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[Annie0710]

Where do you apply yours ?

I was doing lower tummy as per gynae instructions but as much as I leave to dry (up to 20 mins) clothes are sticking to that area

Last 2 days I've been doing ankle , dries better plus when intimate that area is out of site out of mind, when I was doing tummy I was aware OH was near application site (although I'd applied it hours before) no way do I need that man getting my testosterone

In short, is ankle ok to do it there ?

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[Otes73]

I've been doing lower tummy too, I know some ladies do inner thigh but I put my Oestrogel there so no room!

Have you felt any benefit yet?
I thought I hadn't but I think maybe I have! I've 4 children aged between 9 and 18 and work 4 days a week. It was husband that noticed I'd not been feeling as tired and seemed to have more energy. I think it must have happened quite subtly but I must say my energy levels have increased in the last week or so. I only got married last year and think I've been feeling so paranoid about being a rubbish wife the stress was exhausting me more than anything else! Luckily I married a good patient man that looks after me, we had only been together a year before I had to have a hysterectomy that ended up with life saving surgery 12 weeks later. It took me a year to recover and then peri hit.....poor man!!

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[Annie0710]

Hi Otes

Thanks for your reply
I think I'm seeing benefits, I thought it'd all be more noticeable but like you probably subtle.  I'm up for getting out more, and have a little more energy but no improvement in the bedroom.  Still have hair shedding but sometimes think my hair is thicker , it does seem more manageable

My skin looks better or less creased maybe

My OH only got 2 years of me pre meno, thank god he got that, at least the poor man got some bedroom activity then lol, he's been brilliant too, meno symptoms have lasted 4 years so far and he proposed last year and we're getting married next year, he's a saint, he doesn't probably understand 3/4 of what I moan about but sympathises so that's nice for me

I just want my libido back !

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[Otes73]

Mine hasn't come back either!! 

I do you wonder if it's a mental thing now and I need to put more effort in and stop telling myself I don't have a libedo?! Who knows what the answer is!
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[Annie0710]

Mine hasn't come back either!! 

I do you wonder if it's a mental thing now and I need to put more effort in and stop telling myself I don't have a libedo?! Who knows what the answer is!
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You know there could be some truth in that !

We went to Lanzarote end oct and no word of a lie our tv didn't work so the little Spanish guy came to fix it but got it stuck on soft porn channel lol.  We were so embarrassed but after he went we watched it and it really vamped up our time away ! We were tuning in every evening after being out and for that week I had sex on the brain, even one night I had a restless sleep thinking about sex! I thought OMG this testosterone is amazing and every time we bumped into the little Spanish guy we felt like naughty teenagers BUT once we were home and no DVD in the bedroom and my 21 year old in the next room and it's back to how it was

Maybe once he's moved out (the son I mean) we'll get it back properly ?

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[Otes73]

That's so funny!!   
You're probably not as relaxed now that you're not on your hols and being aware your son is around won't help! It's the same for me 
I was going to book a couple of childfree nights in the new year to see if that helps......I hope so!
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[Annie0710]

Yeah my son went away Friday night with my son-in-law and grandson to watch football and I thought "right, we'll buy a channel on sky and have fun on the sofa" but we'd been intimate the night before but I'd missed a few vagifem and I was so sore! So that thought went down the pan !


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[Keepgoing]

Hi Annie I've been wondering the same thing about application site. I would like to put it on my lower leg as I'm getting a few hairs on my tummy. I have the meno clinic on the 7th December so I'm gonna ask if I could put it on my lower leg, they get shaved anyway and I don't want to start shaving my tummy 😮 Hope I remember to ask tho lol xx

[Annie0710]

Thanks Keepgoing

I'll carry on with my ankle and hope to hear what your gynae says

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[Dawncam]

Annie and Otes - how lucky you are to have such lovely men!

T is very subtle, I remember when I first started using it, after around 3/4 weeks when walking to work I had a sudden realisation that I had genitalia again! Extremely randy for about a week then it subsided. Thank god! I was exhausted with it! It works in odd ways and probably in sync with whatever is left of our own hormones. Get that channel on again and don't overthink it.

By the way - not so sure that little Spanish man did make a 'mistake'- he probs does that with all the couples and gives them a holiday to remember!

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[Dawncam]

Ps -  I put mine on my shoulder and am not so far looking like the missing link!

Dxx

[Annie0710]

Couple more q's please ladies

How long have you been on T ?
How long before you saw hair on application site ?


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[Blakeygray]

I have T envy. 

[Dawncam]

Haha - Blakeygray - I'm sorry I don't know your history- are you having trouble getting it prescribed?

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[Hurdity]

Hi all - I have probably put lots of info about what I do on my "Testosterone here we go" thread in Private lives although I think it got a bit side-tracked at one point!

Anyway - re all the Qs. I've been using it since May 2015. I started putting it on upper inner thigh. Pharmacist at hospital had told me about hairs at application site so glad I was warned. These started to appear I would say within a few weeks. Months maybe? It is not just at the application site but in the area around and some distance from it - ie back of thighs - areas where I have never applied the gel.

I read that it is transported very readily through the skin where there are lots of testosterone receptors. For this reason I would not put it on the abdomen nor on my shoulder where it could be transported to near the breast. Remember that this is an unlicensed product and there are no (or few?) studies (as far as I know) as to what happens to the gel and different application sites and long term effects. There were short-term studies for the Intrinsa patch - which suggested lower abdomen and that best absorption was obtained on tummy. In the absence of any studies/data, personally I would want to apply it as far as possible from any female  parts even though it is a small amount - because of the concentration gradient through the skin and from the application site! I may well be being ultra cautious here!

I changed the site from upper inner thigh - don't want to say why on this section but will update the other thread - firstly to tummy and then decided against that and now put it on lower inner thigh.(patches are on my butt cheeks).  Mine dries in about 5 mins - I usually wait about 10 - I am sitting now at my computer waiting for it to dry! You can tell it's dry because it goes white and is not tacky to the touch.

Hope this is helpful. 

Hurdity x