rosie odonnall?
I think you’re exaggerating. I used a trt dose of transdermal testosterone and was able to gain 7 lbs while leaning out, and I had no access to a gym. Just body weight exercises, using random objects as weight, and doing very hard manual labor for 45+ hours a week. I was working away from home but would come home most weekends. It was like a congugal visit. And after having sex with my woman dozens of times (always after I’d applied the test gel earlier in the morning), my woman never grew a mustache.
First and foremost biology/science along with the endocrine society has provided numerous studies & data that supports topical application hormone replacement therapy is not the most user-friendly protocol and it can be detrimental too individuals that are not intended to be exposed to the parenting hormone. For crying out loud the leaflets alone talk about the potentials and hazards of cross-contamination, so let's not minimize it and act like it doesn't exist just because you had "an experience". If you were applying it to yourself and not keeping your spouse protected than shame on you, you should have been better educated..HRT is not a one-size-fits-all type of therapy, it is not a cookie cutter practice. Individual responses will vary, just like they will subQ or IM methods.
Secondly the topicals are not the most ideal or practical application in therapy because of how piss-poor people respond to it along with it's below average response. (Unless you're a 65 year old man)
I stated that topicals have a role and serve a purpose.
Now, I am 100% confident that I have a very keen understanding with what I'm talking about, I will not make any sort of statement if I could not support it.
If you look at the ratio with any study that has been provided by the endocrinology society you'll see that it is not the gold standard in which HRT is considered as a go-to first option.
Like I said it has a purpose and some people can use it for its therapeutic advantages, however there is far more disadvantages and much better options available.
Advocating that you gained 7 lbs from using the topical, while mentioning all of your other environmental factors is hardly any proof that can bonafide or support your statement. You just described the everyday manual labor in the workforce with some type of experience that they've encountered while working hard.
It's not like you were in a controlled environment with other individuals while running a trial with some attempting to induce the same environmental and nutritional influences or factors that you had, while another group did less than.
It sounds like you had success and truly I'm happy for you, good for you having that as an option or alternative in your future, but hard work and diet alone can provide the same results.
Put someone on topicals and watch how quick things change when it has a placebo on them.
By the way placebo is real, people have beat PB's and also made drastic physical changes while taking placebos. I'm not suggesting that this is the case here with you, but it is something to consider, unless you have blood work as well? Considering that your evidence to support its success is long hours and hard work provided you with 7 lb, can be equal or equivalent to someone that just adjusted their macros slightly. Heck, the average person wakes up 3-6 pounds lighter everyday, only to gain it back. There's too many environmental influences.
Don't take my statement out of context, I did say it served a purpose. I will reiterate the potential hazards that topicals could possibly host if used incorrectly.
My reference about growing a mustache is sarcasm.
Topicals, creams, patches, pellet implants and Sub-Q infusions mostly leave more people disappointed than anything.
This is real life clinical data and not just anecdote reports using the comparison of a scale and manual labor as concrete evidence.
If someone does not need TRT and they choose to use a topical test for performance enhancement properties, you can guarantee the majority will be very disappointed..That is why it is not a thing
and it's not like the stuff is unavailable, because guys are throwing it away. Lol
I have known many many people throughout the years that couldn't give that stuff away if they tried because no one would take it and they had tons of it in their bathroom vanities.
For performance enhancement properties the stuff is garbage. It's as useful as oral testosterone!