Good morning.
"Have a question that Maximus and I were discussing. I wondered if you might have an answer. If a person is transitioning into a male and has started testosterone therapy, will their genitals begin to smell like a male instead of like a female even though there is still a vagina, but less estrogen ?
Hope you don't think this is too strange of a question."
I don't think it's too strange of a question. What I was able to find was rather two-fold. The Testosterone injections which a trans must take on a regular basis will certainly alter body odor. However, as it overpowers the estrogen, the vaginal secretions cease and the natural smell will dissipate but can cause vaginal dryness. Which, in turn, can become problematic for some. The cure for that comes in a variety of OTC creams.
Transitioning not an easy thing. It takes several years. There's the required counseling, then the hormone injections, before any surgery can take place.
Bottom surgery is still being adjusted to make the clitoris look and function more like a penis and to create a large enough scrotum for testicular implants.
Hormone treatment will never cease.
Now that penile transplants have been working, perhaps --- some day in the future --- trans surgery will be able to employ that ???
