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Author Topic: Where do you put your Estradot patch and your Tostran gel?  (Read 1105 times)

Noheroicsplease

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Where do you put your Estradot patch and your Tostran gel?
« on: September 07, 2018, 02:26:58 PM »

Exactly that. I start a new regime today and I need advice about where best to put both.

Don't fail me, ladies. I'm relying on you to know more than the docs!

Thanks so much xx
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Noheroicsplease

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Re: Where do you put your Estradot patch and your Tostran gel?
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2018, 02:55:25 PM »

Thanks Daisy xx
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Noheroicsplease

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Re: Where do you put your Estradot patch and your Tostran gel?
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2018, 02:56:59 PM »

Do you apply the Tostran in the morning?
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Annie0710

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Re: Where do you put your Estradot patch and your Tostran gel?
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2018, 07:59:05 PM »

When on estradot I'd put it on outer thigh but bum cheek when abroad

Now I'm on oestrogel and Tostran and alternate outer thighs in the morning.  I slap on after dry from shower, let dry whilst drying my hair and doing make up, then get dressed x
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Noheroicsplease

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Re: Where do you put your Estradot patch and your Tostran gel?
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2018, 08:04:57 AM »

Stupid question but does the Tostran need to be rubbed in over a big area like Estrogel?
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Annie0710

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Re: Where do you put your Estradot patch and your Tostran gel?
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2018, 08:58:45 AM »

One pump is quite small so shouldn't take much to rub in.  I smear my gels to dry and I'd say the Tostran is about the size of a golf ball area on skin smeared on at the most, probably smaller, I don't take a lot of notice to be fair, it's quite a quick part of my morning routine xx
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Dotty

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Re: Where do you put your Estradot patch and your Tostran gel?
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2018, 09:48:19 AM »

I squirt the Tostran on my left lower inner arm and rub it in with my right inner arm. None is wasted that way 😄. X
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Hurdity

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Re: Where do you put your Estradot patch and your Tostran gel?
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2018, 07:02:43 PM »

I have only ever put Estradot on my butt cheek - except for a brief couple of weeks when I put it on my tum as suggested by some on here but too much of my loose baby skin in the way - so butt cheeks forever! If you change the site of application then there are likely to be differences in absorption so best to "stick" with the same part of your body! I alternate left and right cheek!

As for the gel - what dose will you be using? Do be careful with this one as it is twice as concentrated as Testim and the Testogel sachets so I would use a very small pea-sized blob. I don't know about the consistency of this one - it has a lot more ingredients than the others but if it's supposed to be rubbed in it makes its own space if you see what I mean. Just start rubbing in your tiny pea blob and it will naturally spread out a little. I always apply to the inside of my knee but lower arm would do just as well - depends what you're wearing and what you are doing with your arms and legs! You're not supposed to wash the area for several hours as far as I remember! Chelsea and Westminster recommend 1 pump of Tostran twice a week and no more than 3 x but I would do v tiny blobs so as not to get a surge of it personally and also easier to rub in a v small blob.

I always apply my T in the morning - it would be no good at night because it remains tacky so would come off in the bedclothes - easier to do it as Annie0710 - as part of your morning routine. I've even done it while camping in v small tent!

Good luck with this new regime and let us know how you get on - what dose of Estradot will you be using?

Hurdity x
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