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Can eating estrogen pills help to gain fat on face that a plastic surgeon took away?

2017userDec 4, 2017
I saw in Youtube that a transgender male transitioning to a female was taking estrogen pills and they were saying that they gained more fat on their face and body after they took those pills. I was thinking that what would those pills do to a woman that has lost facial fat due to plastic surgeon taking it away?

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