I'd assume its a YMMV thing. With eczema, I've seen some on reddit say things got worse, others had great improvement, and some not much change. Not sure about keratosis pilaris though.
A brief search shows its more common in women and can flare-up with pregnancy and puberty, so it seems like some female hormones can worsen it. Granted, it might not specifically be estrogen, since other hormones such as progesterone are also involved in those. Also, stress is often related to such skin conditions (and also commonly spikes in the times of puberty and pregnancy), so dysphoria can probably worsen it and HRT could reduce that. And sometimes as part of transitioning, people start caring for their skin better, which is technically separate from taking HRT but not totally unconnected either.
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I'd assume its a YMMV thing. With eczema, I've seen some on reddit say things got worse, others had great improvement, and some not much change. Not sure about keratosis pilaris though.
A brief search shows its more common in women and can flare-up with pregnancy and puberty, so it seems like some female hormones can worsen it. Granted, it might not specifically be estrogen, since other hormones such as progesterone are also involved in those. Also, stress is often related to such skin conditions (and also commonly spikes in the times of puberty and pregnancy), so dysphoria can probably worsen it and HRT could reduce that. And sometimes as part of transitioning, people start caring for their skin better, which is technically separate from taking HRT but not totally unconnected either.
Yea I expect to be upping my skincare game, and using lotions and such with urea is supposed to help. Would be nice if her just magically fixed it tho