Re: androgel and man boobs

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Good day, I had three separate surgeries for " male breast " . Actually there is a

medical term for it which you can google.

What was told to me, I had too much fat in my chest area which had to be

lessened thru surgery.

You and your doctor can work together to bring your E2 down. Maybe they say

surgery is needed. Aside from losing weight to lessen your breast side, somehow

medically if your E2 is high causing " male breast " , it will need to be lessen if

not removed.

When I was around 260 at 5'11, I used to wear a chest wrap just to prevent my

firm breast and enlarged nipples to show; it was rough in those summers. After

having a male masecomy, my chest is inward a bit with no nipple senation. I

didn't have a chance to pick my surgeons...

I hope an estrogen blocker will help aside from surgery. Good job on the many

improvements Testosterone has given you Sir and take care.

androgel and man boobs

I have been taking 1 5mg every morning for the past 11 months as i have low t's.

Since using it i have seen changes like more increase in energy, stronger

erections, the hair on my chest and belly got darker. The only thing that hasnt

changed is my nipples/breast size. Is there anything i can do to decrease the

breast tissue? Is androgel enough or should i be taking something in addition? I

das in the 200 ranger when i started androgel and now im in the 600 range.

Any advice?

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I stopped using Androgel and I was on double your dose your on 5 grams I was on

10 the best I could get my TT levels were about 550 to 600. Today on shots I

keep my levels above 900 and feel great. Your lucky you feel good and only need

this lower dose.

As for you breasts you need to have a Dr. look at them if it's tissue you need

surgery to remove them.

If its just bigger due to high Estradiol then taking Arimidex or Anastrozole

the generic will bring them down if your Estraidol levels are very high. You

need to test this I do Quest labs Senitive Estradiol test #4021 the range is 13

to 54 pg/ml your best level is 20 and test your SHBG with this. If your above

30 take 1/4 or the one mgs pill every 2 days.

If your over 50 pg/ml take .5 mgs of 1/2 a pill every other day. Read the

following so you don't go to low.

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How To Take Arimdex and not go down on your Estradiol to Low.

What I found is if you go to low taking arimidex, it's the length of time your

to low, if your too low say for 8 weeks it can take your body a longer time to

make more Estradiol. Bottom line is to know how not to go to low. Keep a log on

your dose and how you feel men going to low can't get it up taking Viagra. I

went to low when I first tried Arimidex and did not know about going to low or

how one feels to low, so I was low a good 8 weeks. I did not know I was low

until my next labs.

The best gage I have found to control your Estradiol levels is to gage your

night time and morning wood. At good levels or what I call the sweet spot you

get your night time and morning wood back so strong it will wake you up and you

can hang a coat on it.

Most men do good taking .25 mgs or 1/4 of a 1mg. pill, I use a pill cutter to

cut the small pill in half then I stand it on the cut end and use a single edge

razor to cut this in half. A good way to take arimidex is by how high your

levels are. I tested over 90 pg/ml so we tried doing .5 mgs every other day

after 8 weeks my next set of labs showed it did not move below 90, test said

>90. So we did .5 mgs. every day in about 2 weeks I got some strong night time

and morning wood back after not having them for many yrs.

I kept doing this dose and in 8 weeks my next set of labs said <20 back in the

day labs were like this they did not have to good labs we have today they could

not read lower the 20. My Dr. told me this looks to low to stop taking the

Arimidex. The one thing I noticed was my wood stopped and stopping the Arimidex

my wood came back in about 7 weeks my next test at 8 weeks was 24 pg/ml. So we

went back on the Arimidex but the Dr. told me to take .5 mgs every 3 days I was

on this dose not a week and lost wood. This is when I figured out going to low

you lose wood. And the longer your too low the longer it takes to get levels

back up.

I stopped the arimidex right away and got my wood back in 4 days. I then after

playing with the dose for a time found the best dose is .25mgs every 2 to 3

days.

So lets say your labs are less the 50 pg/ml if your take .5 mgs you can go down

so dam fast your miss the sweet spot of your wood and go to low. It's best with

lower levels 50 and under to do less Arimidex .25mgs every 2 days if later your

lose wood when it comes back go to every 3 days.

I have found estradiol is the hardest hormone to control, it goes up or down

from month to month some times I need .25mgs every 2 days other times I need

..25mgs everyday most of the time I do well on every 3 days.

So between wood and labs I do great and so do most of the men I have told this

to. I keep a log on how much I am taking and how I feel. Doing this and reading

back in my log I was able to tell when I was going to high or to low my Dr. lets

me dose my arimidex by how I feel.

Over the yrs. I have posted this story until I am blue in the face.

Co-Moderator

Phil

> From: miguel lopez <farmer_hot@...>

> Subject: androgel and man boobs

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> Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 6:27 AM

> I have been taking 1 5mg every

> morning for the past 11 months as i have low t's. 

> Since using it i have seen changes like more increase in

> energy, stronger erections, the hair on my chest and belly

> got darker.  The only thing that hasnt changed is my

> nipples/breast size.  Is there anything i can do to

> decrease the breast tissue?  Is androgel enough or

> should i be taking something in addition?  I das in the

> 200 ranger when i started androgel and now im in the 600

> range.

>

> Any advice?

>

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