Dht clinical implications of elevated blood levels?

[madman]

https://academic.oup.com/edrv/article/38/3/220/3788611

 

[OMI100]

Thanks for the link!
I printed it out to look at.
35 pages (in small type).
My DHT levels are through the roof, so will see what the paper says.....

 

[cleverusername]

Thanks for the link!
I printed it out to look at.
35 pages (in small type).
My DHT levels are through the roof, so will see what the paper says.....

Curious what "through the roof" is? I had had mine ran on my last bloods and was at 118. The results didnt include a range, it only says "HIGH". Funny thing is I am not losing any hair, in fact I am sprouting new hair all over my body.

 

[lexer]

Curious what "through the roof" is? I had had mine ran on my last bloods and was at 118. The results didnt include a range, it only says "HIGH". Funny thing is I am not losing any hair, in fact I am sprouting new hair all over my body.

dht makes you gain body hair but lose hair on your head.
what is your testosterone dosage? What is your total T level?

 

[OMI100]

Drum roll please:
Compounded T cream.
I use a 1/4 of a teaspoon daily (100mg of T). Yep... 1/4 of a teaspoon.... 1/2 ml....
Under my arm on the triceps near the arm pit.
Change arms every day.
Not the commercial stuff that cost $$$$$$$ and you have to rub it over your whole body.
T Total - 721 (264-916)
Free T - 10.89 (5-12)
% Free T - 1.51 (1.5-4.2)
Dihydrotestosterone - 276 (30-85)
E2 Sensitive - 19.2 (8-35)
SHBG - 92.7 (19.3-76.4)
I think the hair thing is genetic.
My body hair is the same and I have always had a head of hair.
When I get it cut I always have to have them thin it out or it gets waaaaaay too think...

 

[lexer]

OrinnIsreal
what is your age?

 

[OMI100]

Heading into the upper 60's

 

[cleverusername]

dht makes you gain body hair but lose hair on your head.
what is your testosterone dosage? What is your total T level?

My dose is 38mg every other day. Thinking I will be lowering this soon as TT is high at 1131 with FT also high at 27.2

TT 1131 range 264-916 ng/dl
FT 27.2 range 6.8-21.5 pg/ml
DHT 118 range 30-85 ng/dl

Downloading my report offered the range for DHT. What you said about hair sprouting up in other areas, I am most definitely seeing this. My arms, my back, even parts of my legs are now growing new hair. Some are in places that I once had hair, and others where I have never had any at all. I have yet to notice any lose from my head though...knock on wood.

 

[JPB]

It really hard to manage the DHT when you are otherwise shooting for high T levels. And besides what can be measured in the blood, there is still "intracrine" conversion taking place in the muscle, skin, and elsewhere.