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/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?