Okay, 26 year old male here. Been lifting and dieting pretty consistently for about 4 years now. I recently decided to hop on my first test cycle. I started at 200mg per week of test cyp and have worked up to 300-325mg per week. This is split between two injections per week, each 150mg. I am about to enter into my 5th week of injections.
So far the only side effects are extremely vivid dreams, slight increase of libido and ALOT of hair shedding. Now, I have really nice thick hair. So does my brother. Also, I think an important data point is that both my maternal AND paternal grandfathers died in their 80's with pretty much a full head of hair so balding doesn't seem to run in my family.
I understand that hormonal imbalances such as high estrogen can have an effect on the speed at which the hair moves through its natural phases. Also, from my limited understanding of how balding actually works is that ACTUAL balding is through follicle miniaturization. Not "telogen effluvium," which seems to be what I might be dealing with based on the length of the hair that is falling.
I suppose that my real intent here is just to get reassurance that I am not going to see serious thinning (at least permanently) from a cycle such as this BUT losing as much hair as I've been seeing almost daily is a little unsettling. I will attach a photo I just took at my work desk. I shook my hair quite aggressively and I got what looks like 20-40 hairs to fall in just 30 seconds or so. I could do this multiple times per day. Only one or two of them seem shorter than an inch and the rest are almost full length which leads me to believe that I'm not dealing with actual follicle miniaturization. especially this early. My hair is medium long, maybe 3-4 inches.
Any input is appreciated !
Oh BTW for those who are curious I do have AI on hand and tamoxifen for PCT.
Okay, 26 year old male here. Been lifting and dieting pretty consistently for about 4 years now. I recently decided to hop on my first test cycle. I started at 200mg per week of test cyp and have worked up to 300-325mg per week. This is split between two injections per week, each 150mg. I am about to enter into my 5th week of injections.So far the only side effects are extremely vivid dreams, slight increase of libido and ALOT of hair shedding. Now, I have really nice thick hair. So does my brother. Also, I think an important data point is that both my maternal AND paternal grandfathers died in their 80's with pretty much a full head of hair so balding doesn't seem to run in my family.I understand that hormonal imbalances such as high estrogen can have an effect on the speed at which the hair moves through its natural phases. Also, from my limited understanding of how balding actually works is that ACTUAL balding is through follicle miniaturization. Not "telogen effluvium," which seems to be what I might be dealing with based on the length of the hair that is falling.I suppose that my real intent here is just to get reassurance that I am not going to see serious thinning (at least permanently) from a cycle such as this BUT losing as much hair as I've been seeing almost daily is a little unsettling. I will attach a photo I just took at my work desk. I shook my hair quite aggressively and I got what looks like 20-40 hairs to fall in just 30 seconds or so. I could do this multiple times per day. Only one or two of them seem shorter than an inch and the rest are almost full length which leads me to believe that I'm not dealing with actual follicle miniaturization. especially this early. My hair is medium long, maybe 3-4 inches.Any input is appreciated !Oh BTW for those who are curious I do have AI on hand and tamoxifen for PCT. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J https://ift.tt/3t2ATQ7
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