CW: Libido/sex drive mention, acne mention, blood, menstruation, slightly TMI near the end (I briefly mention sexual stuff in the "vaginal atrophy" section)

Hi... Sorry I haven't updated in like, three months.  Life happened and I just.. Haven't had the energy to make these posts.  But I decided that I should do an update while I'm feeling motivated.

One important thing I'm gonna note though, is that I recently changed my dosage.  Between 4-21-2020 and 11-3-2020, I was doing 50 mg (.25mL) T (Cypionate) every two weeks (IM).  As of 11-3-2020 I'm now doing that same dosage, except I'm doing it every week instead of every two weeks.

Anyways, let's get into my experiences

Body hair

My body hair has been doing the usual, I guess.  Um... One thing I noticed recently, is that I now have like, one singular, long black strand of hair growing slightly under my chin.  Which is weird-looking, but exciting!  I'm at the very start of having.. A beard.  Which is weird, but again, it's super exciting!!  Um, I also noticed that like... Just above where my chin starts, like between my lower lip and my chin, there's some short, black hairs growing in.  They're pretty hard to see right now, but yeah.  I also shaved my face for the first time(!!) a couple weeks ago.  I only shaved my upper lip since that was the only like, actually noticeable facial hair I had at the time, but it was a neat experience anyways... And then I immediately regretted the choice lmaO.  I HATE HOW IT LOOKS AND FEELS TO NOT HAVE THAT BBY MOUSTACHE THERE... but it's actually growing back in at a nice pace.

Throat/voice

My voice has definitely been getting gradually lower.  Emphasis on gradually.  But yeah.  I've noticed that there are like, certain songs I like, and there are certain parts that were too low-pitched for me to hit three, two, and sometimes even one month ago... But now I'm actually able to hit them?  Or at least sort of hit them?  Which is like... Really cool, tbh.  My voice has obviously been cracking often, and I've had like three times of note where it happened at work when I was talking to a co-worker... Oofers.

Sex drive

It could just be due to stress (caused by things in my personal life), but for a good two to three weeks this month, my sex drive just... Took a nosedive.  Idk why.  It seems like it's getting back up there again, but yeah.

Acne/sweat

I've... Been breaking out so bad over the last month or two 😩 (weary emoji) I've obviously been having a lot of acne since I started T, but my god.  My jawline specifically has been breaking out a lot, but also?  My back... I can't do anything to get rid of it 😔 (pensive emoji)

Bottom growth/general feelings "down there"

I'm over half a year into T, and honestly?  I don't think I've had like, any bottom growth.  At all.  It's pretty annoying tbh

Body fat redistribution

Also haven't noticed any changes with this yet :/ my mom's pointed out that my face apparently looks kinda different, and I think I see what she means?  Or maybe I'm just imagining it, idk.  I still have this stupid hourglass shape though, and I hate it.

Mood/emotions

Ehhhhh idk.  I've had a really stressful month, and it's also been a very weird month for everyone, so it's hard to really pinpoint what's being caused by T, and what's being caused by other things.  Idk... I'm sorry I can't describe how my emotions have been lately to y'all :/

The gross thing (i.e. menstrual bs)

Unfortunately, I've been having the gross thing... And generally speaking, it hasn't gotten any lighter/less frequent. I went from the beginning of August to late October without one, but since late October I've been having them happen about once a month. Which, honestly sucks :/

Vaginal atrophy

Haven't noticed too much here. I mean yeah, there's slight dryness, but it's not bone-dry in there, yknow? I also noticed recently that I drew bl**d while doing.. Sexual stuff?? It was only a little bit, but still. I was kind of being too rough that time though... Sjdjjdjcjjcjf (Also... Me? Feeling kind of flustered by talking about this? It's more likely than you think)

CW: Body hair, bottom growth, sex drive/libido mention, acne mention, sweating mention, mention of shots/injections, talking about "chest sacks", vaginal atrophy mention

Sorry that this isn't under a read more... I'm on mobile ^^' (I've opted to just tag this as "#long post" instead)

Heyo everyone :V here's my 4 month update... I feel like a decent amount of changes have been happening, but idk if I'll be able to remember to mention all of them.. ^^'

Anyways

I think I'll do bullet points so that I don't miss anything

Body hair

To start off... I'm definitely getting more body hair overall. I recently noticed that my stomach area seems to slowly be growing in hair?? Which is wild. The hair on my face is also gradually getting more dark and obvious too! It's easier to see the hair above my mouth imo.. So ye.

Um what else

Throat/voice

My throat has been sore a lot this month.. My voice cracks a bunch and it's gradually getting harder to hit higher notes (many of which were really easy for me to hit pre-t)

Libido

I think my general state of, "horny on main" has pretty much gone away.. My "drive" has generally been pretty low during the last month or so

Acne/sweat

I'm still sweating a decent amount, but.. I think that it's gotten less severe? I think?? Same with acne...

Bottom growth/general feelings down there

I don't think there's been any growth yet.. Uh.. Maybe there's been a tiny bit? Idk. I know for a fact though, that "that" has gotten somewhat more sensitive.. As in, I could just be walking around or smthn, and I'll notice my clothes rubbing on me somewhat more often than before

Body fat redistribution

Tbh I don't think this has happened yet, but!! I think that the "chest things" have lost some "volume"/firmness, if that makes sense? Maybe I'm imagining it though, idk

Mood/emotions

I've generally been more irritable as of late than before, and I also get reeeeeally tired two or three days before my next injections.. As I'm typing this, I'm a lot more sleepy and low on energy than usual. I read that this happens because people who are doing injections every two weeks (like me) tend to have much bigger dips in energy just before their next shots, since it's been about two weeks since they got their testosterone, than someone who takes t more often. But yeah, the last 3 days have mostly been me just sleeping a bunch.

Menstrual bs

For some reason... I went a whole two months without one of these... But had one again at the beginning of the month. I don't know why. I tried reaching out to the clinic I go to for hrt stuff about this, but between work and them not getting back to me in time, I kinda just gave up on trying to contact them about it

Vaginal atrophy

I think this has slightly been happening? Kinda sorta? Like, that area seems to be a bit more dry than before.. But I don't think it's changed much to be honest

Misc

I've been having the occasional pelvic pain? Cramping?? Whatever it's called??? That often accompanies being on T for a while. It's either atrophy, or body fat redistributing... Who knows though :V