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		<title>By: Joshua</title>
		<link>http://transguys.com/features/dht-transgender-men/comment-page-2#comment-27926</link>
		<dc:creator>Joshua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@SXYDEZY They say you can&#039;t pick and choose what you get from androgens, so I recommend caution since you don&#039;t want masculinization. Cycling would be a good idea, so that T doesn&#039;t build up in your system. You could try DHT but it&#039;s a more potent androgen and could result in hair growth (and paradoxically hair loss) plus other side effects. Plain T and pumping is probably a better idea in this case.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@SXYDEZY They say you can&#8217;t pick and choose what you get from androgens, so I recommend caution since you don&#8217;t want masculinization. Cycling would be a good idea, so that T doesn&#8217;t build up in your system. You could try DHT but it&#8217;s a more potent androgen and could result in hair growth (and paradoxically hair loss) plus other side effects. Plain T and pumping is probably a better idea in this case.</p>
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		<title>By: Joshua</title>
		<link>http://transguys.com/features/dht-transgender-men/comment-page-2#comment-27925</link>
		<dc:creator>Joshua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Montana Theoretically, DHT will increase penis size in natal men IF they still have active DHT receptors in the penis. These receptors typically burn out after puberty, but it varies and some adult men will still have active receptors. If you try DHT, it would be a good idea to cycle it, say 2 weeks on 2-3 weeks off, because you don&#039;t want your body&#039;s natural production to get &quot;lazy.&quot; Also, jelqing can help too. Nothing to buy, though you have to be dedicated about it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Montana Theoretically, DHT will increase penis size in natal men IF they still have active DHT receptors in the penis. These receptors typically burn out after puberty, but it varies and some adult men will still have active receptors. If you try DHT, it would be a good idea to cycle it, say 2 weeks on 2-3 weeks off, because you don&#8217;t want your body&#8217;s natural production to get &#8220;lazy.&#8221; Also, jelqing can help too. Nothing to buy, though you have to be dedicated about it.</p>
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		<title>By: Joshua</title>
		<link>http://transguys.com/features/dht-transgender-men/comment-page-2#comment-27924</link>
		<dc:creator>Joshua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t know whether or not DHT is restricted in the UK. I wouldn&#039;t use DHT until you&#039;ve been on T for at least a year because I think it&#039;s wise to see how your body adjusts to T before adding DHT to the mix.

I don&#039;t know what the best hair loss treatments are. I&#039;ve only experimented with topical saw palmetto myself, and I had good results. If you have MPB in your family, it&#039;s likely that you will lose hair with T alone, never mind DHT. Not all guys will go bald on T, but I think it&#039;s safe to say pretty much all trans men lose some hair when they go on hormones.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know whether or not DHT is restricted in the UK. I wouldn&#8217;t use DHT until you&#8217;ve been on T for at least a year because I think it&#8217;s wise to see how your body adjusts to T before adding DHT to the mix.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know what the best hair loss treatments are. I&#8217;ve only experimented with topical saw palmetto myself, and I had good results. If you have MPB in your family, it&#8217;s likely that you will lose hair with T alone, never mind DHT. Not all guys will go bald on T, but I think it&#8217;s safe to say pretty much all trans men lose some hair when they go on hormones.</p>
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		<title>By: Nathaniel</title>
		<link>http://transguys.com/features/dht-transgender-men/comment-page-2#comment-27643</link>
		<dc:creator>Nathaniel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Joshua, First of all Just wanted to say your website is extremely helpful and awesome.

Also, I was just wondering, do you think you can get DHT into the UK?

Also do you think it&#039;d be okay for a 16 year old to use DHT? I&#039;m planning, if it&#039;s even possible, to get it at the same time I&#039;m old enough to start T. 

What are the best hair-loss treatments for it that won&#039;t effect the growth, because MPB is deff in my family :[

Okay, Thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Joshua, First of all Just wanted to say your website is extremely helpful and awesome.</p>
<p>Also, I was just wondering, do you think you can get DHT into the UK?</p>
<p>Also do you think it&#8217;d be okay for a 16 year old to use DHT? I&#8217;m planning, if it&#8217;s even possible, to get it at the same time I&#8217;m old enough to start T. </p>
<p>What are the best hair-loss treatments for it that won&#8217;t effect the growth, because MPB is deff in my family :[</p>
<p>Okay, Thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: Montana</title>
		<link>http://transguys.com/features/dht-transgender-men/comment-page-2#comment-25364</link>
		<dc:creator>Montana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Joshua..
congratulations for the website... 

I&#039;ve been reading it and it&#039;s very encouraging that a hormone can be a penis bigger. 

I&#039;m a biological man and I wish to increase my penis too.. 
do you know about any case of penis increase with a biological man?

thanks</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Joshua..<br />
congratulations for the website&#8230; </p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been reading it and it&#8217;s very encouraging that a hormone can be a penis bigger. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m a biological man and I wish to increase my penis too..<br />
do you know about any case of penis increase with a biological man?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
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		<title>By: SXYDEZY</title>
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		<dc:creator>SXYDEZY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hey josh,

I&#039;ve got a question: I&#039;m a married 32 yr old woman (not lesbian), my husband uses testosterone gel 5% everyday, he suggested i use some on my clit everyday for sexual purposes i have been using the gel for 2 months now and my clit has grown triple in size even looks like a tiny penis, which i really like now i feel obsessed to make it bigger. i wanna do this without masculizing effects. i wanna stay looking and sounding like a woman. i do pump my clit sometimes. should i switch from test gel 5% to DHT cream. please help.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hey josh,</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve got a question: I&#8217;m a married 32 yr old woman (not lesbian), my husband uses testosterone gel 5% everyday, he suggested i use some on my clit everyday for sexual purposes i have been using the gel for 2 months now and my clit has grown triple in size even looks like a tiny penis, which i really like now i feel obsessed to make it bigger. i wanna do this without masculizing effects. i wanna stay looking and sounding like a woman. i do pump my clit sometimes. should i switch from test gel 5% to DHT cream. please help.</p>
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		<title>By: Joshua</title>
		<link>http://transguys.com/features/dht-transgender-men/comment-page-2#comment-19940</link>
		<dc:creator>Joshua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey C, DHT doesn&#039;t convert to estrogen, and in cis gender men supplemented DHT can cause a shift in the body&#039;s estrogen/testosterone ratio, with a change in body fat distribution as a possible result. In those assigned female at birth however, I&#039;m not certain that DHT alone would be as effective as &quot;full spectrum&quot; testosterone in this regard. DHT is expensive and long term studies are lacking. Any effect on body fat distribution would be lost once the DHT is stopped. Also, we can&#039;t really pick and choose what we get from hormones, so there would likely be other androgenizing effects from the DHT as well. (It&#039;s unclear if that would be acceptable to you or not.) While DHT can be obtained without a prescription in some parts of the world, a better course of action might be to get a prescription for testosterone. (I say &quot;might&quot; because I don&#039;t know what your full intentions are.) I would also recommend a cautious course of action since hormones have such a big effect on physical and mental health.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey C, DHT doesn&#8217;t convert to estrogen, and in cis gender men supplemented DHT can cause a shift in the body&#8217;s estrogen/testosterone ratio, with a change in body fat distribution as a possible result. In those assigned female at birth however, I&#8217;m not certain that DHT alone would be as effective as &#8220;full spectrum&#8221; testosterone in this regard. DHT is expensive and long term studies are lacking. Any effect on body fat distribution would be lost once the DHT is stopped. Also, we can&#8217;t really pick and choose what we get from hormones, so there would likely be other androgenizing effects from the DHT as well. (It&#8217;s unclear if that would be acceptable to you or not.) While DHT can be obtained without a prescription in some parts of the world, a better course of action might be to get a prescription for testosterone. (I say &#8220;might&#8221; because I don&#8217;t know what your full intentions are.) I would also recommend a cautious course of action since hormones have such a big effect on physical and mental health.</p>
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		<title>By: C</title>
		<link>http://transguys.com/features/dht-transgender-men/comment-page-2#comment-19936</link>
		<dc:creator>C</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just wondering, if I applied DHT cream to my hips &amp; thighs would it lower estrogen and reduce female pattern fat storage?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just wondering, if I applied DHT cream to my hips &amp; thighs would it lower estrogen and reduce female pattern fat storage?</p>
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		<title>By: Seti</title>
		<link>http://transguys.com/features/dht-transgender-men/comment-page-2#comment-19088</link>
		<dc:creator>Seti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why should transmen have lower numbers of androgen receptors (both T and DHT activate this receptor)? After all, the receptor&#039;s genetic code lays on the X-chromosome and ciswomen have a higher sensitivity to T than cismen.

DHT blood-levels aren&#039;t really considered to have much clinical significance so I&#039;d guess that&#039;s why nobody knows a lot about the topic. I&#039;ve got blood work covered, too, but I&#039;d probably have to explain to the doc why I&#039;d like to get DHT done.

Individual genetics always play a mayor role when it comes to differences.

Sadly, there aren&#039;t many trans knowledgable endo around.

Do you think application of DHT post-meta would make sense?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why should transmen have lower numbers of androgen receptors (both T and DHT activate this receptor)? After all, the receptor&#8217;s genetic code lays on the X-chromosome and ciswomen have a higher sensitivity to T than cismen.</p>
<p>DHT blood-levels aren&#8217;t really considered to have much clinical significance so I&#8217;d guess that&#8217;s why nobody knows a lot about the topic. I&#8217;ve got blood work covered, too, but I&#8217;d probably have to explain to the doc why I&#8217;d like to get DHT done.</p>
<p>Individual genetics always play a mayor role when it comes to differences.</p>
<p>Sadly, there aren&#8217;t many trans knowledgable endo around.</p>
<p>Do you think application of DHT post-meta would make sense?</p>
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		<title>By: Joshua</title>
		<link>http://transguys.com/features/dht-transgender-men/comment-page-2#comment-19059</link>
		<dc:creator>Joshua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not certain. In cis gender men, the body compensates for the extra DHT by down regulating the androgen receptors, but I don&#039;t know exactly how this is expressed in trans men.

Since I have blood work covered here in Canada, I looked into getting my DHT levels checked. Unfortunately it&#039;s a rare blood test, not covered, and very expensive. (Samples are shipped on dry ice to... Idaho, interestingly.)

Growth of the tunica albuginea later in life is highly disputed, but those in the jelqing/pumping camp will tell you it&#039;s possible. 

I&#039;m guessing that trans men also have a lower number of DHT receptors (or perhaps less active receptors) than cis gender men, which would limit results.

I&#039;m not aware of other underlying mechanisms behind Fin&#039;s effectiveness.

I have found very few medical professionals who know anything about DHT, but that&#039;s a conversation I&#039;d love to have with a trans knowledgable endo!

Ultimately, some guys will have success with DHT and others won&#039;t. For me, it was worth the expense to try, given that even a 1/2&quot; of growth could mean the difference between clearing my fly or not STPing post-op. I&#039;ve had what I consider success with it, and I plan to do one more round of treatment to see if I can squeeze any more results from the effort.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not certain. In cis gender men, the body compensates for the extra DHT by down regulating the androgen receptors, but I don&#8217;t know exactly how this is expressed in trans men.</p>
<p>Since I have blood work covered here in Canada, I looked into getting my DHT levels checked. Unfortunately it&#8217;s a rare blood test, not covered, and very expensive. (Samples are shipped on dry ice to&#8230; Idaho, interestingly.)</p>
<p>Growth of the tunica albuginea later in life is highly disputed, but those in the jelqing/pumping camp will tell you it&#8217;s possible. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m guessing that trans men also have a lower number of DHT receptors (or perhaps less active receptors) than cis gender men, which would limit results.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not aware of other underlying mechanisms behind Fin&#8217;s effectiveness.</p>
<p>I have found very few medical professionals who know anything about DHT, but that&#8217;s a conversation I&#8217;d love to have with a trans knowledgable endo!</p>
<p>Ultimately, some guys will have success with DHT and others won&#8217;t. For me, it was worth the expense to try, given that even a 1/2&#8243; of growth could mean the difference between clearing my fly or not STPing post-op. I&#8217;ve had what I consider success with it, and I plan to do one more round of treatment to see if I can squeeze any more results from the effort.</p>
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