Short- and Long-Term Clinical Skin Effects of Testosterone Treatment in Trans Men (2014)

Authors: Katrien Wierckx, MD, Fleur Van de Peer, Evelien Verhaeghe, MD, PhD, David Dedecker, Eva Van Caenegem, MD, Kaatje Toye, Jean Marc Kaufman, MD, PhD, and Guy T’Sjoen, MD, PhD

This clinical study from the Ghent University Hospital in Belgium studies the effects of testosterone HRT (hormone replacement therapy) on trans men, specifically in regards to how it effects the health of their skin and hair.

Key words: Testosterone, Gender Identity Disorder, Skin (care), Transsexualism, Gender Dysphoria, Female-to-Male Transsexual, Hair (care)

Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2014;11:222–229

International Society for Sexual Medicine

DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12366

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Language: English

Resource type: clinical study, medical study, research, research paper

Format: PDF

Date published: January 16th, 2014

Uploaded to TGA: February 26th, 2026

Last updated: February 26th, 2026