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.

  • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    is the spray essentially transdermal like gel?

    What is the dose “per spray”, and how would it compare to gel?

    My skin is also sensitive, I don’t think I could do patches (this is a big reason I do injections). I think I could do gel now that I’m post-op, but pre-op I really don’t think it would have worked well enough for me.

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      2 months ago

      The spray is transdermal, yes.

      It’s 1.53 mg/dose. It dries significantly faster (2 min, vs 10 min for gel).

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        2 months ago

        it’s possible the spray would be just as effective as gel, then - not really sure, but they’re both transdermal. I don’t know what doses the gel come in, and I also just don’t know about how well the skin absorbs estradiol from spray vs gel - I would be really interested to learn more, though!