I’ve heard a lot of talk about this so called DIY thing going around and tried to educate myself by asking trans women and of course online reading and historical accounts. From what i gathered it used to be possible but now everything out of china and india is laced or not what it’s labeled as. So importation isn’t possibleZ In the US most estrogen supplements are made from beets and sweat potatos(yup need to me). So the obviously quick conclusion to this was well it can be synthesized. Wrong. Apparently it takes a literal ton of those vegetables to make just a few packs of estrogen vials and gels. It also requires a patented process similar to insulin that apparently no one knows. So unless youtuber Nilered makes a video figuring it out, there’s no way to do it.

Why am I making this post. I’m somewhat of a medical professional. I don’t think the lies on reddit and threads and X are to be trusted, for so many reasons. And the immature “don’t speak of diy to the media” crap is exhausting, simply because it doesn’t exist. The only things that I have found is crossing the mexican border for birth control pills as long as they are estrogen based. South american countries too. Going to east asian ones with otc sales, and apparently some EU countries.

Which requires flights. In this scenario. One could do it themselves or have a friend with means pick these up for them.

If you have means, update your identity documents to make those regular trips.