r/TestosteroneKickoff

Hii so I’ve been on androgel for about a month now and I’m really stressed.

I feel like with the current heat wave I’m probably just sweating it all off, and I’m running out of clothes big enough to cover where I applied it.

I’m so clumsy and I’m so scared I’ll get it on someone/thing. I’ve already spilled some on the floor and sink by accident and had to clean it with bleach because that was all I had

I’m so scared. I live with so many pets and afab girls.

I knew i wouldn’t like it but I had to start with gel because otherwise my parents were completely against T in general. I’m hoping now that I’ve tried it they’ll let me switch to injections

I’m wondering do I have to wait the whole three months until my next appointment before switching to injections? I go to my family doctor if that’s important info

Has anyone ever switched their form of T in only one month??

Any advice is greatly appreciated
Thank you in advance!!

TL;DR
I want to switch to injections asap, is it possible to do so even though I’m only one month on t-gel. I receive my T prescriptions from my family doctor.

Popping in here to say I felt like I had no progress for the first 9 months on t (on gel, low dose for most of the time), then now at 10 months I suddenly finally got a significant drop (also happened to switch to shots last week).

There were so many times I thought it just wasn’t in the cards for me, that I was wasting my time, and that I should just listen to people telling me to voice train instead.

This is all to say if you feel like you have no progress with your voice for months, even up to a year or more, don’t give up hope. It could switch up so fast. 🫶💜

I have a small lump on my stomach right where I took the shot two days ago, it’s about 2 inches away from my belly button and about a 1 1/2 size of a lump. I did a subq shot at a 45 degree angle and injected the medication slowly. I’m taking testosterone c with the carrier oil mct. Feel free to ask any questions, medical stuff like this tends to make me nervous but I always resort to Reddit rather than a doctor 😭😭

For context I’m a little over 2 months on T, my voice has changed some but not a lot obviously. I was just curious because obviously my resting voice is deeper but I can still easily make my voice go back to how high it was. Those of you who have had full voice drops is it the same? Can you still easily make your voice higher and more fem? Or does it get “stuck” being deep or require a lot of work to get it remotely high

Edit: for clarification I’m someone who wants to be able to switch between my voices if that makes sense, I’ve been very nervous about permanent changes which again I know is normal

So I started T 2.5 weeks ago, I do weekly injections. Recently my skin has been extra oily and a lot of acne has formed so I was wondering how I can manage it since it is kinda bad. Admittedly I probably dont wash my face as much as I should but im also looking for advice on specific products to use

I’m nonbinary and thinking of starting testosterone. I want a deeper voice and a more masculine face and more muscle and strength. I don’t want facial or more body hair or bottom growth. Is there a way I can achieve this? I thought of going on it for 6 months then stopping but apparently the fat redistribution and muscles and strength go back to before and I don’t want that. Any advice?

If there's any better sub for this, please redirect me there!

I'm a little over 4 months on T, it's getting on pretty well so far, and a nice thing about my voice is that now I'm able to sing along to many male singers I like, but my voice is pretty weird still.

I dropped 20hz, but on some days it gets harder to produce a lower tone, especially while singing. I have no idea why because this isn't a voice fatigue as I was experiencing it before, while my voice was lowering faster.

Anyway, aside from that, I use singing as an exercise to train me to lower my larynx, but now I have an even weirder problem: my voice is not high enough to sing along with many male singers!

Is this a temporary thing? It used to be much worse around the 2 month mark, where my higher register was completely gone. Now I've regained a bit of it through falsetto, and it's very affirming because I still sound somewhat like a dude, even a young one. But is it a good idea to train the head voice as my voice is still developing? I know your vocal chords can get damaged, but I don't see much discussion about it from trans guys, and especially trans guys who sing. The voice struggling to go down is a new development and a problem that I didn't have last month, and I really don't wanna mess up my voice.

You do not have to discard your vial "28 days after opening" or whatever bullshit you saw online. You are not a doctor. You are not medically liable for a patient who will sue you over any possible tiny imagined harm. You can keep using that vial for up to at least a year, and certainly until you finish it. Do not discard your vial with testosterone still in it! You are wasting testosterone. I have seen like five posts about this on this sub in the last 10 minutes.

Note: this is about DIY.

Hi,

I’ve recently been looking into starting testosterone as a trans man but not sure how to go about it. I live in the uk and any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi guys, so - bit of context. 6 months on t, currently getting my shots 2 weeks apart. My gp surgery has been lacking in the process of getting my hrt started/ prescription changes. So I ended up getting my dosage increased 3 months late due to my gp. I feel like my voice has changed, just sounds very much the same? I’ve had great progress with everything else, body hair I’m covered in it. Literally turning into a bear, Ive gotten a decent amount of facial hair (terminal hairs and a LOT of peach fuzz lol) muscle growth, fat redistribution all that stuff. I know some people just don’t get a voice drop and it’s the one thing, that isn’t my chest, that has been my most dysphoric thing. Is this just something I’m overthinking, and could just be taking longer for me? Thanks.

I just had my final doctor's appt to get my prescription and I'm going to the pharmacy tomorrow to buy my first bottle of T gel!!!

It actually feels crazy to think that I'll be on T tomorrow holy cow. Do any of ya'll have any tips for starting T? I feel like I've researched as much as I can but there's always room to learn something new. Let me know of anything you think I should know to prepare for these coming months :)