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lazylittledragon · 17 days

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!! QUICK PSA FOR TESTOSTERONE TAKERS !!

warning this is a bit gross so i'll put the photos under the cut but i think it's important because nobody told me about this before i started T

if you're taking testogel/any other T that you put on your skin, please for the love of god moisturise the skin you put it on

gel REALLY dries out your skin and as someone with dry skin anyway it caused my skin to flake and scab and break out more which has left a lot of scarring on my back/chest/shoulders

(yes, T causes acne anyway, but for me personally my skin didn't get that much worse after i started and it's improved since i've been moisturising more so that was the problem for me)

obviously there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with having acne or acne scarring or anything like that (it just makes me a bit insecure and means i have to put off getting tattoos there until it gets better), i just wish i'd started taking care of it earlier

also i would Never want to scare anyone off HRT if they want it because it's been a wonderful magical thing for me but there are some uncomfortable aspects of it and this is just one that i didn't know about

#tw scars #ramble #tboy swag #trans stuff #luckily from a distance it just looks like freckles but it's like. an insecurity i didn't have before #i've always moisturised my face but never my body and i didn't think it would make a difference #spoiler alert it DOES #again hrt is AMAZING and i've NEVER regretted starting it #but. puberty is awkward and uncomfy y'know #at least it's the RIGHT puberty this time #the benefits make all the bad parts SO WORTH IT #also for t takers you do just. have to wash more. because at the drop of a hat your skin starts SCREAMING #also bad combo if you're a scab picker. it's just not nice to go through

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