cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/39097158
Concerns about arm hair growth
See title. I’m on HRT for over 11 months now, thoroughly enjoying it. I’ve a hunch the dose is a bit low, though. I get androgen blockers every 2-3 months, my last one was one month ago.
Normally my arm hairs aren’t very visible, so I didn’t have much dysphoria from that. However, recently my arm hair seems to be growing a lot and thicker, and I’m concerned. Is this normal?
My mum doesn’t really have a lot of arm hair, nor do other gals in my family.
why is it beneficial to test when levels are lowest / at trough? I think Will Powers gave some kind of reasoning that didn’t fully make sense to me, but it seemed like he was saying at trough you can see how much is actually retained by the cells vs just free-floating in the blood from the initial injection, basically earlier in the cycle you’re more likely to have unreliably high levels because the depot release of estrogen can be unreliable or inconsistent?
I ask because my newest provider wants me to get blood tested “mid cycle” (on a 7 day cycle, that means at 3 - 4 days after injection … which is when I theoretically should be peaking?). I’m not sure what the rationale is either way, tbh.
I thought it was for the uncertainty margin, but your reasoning makes sense too.