#t gel

[softbutchthatlovesyou]

Brb gonna strip naked and slather on my whole bottle of t gel and go rub on all the busses and subways of america to forcetrans kids and cis women. tgirls/those who are on estrogen stay safe for a couple days 🧡but feel free to add e gel and see what rlly fun hormone concictions we can make. i love being a gross evil transgender btw. i also love bio terrism through forced hormones.

#if you cant tell this is a joke #i fear for you #this is about that tgel post yeah #it keeps showing up and it makes me laugh every time #transblr #transgender #transmasc #t gel #gideons talking time

[archrries]

Things They Don't Tell You About Testosterone:

When they said horny I didn't think it would be this bad

Hair. Hair everywhere. You thought you already had hairy legs? Boom. More hair. Thicker hair. Darker hair.

Phantom Dick. I'm not joking, the longer you're on T, the more your brain will feel it. It's there, I swear to god.

Bottom growth hurts?????? I was under the impression it just happened but NO. Within the first 2 weeks that shit hurted

Your facial hair is gonna be patchy I'm sorry 😞 same thing happens with teenage boys. Welcome to your second puberty.

Voice cracks are NOT the same as normal voice cracks. It just feels like the absence of sound rather than a crack?? And, at least for me personally, it's worse when trying to sing than it is when speaking. But don't worry! You'll have plenty of cracking while speaking too!! 😀

Speaking of singing, there is gonna be a point in time where you just can't really sing comfortably because your voice is not low enough for songs but also cannot physically go higher. So you're just kind of stuck in a very limited range.

"You can expect some acne" I was expecting acne on my FACE, chief. Tell me why I found a pimple on my fucking calf????? What reason did it have to be there?????????? Yeah it shows up in odd places. But also! For some, testosterone can make acne better!! Me, personally, it hasn't been bad at all. Just confused about the shoulder pimples.

You're gonna suddenly like cars, trains, graffiti, sports, or woodwork. I don't make the rules. Choose your Pokémon. Mine was graffiti.

Please. Please please please please please apply deodorant more than once a day. You sweat more and have more body odor. I'm so serious. PLEASE re-apply during the day.

I'll add to this if I think of more

#i used Folx for my T by the way #im on the gel #im afraid of needles #testosterone #t shot #t gel #trans man #transmasc #trans male #transgender #lgbtq positivity #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #trans rights

[ftm-radio]

I had an appointment with my endocrinologist over video yesterday and I am now gonna be using two (2)(✌🏻) pumps of gel every day! very excited to see how a bigger dose might speed up some of the changes I've been seeing!

#i also had this appt while suffering from a cold #i was very brave about it and immediately went back to bed as soon as we finished lmao #ftm radio #transgender #trans #ftm #trans guy #nonbinary trans guy #trans masc #trans man #trans masculine #testosterone #testosterone gel #t gel #hrt #hormone replacement therapy #ftm hrt

[library-fae]

thought id do mini updates on the changes ive experienced on hrt (testosterone) for anyone curious - will keep updating as time progresses

week one

- acne has worsened

- more saliva

- skin texture feels rougher

- heightened energy

- watery eyes

- heightened sensitivity to light

- difficultly sleeping

- increased hunger

#.faeposting #trans #transition #my transition #ftm #ftm hrt #ftm transition #trans man #trans masc #transmasc #testosterone #testosterone hrt #hrt testosterone #t gel #tgel #t-gel #testogel #week one hrt #hrt week one #hrt updates #hrt timeline

[fanvoidkeith]

hot tip for transmascs on hormones: Do Not get a paper cut on your finger and then Use Said Finger to Apply Testosterone Gel which has a Very Large Percent of Medical Alcohol

#void keith talks #ouch my fingie :( #got a papercut this morning lol #transmasc #enby #nonbinary #trans #transmasculine #transgender #t gel #testosterone gel #testosterone hrt

[livingthedragonlife]

skimmed some research about this and it seems normal, but does anyone else have experience with T causing fatigue? i've been getting good sleep lately but i still feel more tired than usual during the day

#specifically i'm on one pump of 1.62% gel and its been 5 days #so not a super long time #but it is something i noticed happening #trans men #transmasc #testosterone #t gel #she speaks

[thelonelyrainbowguy]

If you can't make your own testosterone, store-bought is fine 🏳️‍⚧️

#trans #transgender #testosterone #t gel #hrt

[manthemoth]

Happy 1 year on T anniversary for me!!

This year has been the most traumatic and awful year of my life a lot of horrible things happened but at least I have one thing to celebrate. I’ve got a lil bit of facial hair and my voice is a bit silly and I love that.

#my art #furry #fursona #trans #transmasc #trans awareness #t anniversary #t gel #cat fursona #anthro #furry artist #digital art #art

[imstillhere-butallislost]

Testosterone gel vs shots, and why I switched

Testosterone gel is gel that is applied topically to your body, and I was on this for over a year.

In September, I switched to intramuscular injections done once weekly.

I'm going to explain my dosage and why I switched methods! This may not apply to you, this is my specific experience.

I was very happy with testosterone gel when I started. I was on 1% gel, starting at one pump and moving to 2 pumps. Each pump was 12.5 mg of testosterone I believe.

Gel was really easy to begin with. You have to keep it and the area you apply it on your body away from animals and children and others who might not want extra testosterone on them, but this was not a problem with me. The gel is daily. This helps if you need to do something daily to get it into your routine.

The gel also takes very little time to put on, it is the same consistency of hand sanitizer. It's honestly really foolproof to use, it's very easy and consistent. I noticed some changes within the first couple of weeks! (I have a timeline posted on this blog)

The gel also gives you a very consistent dose of hormones each day, which was definitely good for my mental health.

The cons of gel for me started around summer when It was warmer and putting on gel and then wearing long sleeves over it just was not fun. Going hand in hand with this i also got a boyfriend and did not want to get gel on him accidentally.

The daily nature of the gel also wasn't helpful if I was going to stay the night somewhere because I would need to bring a bottle of gel if I wanted to put it on first thing in the morning, or I could do it when I got home but risk forgetting to do it. Daily gel became a slight hassle with my new routines.

Gel was also so so so very expensive. I'm in Canada and have no insurance. The gel was around 200 dollars monthly.

My levels were also not where I wanted them to be on the gel. This may have been solved if I went on a higher dose, but the higher dose would cost more money that I do not have. This may not apply to you if you have insurance. Male testosterone levels are between 10-35 nmol/l. I was at 3 nmol/l after over a year on testosterone.

For the shots, I've been on intramuscular shots since September. I take .25ml every week. There is 50mg of testosterone in each injection.

My levels have already went up into the male range although I haven't experienced many further changes yet. I'm at 23 nmol/L.

I only have to worry about doing my shot one day a week, and I could have chosen to have those farther apart but I feel like my mental health would suffer if I did them too far apart.

I don't have to worry about gel rubbing off onto anyone or anything like that.

I pay nothing for my testosterone as my local insurance covers it.

The WORST part about doing the injections is... actually doing the injections. It hurts sometimes, and the times it doesn't I'm anxious about it hurting. It's stabbing a needle into your own body, it's difficult.

This makes the shots unpredictable. Unlike the gel, the shots can hurt sometimes and not other times. If predictability is important to you, maybe don't go for shots.

I do understand that the more you do it the better you will get at choosing the correct spot to inject, but for me it's been really hard not knowing if I'm going to be in a lot of pain or if it will not hurt at all. I'm not even a person who is afraid of needles or pain, it's just hard to do it to your self. That being said, it has never been so bad that I've missed an injection before.

That's all I got for now, ask me any questions you need too!!

#t gel #testosterone gel #testosterone #hrt #ftm #ftm hrt #testosterone shots #t shot #hope this helps anybody #Dan talks

[genderqueerdykes]

Hi! First I wanna say thank you for existing, as a fellow system with "conflicting" identities and an intersex body we really really appreciate you. We've seen you a bit in the intersex tag and thought I'd follow.

I noticed you mentioned tgel, and for me personally tgel is a once daily medication that is applied on the body.

Like another asker said, it is alcohol based and you don't need to wipe it off! It dries onto the skin, and I personally started with two pumps.

The locations that my doctor said it would be best to put them is the outer/tops of the thighs or the shoulders, while rubbing the excess on your tummy.

It dries really quickly, and it does leave your hands a bit dry because of the alcohol but if you kinda rub your hands together after they don't feel bad!

You just kinda have to work the film off.

Washing your hands could also help but I usually just rub mine together. I've currently gone up to three pumps, and depending on your doctor you can go up more, but my starting dose was two pumps.

I hope that can provide some help!! -oleander

systems with complex identities are so cool!! we are rad and im glad you exist, too =) also glad that to meet other intersex bodied systems, that's soooo fucking awesome

that is really cool!!! i really appreciate people who have different experiences with the gel chiming in! like mention previously, we've been taking T-gel since 2019 and we take ours twice a week, so it sounds like there's lots of different ways to take it! i honestly think that's so cool that you take it daily, that's very involved and idk. i love the ritual of taking my testosterone, my hormones are so important to me, so i think it's really cool that it's so involved for many people!

thanks for the input! you also reminded me i have to pick up my T from the pharmacy. lmao!!! thanks for stopping by, good luck in your transition! happy to hear from you, feel fry to stop by again, take care!

#asks #answers #t gel #testosterone hrt #testosterone #testosterone gel #androgel #transmasculine #transmasc #ftm #trans guy #trans boy #trans men #trans man #enby #nonbinary

[unb1nding-t-b0y]

"I'm a gentleman."

*I take showers before hooking up with cute t girls so I don't get any of my yucky T-boy juice (T gel) on them. Only the good kinds of boy juice for girls ❣️*

#t4t yearning #ftm t4t #t gel #testosterone gel #hrtgel #hrt #transmanners #trans guy #transmasc #trans ftm #t4t love

[m4ngey]

As a transman who has been on T for 2 years now... if you feel your dose is off please tell your doctor. Not seeing any results after half a year? Talk to someone. If they don't talk to you about it straight up then get a second opinion.

I was on the starter dose of T for 2 years and only got on the right dose a few months ago after switching to Planned Parenthood. They were very kind and very angry at my previous doctor who'd straight up lied to me about my dose and what the "max" was. Even said they "may have to take me off T if my levels got any higher" when they were so incredibly low as is. I'm on triple that dose now and have been better than ever both mentally and physically.

This being said ofc if you have a medical issue and can't up your dose/have to watch it very closely that's different but...

TLDR; If you feel something is up then please talk to someone. Don't be afraid to seek a second opinion if you can. Talk to other people on hormones. Make yourself be heard. Seek answers.

Tired of doctors and pharmacists straight up lying to us lol. First red flag was the fact the first doctor and the nurses never told us how to use the needles or anything or told us wtf to do. No run downs on nothing. Got prescribed the first visit which isn't the issue but I'd figure some sort of safety talk would be??? Common sense??? Second red flag was him saying any mental illness I had was "all in my head" etc.

I'm not a doctor at all. This is just my personal experience. just please stay safe gang.

#ftm #trans #transman #transgender #transmasc #testosterone #hrt #hormone replacement therapy #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqplus #lgbtqia #lgbtqiia+ #afab #transition #gender transition #androgel #t gel #testosterone gel #trans boy #transboy #transguy #trans guy #transmale #trans male #transgender man #transgender male #lowkey vent

[lemursandsirens]

hrt story

I’ve been on HRT for 2 months now. It’s important to me to document what’s going on and maybe at the same time, talk about where I’ve been. For the sake of brevity, I’ll include the things I’ve since learnt/pieced together over time. cw/tw: medical trauma, intersex specific trauma, forced medical treatment, medical abuse, forced hrt, genital mention,

Tl;dr - I am intersex and was forced into HRT without my knowledge and I’m finally going back to who I was. At 26, I’m starting over with my body and it’s wonderful and scary and beautiful and painful and everything at once.  

When I was 18, my GP at the time did some blood work that included hormonal stuff. I have no idea why, I don’t remember complaining about anything, but he informed me that my results indicated that I had the “blood profile of someone with PCOS”. I very much didn’t know what that is, what that meant, or anything around this. I’ve since learnt this likely meant I had elevated testosterone in my results. I was then referred to a gynaecologist. Without discussing the weird and fucked up events surrounding the testing, the findings were never shared with me directly. The gynaecologist put me on a synthetic oestrogen to “fix my levels” and naturally, I trusted this doctor. I was being told something was wrong with me that needed to be changed, despite feeling fine. I was happy to be on birth control so I very much did not look into anything with more depth, not that I could really. I wouldn’t have known where to start. 

The last 6 years of my life have honestly been some of the hardest on me physically. My health has been progressively getting worse and finding a stable place has been really hard. I’m not there yet, not even close, but I’m closer than I have been for the last 6 years now. I was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome a few years ago, along with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. To summarise the relevant effects; EDS means I don’t produce as much collagen, causing thin skin and subluxations/dislocations in me, and MCAS means my mast cells, which control a whole lot of different reactions in the body, are hyperreactive. For me, that means I am hypersensitive to histamines/foods with histamines which causes allergies, inflammation, pain, throughout the body. Historically, this manifested in me mostly in my lungs for the most part but so many things have been added over time. 

Through all my time in online communities, I’ve learnt so much about my conditions. I’ve been utterly neglected since my diagnosis by the medical system so symptom management became my responsibility. I’ve learnt the ins and outs about the chemicals in my body, how different things feel, how it all interacts with me, and what I can be doing. I have learnt that oestrogen has an effect on your collagen. Whilst studies show that oestrogen can help collagen production, there is a significant amount of evidence that at elevated levels, subluxations/dislocations are more frequent. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04055129

Fast forward to a few years ago, boom I’m trans and also in pain. So, 15th December 2022 I started HRT. I stopped the synthetic oestrogen immediately, started a progesterone only birth control, and began microdosing testosterone through testogel. The differences are truly mind blowing to me. Within a few days, my pain decreased significantly, my mind felt clearer like a veil had been lifted, my biologics (fortnightly injection for MCAS) work better, joints felt “tighter”. All I keep saying to myself is “I feel like I used to”. I’m back to who I was before being forced onto oestrogen. My subluxations/dislocations aren’t as frequent, though it’s harder to get joints back into place. My mental health is…different to say the least. I’m not like, no longer depressed but it’s changed from a confused and hazy depression to alert and aware. Trust me when I say for me, the latter is better. I no longer have painful orgasms, no longer have what felt like “too fast” orgasms that become painful spasms, I actually have my clitoris back which all but completely disappeared when I started the birth control back in the day. My skin everywhere just feels tighter, and whilst there’s barely any other visible changes (other than this tiny stache), I know those close to me can tell. Things are just a bit easier, just that little bit clearer. I’m not cured, I’m not able to get off meds or live my life very differently but to have this little bit of extra peace? It has literally saved my life. 

Where am I going with this? Not sure. Maybe something like, we know fuck all about hormones and people should be allowed to know about their own bodies a bit better than we currently do. I should have never gone through any of this. The last 8 years of this could’ve been avoided and there are things that I can't get back, nor repair. I am grieving and I am happy. I'm learning who I am again and it’s thrilling and stressful and awful and beautiful. 

#cw intersex trauma #cw medical trauma #cw non consensual medical treatment #testogel #hrt #hrt story #hrt testosterone #testostorone #intersex #intersex story #trans story #qtpoc #black intersex person #t gel #mcas #chronic illness #disability #eds #genital mention

[sapphicslut777]

honestlyyyyy the more time that passes,, the more and more i consider getting on HRT :3 likeeeee maybe i’ll just be a lil gel boy and microdose that shit.. that pretty much takes away every fear i have about the process.. but! we’ll see how i feel after my surgery

#trans thoughts of the day #trans #hrt #t gel #non-binary #enby #agender #gender fluid #into the ether #mine #gay thoughts #top surgery #pre op

[deeisace]

I do remember reading at some point in the last 6 years, about times of day to apply gel? There was reasons why morning was better than evening or vice versa, but I can't remember them in the least

I also remember reading that obviously applying at the same time of day is best, but I don't remember if that's like "any time in this three hour time period, eh you're fine" or like "At Precisely 6.13AM No Mistakes"

Advice please? I mean, I will google, obvs, but any input would be very welcome

#hrt #trans #t gel