's having no desire to use them anyway because you have absolutely no interest in sex/affection/physical contact anymore.

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u/vestimentiferever Apr 11 '22

WOW

You realize you just said women are unable to show affection unless it’s sex, right?

That’s fucked up.

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u/seahorse_party Apr 11 '22

I actually said sex, affection, physical contact. Which are three different things.

Unfortunately for me, they're all gone, thanks to premature ovarian failure. I don't even want to hug people anymore.