#biomalology

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weird hrt experience:

new acne pattern, possibly hereditary but not expressed until now??

i know acne is very common, particularly in the first couple years of hrt, but the specific presentation in this case is what i'm wondering about

i got a lot of mild acne breakouts as a teenager, mostly on my upper arms and the middle of my back.

one of my sisters got worse acne on her shoulders.

i've been on T for a few months and i've got acne again but now it's my sister's type of shoulder acne instead of mine. different types of pimple and everything

if it is a genetic thing i'm fascinated by how my cis sister got it during puberty but i didn't get it until "second puberty" with a different set of hormones. maybe it's just triggered by the change? are like... trans-recessive genes a thing? (like how you look at your maternal grandfather to estimate your risk of male pattern baldness?) or is that a silly idea? i don't know much about genetics