#testosterone hrt

[skiptomy]

going on t didn't make me horny but I am capable of drawing NSFW stuff now so that's an interesting development

#testosterone hrt #trans #transmasc #asexual

[sweaty-confetti]

shoutout to trans guys who don’t look like and/or don’t want to look like skinny white twinks. who are or want to be be tall and hairy and chubby not willowy and thin. who want deep voices and body hair and facial hair. who have or want more body fat. we are epic cool and sexy

#emo moss talks #trans #transgender #trans man #trans male #trans masc #ftm trans #transmasc #trans guy #transmasculine #testosterone #testosterone hrt

[sydsixxftm]

As a nonbinary person, it was difficult not to let society's beauty standards of what my body should or shouldn't look like be an influence on my decisions around how to transition. Your own happiness is worth so much more than being pretty for others, whatever that means.

Anyways I'm still really hot, thanks testosterone 💪

#ftm selfie #nonbinary selfie #trans nonbinary #trans masc selfie #transition timeline #trans men #trans ftm #nb ftm #ftm nsft #ftm body #testosterone hrt

[genderqueerdykes]

is there anything that has happened since starting T that you didn't expect to happen? or that you feel you were not adequately informed about (by doctors, peers, etc), and that really should be more common knowledge?

that's such a great question, thank you for asking! that's a huge yes from me! here's what i experienced that i was definitely caught off guard by and not warned about that presented some challenges:

I was not told that because my body is changing, growing, and adjusting to a new balance in my endocrine system that i would be very exhausted for quite a while. i already have chronic fatigue but i basically struggled to get out of bed for about 2 weeks after starting T- i wasn't depressed, i was just exhausted. this is due to the fact that my muscles were becoming denser and rearranging themselves, my facial and body structure were changing, i was growing more hair, etc. that takes a lot of energy!

Similarly to the point above, no one told me that it would make you hungry as hell, and require you to eat a lot more. if you feel like you're "over eating" after just starting testosterone, you're probably not- your base caloric intake needs to increase because you are literally growing and changing, and also, high testosterone bodies tend to need more calories anyways

Body hair growth is ITCHY!!!! and sometimes even painful! growing hair in sensitive areas like your armpits, crotch and ass can be extremely uncomfortable if not painful at times. I've heard from even cis men who have told me that growing their ass hair was extremely painful and uncomfortable due to how that area is configured- if you find that hair growth is uncomfortable this is pretty normal, but always seek help if it becomes unbearable or you feel there are ingrown hairs. Also nose hair and ear hair become more of a thing, now

Testosterone will thicken your vocal cords and drop your voice, but you also have to teach yourself how to speak from your chest, or how to drop your voice to sit in a lower range naturally or else you will still sound pretty similar to your pre-transition voice, unless that is your goal. The effects are very strong, but many transmascs*, trans folk* etc. don't see as much change as they would if they also trained their voice at the same time while it's dropping

Your boobs will become flatter and sometimes smaller and a lot saggier. This is normal!

Whenever i re-start testosterone and when i started it for the first time, i had some pretty heavy menstrual periods for a while; sometimes your body reacts in the opposite way at first before totally stopping your periods altogether. it's almost like "rebound" symptom, if you know what that mean

Restless energy will very much become a thing, if you notice you're starting to get pissed off and can't place a finger on why you feel agitated and like you're going to explode, you might just need to do some physical activity for a while

that's all i could think of for now, but if i think of anything else, i'll be sure to add it to this post! thanks for asking, i hope this was informational! good luck out there in your journey!

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[nothorses]

I hope this is okay to ask but I’m pretty desperate and googling stuff has failed me, so do you or one of your followers have recommendations on how to deal with the BO that comes with taking testosterone? I never had BO that couldn’t just be managed by showering enough and putting on just any deodorant but now that I’m taking T I sweat a lot and I smell bad and I nothing I do seems to fix it. My boss has politely mentioned it several times now despite all my effort and it’s so mortifying and embarrassing.

Things I’ve tried and am currently doing include so many different deodorants which I bring to work and reapply, putting baking powder in my shoes, on top of general basic hygiene. But none of it seems to make a dent and it doesn’t help that I can’t really change clothes or shoes throughout the day. I have to wear closed toed shoes and a lab coat and my job is pretty active, plus it’s 10 minutes walk from the parking lot and it’s over 100F or 40 C right now so when I arrive at work I’m already pouring sweat. I also have a large chest so it all gets under my bra and soaks into it and by the end of the day the bottom part of my bra reeks.

I know some ocasional BO on a busy day can’t be helped but none of the other people at work including other male coworkers seem to have the same issue at all, so there’s got to be a solution but I haven’t found it. Im thinking of trying antiperspirants but I also know I need to sweat and I would rather not put my health at risk. So if anyone has something that works for them please let me know bc im really desperate here.

First I want to say: you're not doing anything wrong. You probably just sweat more than some other folks, and that's not your fault, and you shouldn't feel bad about it. I'm gonna give you some ideas to try if you haven't yet, but I don't know how much you've already tried, and it sounds like you've been through a lot already.

I also have always had terrible BO, and the only thing that helped at all pre-T was "prescription strength" deodorant. I honestly have had less of an issue since starting T, weirdly enough, but part of that is also that I physically cannot stand to shower any less frequently than every single morning (not necessarily a good thing lol), and I also started using antibacterial products on my armpits when I shower.

Currently I use benzoyl peroxide body wash on my armpits, which can be drying, but it hasn't caused me issues so far (just look for Panoxyl, other brands have caused irritation for me and my partner both). I used Betadine surgical scrub before that for a bit (you collect weird shit when you work with horses 🤷‍♂️) and that worked well, too- plus it's less likely to irritate skin.

I also find that certain shirts cause me to sweat there more, and those also tend to be the more form-fitting shirts that get up into my armpits. That skin def needs to breathe.

My partner has had trouble with feet/shoes in the past, and he's used cedar shoeforms to mitigate that (cedar is also antibacterial!). He also makes sure any shoes he gets are breathable (not leather), and if they are leather, he gives them at least a day or two between wears. Probably good practice if you notice any kind of smell on any of your shoes.

You mention baking powder, and I'm not sure if you meant baking soda and just mixed them up (which I do all the time lmao) but just in case: if you are using baking powder, the one you want is baking soda.

I don't have much advice for chest sweat, except that you may want to consider bringing an extra bra (and maybe an extra pair of socks if you're noticing it before the end of the day) to change into midway through the day. You can also look for more breathable fabrics in general, especially athletic-wear, which is already designed to help wick sweat and mitigate those issues.

Lastly, I want to stress again that you're not doing anything wrong. Some people have more trouble with this than others, and if you're really struggling in a way nobody around you is, it may be that you've got something going on in your body that they don't have to deal with. This could be a medical thing as well (like acne!!), and there's no shame in seeking medical solutions for it. Talk to your doctor if you can; it sounds like it's causing you distress, and you deserve to be comfortable.

#advice #resources #testosterone #hrt #testosterone hrt

[eldrytchcryptid]

YALL I REALLY DONT MEAN TO HATE BUT IM SO SICK AND TIRED OF SEEING THIS SHIT

*me when the testosterone does things that it's supposed to do*

Do your FUcKING RESEARCH!!!!

TESTOSTERONE IS A MASCULINISING HORMONE

YES your voice is going to break

YES you're gonna be gross and sweaty and horny

YES theres FUCKING BOTTOM GROWTH AND HAIR AND SHIT

Like please yes it's difficult to go through and I get that but like

I'm just happy to have it after years of fighting for it Just to sEE PEOPLE WHINING ABOUT THE SHIT ITS SUPPOSED TO DO

"thE bAd SiDeS of T" like dude please they're not bad 🥲

#tw vent #testosterone hrt #testosterone #ftm #transgender #trans #trans man #transmasc

[tricky-pockets]

When I was doing my stupid mandatory counseling for my stupid mandatory HRT permission slip letter, I got told so many times that mood swings were inevitable. That I needed a plan to deal with the feelings of aggression that were, apparently, a given. I needed to pull my mental health together or my (chronic) anxiety problems (that I've been managing for 10 years) would basically explode the second my first T-shot hit.

I'm 7 months on T now and the only mood change has been that I'm a lot less sad and a little more horny.

Can't help but feel like I was served a tall shot of Women Are Too Emotional with a Men Are Rage Monsters chaser. The medical and psychiatric fields really don't trust us at all.

#testosterone hrt #trans men #transmasc #transandrophobia #sam tag 🌌

[moxx-n-angel]

EVERYONE EVERYONE BIG NEWS

IM GONNA BE ABLE TO START ON TESTOSTERONE

#YIPPEE #testosterone #hrt #testosterone hrt #transgender #trans #transmasc #trans pride #transgender rights #transgender support #transgender pride #trans ftm #ftm trans #trans male #trans boy #ftm #let's FUCKING GO

[some-vents-idk-yall]

i fucking hate having a uterus

i want the testosterone nOWWWWWWWW not when i “turn 18” and “live on my own” no!! NOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

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[cat-boyyyyy-uwu]

IM PISSED

Fucking testosterone just had to make me more gay like wtf. I am talking to a girl rn and it's probably not gonna work out because of the fucking HRT. All I can do is sit here and be a dumb boykisser.

#GAHHHH #sjsnhfjzidhh #gay #boykisser #transmasc #testosterone hrt #testosterone #mlm #mlm thoughts

[slithymomerath]

Things I’ve noticed 1 week on T:

-Maybe a little bit hungrier

-Maybe a little bit sweatier

-Maybe a little bit more acne

-Maybe slightly increased genital sensitivity

#so about what I expected #I’m going to write update posts for myself to look back on #and for any other people taking T to use as a reference #testosterone hrt #trans hrt #ftm hrt #hrt testosterone #hrt journey #hrt progress #hrt update #hrt update of cam

[genderqueerdykes]

it's hard to describe the positive impact that testosterone HRT has had on my mental health almost immediately after i started it. i am intersex, so i started seeing changes harder and faster than a lot of people. being denied my right to grow my beard as a teen hurt me a lot, and when i realized it wouldn't be "acceptable" for me to wear sideburns either i got angrier. i cracked when i realized my body would look the way i wanted it to.

when my body, face and voice started to change, it was like i wasn't on edge 24/7 anymore. everything was just wrong. i did not hate my body, but it was wrong. having my supply of natural androgens cut short during puberty and being forced on to estrogen HRT made my body the wrong shape. that's really all it was. it just felt wrong.

starting testosterone fixed that feeling, and once it affected how people addressed me, i finally felt like i could properly address my own self in conversation. I've always naturally referred to myself with masculine terms like "guy" and it alienated so many people when I had a high pitched voice.

testosterone is a great hormone. it affects people in fantastic ways that don't have anything to do with anger and aggression. it doesn't cause you to do anything harmful. when taken by people who need it, it improves your mental health markedly. it's a wonderful thing.

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[nothorses]

Wait do most guys on t not 'get soaking wet'? I mean I've always 'overlubed' a bit, but but I've been on t a little while now and I feel like I get wetter now than I used to, which is saying a lot. Am I that abnormal?

I'd say it's abnormal in the sense that it's not the common experience, but I don't think that means you need to be concerned about it.

"Vaginal atrophy" means a lot of things, but essentially, it's the same thing that happens during menopause (which also means that resources for people experiencing menopause are often helpful to people with vaginas on testosterone HRT). The hormones that keep that tissue healthy are no longer present in the way they used to be, so the tissue is atrophying over time.

My personal experience has been that while my libido went up & I experience arousal more frequently/intensely, my body's physical response to arousal- lubrication & relaxation of pelvic muscles for easier penetration- is pretty significantly reduced, and takes a lot longer to happen to the degree that I need it to in order for penetration to be comfortable. i.e., I am dryer and tighter. I also have found that I'm dryer overall, and sometimes feel itchy because of that; a little lube helped me go about my day when it first started happening, now I don't really notice it.

During my last pap smear, my doctor noted minor redness, inflammation, and irritation, which she said was typical of folks on testosterone HRT & wasn't anything to worry about. The skin is more delicate and easier to irritate, and that's about all.

You might be experiencing some but not all of the symptoms of vaginal atrophy, or you might be experiencing them more mildly, or you might be early enough in the process that it hasn't been noticeable yet. If you feel like you're actually lubricating more than you used to before HRT, I would also wonder if maybe your libido is just higher? But I'm not a doctor, let alone your doctor, and I have no way of making a worthwhile guess here.

If you're getting the changes you went on T for, like... "vaginal atrophy" is not typically one of the desirable changes anyway, and unless you actively want that, you probably don't need to worry about it. You can and should talk to a doctor if you're feeling concerned about any of this at all, though- I'm just sharing my own personal experiences.

Also, for everyone reading this:

"Vaginal atrophy" can sound scary, but

It's normal and natural, and it happens to everyone with a vagina who gets old enough for menopause to start,

It's entirely- and easily!- treatable, and

It's a reversible effect of testosterone HRT, and things will return to normal given a little time should you ever choose to stop.

You might consider asking your doctor about topical estrogen cream if you want to reverse the effects of vaginal atrophy without interfering with your T. This is also a common treatment for folks who go through menopause.

There are lubes out there specifically for folks experiencing vaginal atrophy as well; they're designed not to irritate fragile skin, and they can be helpful if you're experiencing a stinging sensation during penetration with normal lube (though again, talk to your doctor!! Please!!)

And as a side note: some people who go on T experience cramping (a lot like menstrual cramps) after a few years, and you can also often treat this with topical estrogen cream. I had some pretty severe recurring cramping that went away after a few weeks using topical estrogen cream. If a doctor tries to tell you that the only way to stop this cramping is by getting a hysterectomy, I would consider researching topical estrogen cream and getting a second opinion.

And lastly:

Talk to you doctor!!

#hrt #testosterone #testosterone hrt #transition #transmasc #transmasculine #ftm

[rusty25]

it's so surreal to put on testosterone gel while I'm bleeding

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[tricky-pockets]

I've heard that going on T can ruin your singing voice and I want to offer this to anyone who's worried about it.

I like singing, always have, even though my voice usually sounded small and shaky to me. Most of the songs I could pull off were on the low end of soprano and on a good day, it sounded... pretty. Nothing special. The songs I wanted to sing always seemed to be a little below my range.

There's a song I'd known for years that I'd always had to take up an octave because it was juuuuuust under my range. I was singing along to it a little while after I went on T. In one of the most joyful moments of my entire life, I hit those low notes for the first time - notes I'd never sung before! And it felt so perfect that I cried.

Before, I always felt like I was imitating the original vocalist. Now, my voice actually feels like it's mine. And I'm rediscovering all my favorite songs because it feels like I'm singing them for the first time.

No clue if it sounds good - I mean, it's not like I was amazing before - but it feels like heaven.

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