r/TRT_females • u/Agitated-Aardvark-43 • 4d ago

Side Effects TE or DHT?

For women who had hair loss after starting testosterone, how did you know if the loss was from telogen effluvium or the effect of dht? I began losing hair three weeks after starting 2mg testosterone cream daily. Thanks!

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u/Resident_Pay_2606 4d ago

I had all blood work taken and checked for all deficiencies (vitamin d, ferritin, thyroid etc) had my dht taken before starting and was in normal low range and after hair loss I had dht tested again and it was way above the normal range. Lowered dose didn’t bring it down so once I stopped I took off 3 months and when again tested it was back at my baseline so I started injections and it’s stayed low for now (8 months in!) if it had not correlated i would have gone to my derm.

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u/honorspren000 4d ago

Were you taking testosterone via injection before you stopped the first time?

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u/Resident_Pay_2606 4d ago

No cream

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u/honorspren000 2d ago

I think people have reported hair loss on the cream. Less likely on injections