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Do any of you know.. if one takes exogenous GH, how soon IGF-1 levels drop to baseline after stopping? @Cataceous

@Nelson Vergel have you considered doing something about that Ferritin? Not relevant in your case, but I've seen a study on hypothyroid women who remained symptomatic until ferritin >100. Secondly, have you ever tested your GH or had a GH stimulation test?

Do you know of a way to get prescribed growth hormone in Europe?

I'm currently taking TRT, HC, T4 and T3. Are you still replacing growth hormone?

Has any one of you guys been on growth hormone and know your pre- and post IGF-1 labs? What source did you go through and did you notice a difference? I found out my IGF-1 is well on the lower end, consistently. But not enough for treatment. @Nelson Vergel @Cataceous

The beard DP cells appeared to generate more 5α-DHT than those from nonbalding scalp hair follicles (Thornton et al, 1993)

Northern blot studies revealed most abundant type 1 mRNA in neonatal foreskin keratinocytes, followed by adult facial sebocytes, and stronger expression in DP from occipital hair cells than from beard (Chen et al, 1998a).

"In the skin the activity of the type 1 5α-reductase is concentrated in sebaceous glands and is significantly higher in sebaceous glands from the face and scalp compared with nonacne-prone areas (Thiboutot et al, 1995)."

"Thus, the present study demonstrates that the 5α-reductase activity is mainly located in the apocrine sweat gland and sebaceous gland. This suggests that 5α-reduction of testosterone is an important step in mediating the action of androgens in these tissues." This is interesting. I'd guess the...

Hi all, Wanted to know if anyone knew this. I'm aware that likely genital skin/scrotum is richest in 5a-reductase and thus yields the most DHT from topical testosterone (gel or cream). Does anyone know which site comes after that? From what I've read the sheer amount of skin you apply on...

If anybody's wondering whether this can be done without burning.. I've tried pouring a thin layer of testosterone gel onto aluminum paper, let it stay out for around.. 2-3 hours, then apply to the balls. The idea is to let some of the ethanol evaporate. And why I do this.. I can't get the...

Really? What's the process like/what do you do with it after?

@Cataceous I also wonder if testosterone gel can be reduced into powder.. and if I could blend this myself, less of a hassle, lol. Composition of one bag of gel: Testosterone 50mg, Carbomer 980, isopropyl myristate, 96% ethanol, natrium hydroxide, distilled water

@Jason Sypolt

Hi, There is a compounding pharmacy where I live but they don't know how to make testosterone cream. Does anyone have a formula / composition that I can send to them as reference?