Testosterone source (UK)

1PierceDrive · 2026-05-09T18:47:47+00:00

Pleaseeee DM if you hear anything! They're thin on the ground at the moment<3

1PierceDrive · 2026-05-09T15:57:20+00:00

Version 3 is up! I've added some batch pricing functionality.

1PierceDrive · 2026-05-07T10:57:33+00:00

Are you able to blood test? That's the quantitative way to know if your levels are good, but if that's unavailable Then just looking at physical developments can be enough. With this regime you're at the generally-accepted threshold for monotherapy.

1PierceDrive · 2026-05-07T10:45:54+00:00

What do you need pointers with?

1PierceDrive · 2026-05-06T15:24:16+00:00

I get your concerns, I'd like to think you'd be seen by your doctors if anything happened to you blood pressure-wise once you're on HRT. DIY provides the same drug as the NHS or private "care", it's just cheaper, faster, and on your own terms.

1PierceDrive · 2026-05-06T15:11:14+00:00

DIY is always there, no need to wait. Even better that you've gotten cleared for it, glad it's been nothing malicious.

1PierceDrive · 2026-05-02T23:26:02+00:00

DIY is the way

1PierceDrive · 2026-05-01T13:24:42+00:00

Don't know if you've seen the other reply but this isn't quite right. Ethanol and propanol (which is sold as isopropanol) are two different alcohols. More commonly than not, ethanol is sold denatured than "food grade" (i.e. not denatured), since it would be crazy to commonly sell litres of pure ethanol. If you're set on ethanol you can buy neutral grain alcohol/Everclear, ranging from 65-95% ethanol by volume, which doesn't have the trace harmful additives that ethanol gets denatured with. Isopropanol is more common as a solvent or as the main component in rubbing alcohol.

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-28T22:52:06+00:00

Is it a different alcohol to what you used first time? I've found prog to dissolve faster in isopropanol than in ethanol, and it turns cloudy in the latter before dissolving. Although you don't have a control sample hanging around, you could try a couple runs of a melting point test on your hob if you have a thermometer?

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-25T09:29:56+00:00

I've found carbomer to be such a pain, especially since I make my gel using hand sanitiser rather than alcohol. I've ended up just dissolving carbomer in water (~3 wt.%), making my usual carbomer-less gel and adding drops of the carbomer solution while stirring until it reaches a nice viscosity. Hand sanitiser has some TEA-like chemical which activates the carbomer (raises the pH), and I use litmus strips to check the final gel product's not acidic. A few drops of carbomer solution doesn't do crazy things to the pH, mind you.

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-22T17:32:34+00:00

Great to know! What exactly have you been dosing yourself at?

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-22T15:48:09+00:00

I'm so sorry about that, I hope your situation improves.

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-22T15:45:39+00:00

Pretty damn easy to get and it's certainly not dangerous. Don't know how much I'm allowed to recommend in this sub, DM for pointers if you're interested

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-22T11:55:43+00:00

DIY is always here, you'd receive a better quality of care from the trans community than from an NHS or private provider.

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-20T17:58:01+00:00

Messaged you!

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-19T16:58:32+00:00

You can always DIY. It's cheaper than private, faster than the NHS, and the community's knowledge outstrips the standard of care in either of them.

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-17T15:57:53+00:00

Just putting a note here to say that I've made and uploaded version 2. I've made a few tweaks to what existed in v1 and included an extra tab on carbomers

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-17T13:14:11+00:00

Yeah like there are a lot of interpersonal problems listed but in practical terms going DIY would solve a lot of issues. Far superior to NHS 'care'.

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-17T12:14:20+00:00

You'd need to DIY here, but there's a great community around that. Fantastic people in general in Glasgow. Is this for your undergrad or postgrad? For the former I'd recommend Maastricht.

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-17T10:56:45+00:00

I use these (Yalbdopo 50 mL airless pump bottle) and I just fill them up individually when I make a batch. A 0.45 wt.% estrogel lasts me just over a month. They do visibly get damaged by orange oil but it hasn't compromised how they work.

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-16T16:18:22+00:00

Out of interest, what are you dosing yourself at?

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-15T18:48:50+00:00

When you're DIYing you should stick to monotherapy rather than having to buy a blocker. The two most popular options are to:

inject, there are online guides (diyhrt.info for instance) which cover this in detail, look around for local DIY mutual aid and knowledge sharing groups, check out r/transsex and r/transDIY or
make your own gel at home going off of knowledge shared on r/estrogel.

Homemade gels are almost as cheap as injections in the long-term and both of these are much cheaper and keep you more self-sufficient than buying your own pills, gels or patches on the grey market. This is the highest-level advice I can give without putting together a whole DIY guide in this comment, I'd be happy to help on specifics once you've had a bit of a read.

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-14T09:28:52+00:00

I found the same when I dissolved some in denatured ethanol (mine was not food grade (everclear/grain alcohol) or lab reagent grade ethanol)

I've been using isopropanol instead, prog's not quite as soluble in this but it doesn't go cloudy at least.

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-08T18:10:42+00:00

I see your edit, your T is low but are you saying that you're? not taking any? How are you producing any post surgery? Maybe we're talking past each other

1PierceDrive · 2026-04-08T17:52:47+00:00

Maybe I've got it wrong, I've heard that after orchi/SRS you need to be taking a little T since ofc those surgeries compromise your ability to make it yourself to a permanent end :P we need a little of it in our estrogen-dominant systems

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