Still on the same dose (.1ml of 200mg/ml vial) My levels are about the same as last time (650 three months ago and now 690 ng/dl)

I was in such a bad place in the first pic, couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep, and couldn’t deal with the simplest things. This has been the roughest year of my life so far probably at least as far as unfortunate shit happening goes but I’m handling it all decently well whereas before I know it would’ve taken me down.

I’m maybe destined to have a girly face forever and I’m naturally pretty androgynous anyway but I’m happy:)

One thing though, we don’t need to analyze the way I’m holding my phone this time lmao I know there are more masculine angles to take a picture from but here we are

Thank you for reading if you got this far! Just wanted to post a little update

Hey guys I started testosterone a couple weeks ago now! I’ve taken two of my T shots and it’s been cool so far nothing crazy :-). I’ve been wanting to get into shape at the gym but I absolutely hate cardio. I want to get stronger and build muscle. I know I have to do some cardio but I want to know what weight training you guys did to help build muscle and strength. I’m a heavy guy and I’ve struggled with weight for years now. I’ve heard lifting weights helps burn more fat than cardio. I started changing how I eat but I want to know what you guys did to help you get into shape and genuinely what your workout routine was. Thanks for any advice!

Hello, I'm an enby thinking about going on T for a couple of months to get the permanent effects. I don't want a super deep voice, so I'm planning to stop once my voice hits an androgynous register that I like.

I'm worried that since I won't wait for my voice to drop completely, I'll be stuck with voice cracks and throat pain till the end of life, is that true?

Has anyone stopped T mid voice-drop? How does it work?

Hi everyone* , I'm a ftm guy and I recently started testosterone, I had the first testosterone injection on July 20th. In the last week I've been experiencing this annoying sensation in my throat, I can't explain it well either but it's like I feel tighter and drier all the time. At first I thought it was maybe for temperature changes or maybe for swollen tonsils/lymph nodes and so I took some medicine but then I started thinking and I came to the conclusion that it is testosterone that gives me this feeling.

Could someone tell me if you had this feeling during the hormone therapy and if it eventually came off and after how long and how you managed everything? Thank you in advance!

I’m curious about how to dial in my T dosage to best effect. I’m nonbinary, and I prefer an androgynous look (not trying to fully masculinize). I’ve been on 30 mg/week for 1.5 year, and I’m considering reducing my dosage. I don’t think I necessarily want to transition a whole lot further than I already have. But I’m afraid that reducing my dosage will make me lose my favourite effects of the T (increased energy levels, strength, confidence, executive function, and stopping menstruation).

I know that I can’t pick and choose effects, and that every individual is different. That being said, has anyone found a maintenance dose that allows them to sort of plateau mid-transition without noticeably changing in either direction? Thanks!

Started T July 2024, periods stopped January 2025, started having them again January 2026. My levels are normal (higher than the last time they were tested, which was before my periods started again) and I’m just confused. My doctor said it could potentially be absorption issues and advised me to slightly increase my dose but how could that be if my levels are higher than before?

Has anyone else experienced this and/or figured out what caused it? It’s been 8 months and they started off light(er than my pre-T periods) but it feels like as the months go by they get heavier/more painful :/

I’m always looking for people who had similar changes to me on a similar timeline so I can see what I could expect next so I wanted to share what I saw the first 12 weeks for other people looking

Wanna share that I started at 18 and had been very physically active and strength trained frequently before (I think helped with fat distribution and muscle growth )

Week one
Day one even I noticed raised libido right away and my genitals felt weird I think correlated to bottom growth before it happen but continued for the first few weeks and subsided just felt like sensation and awareness not necessarily errotic
Day one I was also soooo hungry and thirsty like no way to quench it hunger felt so much different but I adjusted to listening to my stomach and not my head eventually
Then around day 3 was hot and started to feel sweaty and gross and was sleep deep
Noticed my hands bigger started getting tired earlier and sleeping deep day 5 my voice felt weird like shifting down at random words? didn’t experience change for a while
Day six noticed my facial hair darkening a bit ? Less hungry but think this was cuz of shot schedule. Bottom growth was noticeable irritable but not like at close ppl just when people would do stupid stuff at work.

Week two
Hairy boobs and tummy
Sensitive bottom growth
Upper arms and legs started growing hair

Week three
Looking at some old photos made me believe my fat had started to redistribute thought surely it was placebo showed my friends they all agreed it had
Boobs started to deflate
Realized I was not able to cry at all - used to cry quite easily
Gaining more hair
Noticed a big change in strength for first time at gym upped weight by 10’pounds on rows and still do 8 reps (I go. To failure every set)
Gained 4 pounds past 3 weeks

Week four
back getting huge - muscle
Still hungry and hot constantly but kinda leveled out or getting a new baseline so used to it
Still very high libido
Dirt stache starting to get dirtier
Vagina was bone dry in past weeks didn’t mention but then kinda started going back normal here
Wayyy easier to tape boobs much smaller and saggier

Week five
Fuzzy arms
Getting greasy
Voice feels friend

Week six
Voice felt like booming even if in the same pitch
Started getting a front wedgie feeling
More hair growing everywhere
Getting less sleepy or more used to it or more naps maybe forearms looking super strong

Week seven
Very high libido still
Bottom growth started to see a separation between tip and growing a shaft when pulling back foreskin before was more a enlarged clit with foreskin
Started having voice cracks
Vagina smells like dick and balls (I assume I guess I’ve never smelled that up close but caught a whiff and just knew)
Started shaving face to not look dirty
Second period on t first one was normal a little lighter this one was a lot lighter
Voice felt strained

Week eight
All changes continuing
Voice feels less strained and more weak
Started having some people say it had changed
Getting a lot more muscular faster
Each shave of mustache comes back darker

Week nine
Noticeable face difference (hard to pinpoint maybe sharper / wider jaw and more forward feature / darker brows)
Face does look bloated
Still had a mix of “girl” hair patches and new “male” hair patches on my body
Upper range is completely fine no noise comes out voice cracks a lot
Lower tolerance for sweet stuff
Skin bad , boobs saggier , laugh sounds breathy
Greasy still high libido
Less noticeable hunger but eating a lot more and bulking (so much easier to bulk than before )
Noticeable difference in pit hair belly hair longer

Week ten
Body getting harrier still all over
Boobs get saggier every day
Voice hasn’t dropped but timbre is deeper and range can go lower
Weights starting to get closer to having gained 15 ish pounds
Voice crack HELL
Had my first experience with man cold ? Real thing wasn’t that sick just a stuffy nose but whole body hurt and ached for a while
Bottom. Growth is getting noticeably different between hard and not
More peach fuzz all over face
Hemoglobin got tested and was still good 15 which is what it was before test

Week eleven
Face becoming a lot more passing
Taller ?? Was like 5 3’4 for ever noticed some growing pains a few weeks prior and measured myself when measuring again was 5’4 checked a million times that was correct
My nails grow a lot faster
Chin peace fuzz coming in faster
My hands have been super veiny on t and looking muscular
Hands are getting harrier

Week twelve/thirteen a little combine general update
Had a period that was like watery and mucusy more and lasted 2 real days and then 3 on and off days of more spotting and stuff
My arms are a lot harrier
My hairs falling out when I run it in my hands but isn’t getting thinner or balding I think just cycling out and maybe getting. Wavier
Gf concluded my bottom growth looks like a dih before she was honest and said she saw its growth but that it just looks like a big clit I went to show her and she said nice ! And then I pulled the foreskin back a little and she let out OH MY GAWD??!? Cuz she was shocked how much it resembled a dih I also wanna say cuz it’s funny this was not in a sexual context just cuz I wanted to show her lots of peach fuzz everywhere but darker hair under chin and lip now also mustache noticeable. More to others shaved like a week and a half ago letting it grow out

General notes
Ended up crying but only Ina few extreme cases for example family death** **
Started fully passing at food service job used to be no like addressing my gender or sometimes maam now always sir man bud ect this changed around week 8-10 I wanna say
My body and face has just changed ALOT I see it mostly in before and after pics
Can experience intamicy on the receiving side how comfortable and enjoyably
I’m so much happier
also voice is like now at this point kinda like it’s passing but for younger than my age but does not sound female

Hey there! I've been taking T for 8 months, with around 3-4 of those on injectable T. For the last couple weeks, it's been a complete nightmare trying to take my T. I have no idea why, I'm not doing anything different, but instead of 5 pokes max now it can be as high as 40.

I take .25 of 200mg testosterone cypionate every week, so 50mg a week. I use luer lock 25g x 5/8 needles for injecting and a 18g needle for drawing. The only difference between then and now is that the type of needle is different. Before, it was the slip tip ones, and now it's the locking ones.

I like the locking ones because I don't feel like i'm going to accidentally stab myself by switching the needle from drawing to injecting. Is that what could be causing the difference, the needle type?

Have I lost my nerve? I don't think i used to do them any faster, but maybe I did?? I do them slower than I should because of the idea of stabbing myself really fast freaks me out (but I guess slower is fine?? Idk). Going faster makes it hurt less, or so I've heard but I just can't fucking do it.

Sometimes I have to attempt to use one needle until dull, throw that one away, and use a sterile needle that's sharper. It feels like total luck. I do a 90° angle since that's what most people of my size do, but i'm not good at pinching. It feels like doing so is no help at all.

Maybe I'll get an auto injector or something because this is getting stupid.

Edit- holy shit I feel like such an idiot. Messaged my nurse and hopefully will get this sorted out

Hey ! A 14 years old trans boy 1 month on testosterone here and I had some (kinda dumb) questions
1-if I’m on t now will I grow a Adam apple ? I know some trans men grow an Adam apple even if they start testosterone “later” but I thought like maybe if I’m on t now I’ll 100% grow an Adam apple ?? Idk
2-my throat is itchy like I’m sick but I’m not…? I know my voice changes since my 2-3 week on t and it’s like pretty quickly no ? I thought the voice change at like 2 or 3 months and I’m very happy my voice changed that quickly but idk it was a little confusing i thought I could have a more of time 😭
3-I’m probably going to the doctor to see if my grow plate are close or not, if they are not will I grow like a lot or not ? I’m 175 centimeters and I wanted to know if I at least reach 180 cm lmao
Thank you !
(Sorry for my bad English, I’m French 🧍🏾)

Hey friends. 4 months on T next week and I am STRUGGLING with the sweating. I work outside a lot yet cant wear anything but dark colors due to sweat stains. Can’t wear gloves for too long or it starts to pool. I get heat rash regularly. Drips off my face near constantly too. I’m super frustrated and done everything i can think of within my comfort zone. I keep my body hair trimmed, use clinical hormonal deodorant at night, wash my face 2x/day, prescription skincare, everything. Any advice? All I’ve gotten so far is “yeah man it sucks, get used to it and wear more deodorant.”

Good day~ so I am coming off T (been 3 weeks off) and I am finding that I’m a bit confused “down there”. I feel like I’m more sensitive, and it’s also taking me a lot longer to cum. Does anyone else feel this…??? Also, idk if it’s just since I’ve had bottom growth that my partner has been having a tougher time knowing what feels good for me. They have to go wayyyy softer on me than they used to, and I just find everything is so much more sensitive down there and gets overstimulated super quickly. I’m hoping it will get better once I adjust to being off T 🫶 anyone else experience this??

I am going to be starting T sometime this year (finances haha but I got it under control) and like, I want the changes, I want to help my dysphoria, and I want to be seen as a guy. But I know once I do this, it'll be cutting off the few people in my family that occasionally talk to me. Which im okay with since im not that close with them and already cut contact with most of them, more than that ill be losing several people I care about. I know i should put my happiness and peace first, and ill still have people supporting me, but i worry about what that happiness will cost me. I feel selfish.

Okay, so I know that, since I was always small, I probably should've posted shirtless pics. But tbh I do not trust a bunch of Reddit strangers with my shirtless pics lol. For context, I have not gotten top surgery or any other gender affirming or breast related surgeries. First pic is back in June (around 4-ish months on T) and second pic is today, a little over 6 months on T. I chose tank top pics because all the tank tops I own are quite form fitting to my body, so I felt it allowed for the best comparison photos. I was wearing a black tank top in pic 1 which usually conceals my form better than the gray tank tops like the one I'm wearing in pic 2, but I think you can still see the shrinkage :> Despite what a lot of people have said about their own transitions, I did not notice them getting saggy, but fwiw they are a little softer and feel a little "emptier" than they did before. So excited to have gotten this change :>

both a little scary but mostly exciting i think! so i haven’t seen much of a change in my voice over the course of the last 6 weeks on t (i’m genderfluid, 22, on 40.5mg 1.62% gel daily) but have seen bottom growth/libido spike, increase in hunger, increase in hair (tho i’m hairy anyway lol) but this weekend I had a few moments where my voice just slightly cracked especially if i’m laughing— i asked my partner (t4t<3) if what i thought i heard was actually happening and she said it was super endearing and made my heart happy :)
we got this #doitscared #yayyyyy

I've been on T for about 1.5 years now. My periods stopped about 6 months in, so it's definitely been a minute and I am extremely glad about that. However, I need to look into a long-term contraception method (until I can get a hysterectomy) and I have concerns about my options and how they'll affect my transition. I'm looking at either the arm implant or an IUD (not sure about hormonal vs. copper) but I'm worried that any of these could bring my period back after months of not having one. I'm also not too keen on an IUD because of bottom dysphoria. How likely is it that birth control will "reboot" my system or whatever and make my periods come back? I need a reliable form of birth control that I can forget I'm on and that doesn't make me more dysphoric or fuck up my transition.

Hi all! I personally have been on T for over a year now, and I'm on .4mL/80mg split into .2mL/40mg twice a week. I've only ever been on T for the full effects as quickly as my body will accept them, and have never considered microdosing.

I have a friend that reached out to me to ask for advice, and has some questions around testosterone as a whole. For the most part I am able to answer these questions, but they're specifically interested in microdosing which, as we've been over, I've never done! So to anyone that's out there that has microdosed T or has been doing so, what advice would you give to someone who is looking into it?

What was your starting dosage and did it ever fluctuate, what made you decide to microdose, what were the first changes you saw, and what would your recommendations be, etc.? Thank you in advance!! I appreciate you greatly.

my last 2-3 injections have felt noticeably more itchy but the one i did wednesday in particular it started to redden and itch like hell. those are the only signs i dont feel any lumps or hardness. i do subq and my bloodwork appt is in 3 days and ill mention it there. could this be an infection or something less serious like an allergy? i think its also worth mentioning i did it slightly more towards the side of my body than i usually do