even if they tested them well.
Jackie, on top of it, was,
by virtue of skeletal markings,
destined to be six feet five.
And yet, she had just begun
a male puberty.
Well, I did something
a little bit innovative,
because I do know hormones,
and that estrogen is much more potent
in closing epiphyses, the growth plates,
and stopping growth, than testosterone is.
So we blocked her testosterone
with a blocking hormone,
but we added estrogen,
not at 16, but at 13.
And so here she is at 16, on the left.
And on her 16th birthday,
she went to Thailand,
where they would do
a genital plastic surgery.
They will do it at 18 now.
And she ended up 5'11".
But more than that,
she has normal breast size,
because by blocking testosterone,
every one of our patients
has normal breast size
if they get to us at the appropriate age,
not too late.