penis and testicle shrinkage

I see many PFS sufferers on the board have severe ED and sexual problems, but not nearly as many have shrunken penis and shrunken testicles.

Im about 4 to 5 months post crash and at the moment i have seen improvements in digestion, a little bit of improvement in androgens such as sweating underarms and feet when i go to gymand with a little small bit of body odor occasionally, and improvement in mood and brain fog/anxiety. My insomnia has not got much better. My main issue is penis and testicle size, and lack of ability to get erection.

I have seen minor improvements in penis size, but nothing worth noting. I have loose skin on penis and testicles, its obvious they both shrank by at least 40%. Basically my body has gone “pre-puberty”. A lack of androgens. All my scrotum hair turned white literally overnight . My actual weight and muscle size are strangely not much changed, although i go to the gym often to try to combat the sides. My problem its mostly the androgen aspect that is all screwed up.

Has anyone seen improvements through andactrim gel or any other regimen? I have read through a logo f threads and posts but have not seen much. I am skeptical of buying more supplements bc i have spent so much already, i feel its a waste until i get a better idea of how to combat this problem.

My head rarely if ever itches, and i don’t see much hair falling out on pillow or in shower, although i didn’t see much of that happen before propecia anyways. I used to have a very oily face, now hardly any oil is produced i can go days without washing my face. Same thing with my hair. I have an androgen problem. Not sure if DHT could be of help.

I had a history of using supplements in my past so I’m not trying to jump into TRT, since if i did it would probably be a lifelong commitment. So I’m trying to stay as natural as possible. My member story is in the forum, my labs came back all in range.

I’ve seen improvements over the last couple months, i was basically bedridden when i crashed. So I’m hesitant to do a hardcore therapy that would possibly set me back, I’m trying to stay as natural as possible. Although it just worries me that i basically haven’t had a full erection in at least 6-8 months, since i crashed about 4 months ago and started having issues after propecia before the crash. Id say its been at least 6 months since i have gotten a full erection and i just have to assume that cannot be a healthy thing for the penis. It pretty much goes without dating my libido is near zero.

You guys are only hurting yourself by going “natural,” have you read the PFS study done in penile tissue of PFS sufferers vs non PFS sufferers? The researchers hypothesized that it was androgen deprivation. No matter what you do you will likely need HRT for the rest of your life, now is the critical time to keep the blood flowing. Go on HRT to at least physically restore your organs, so far I have seen no reports that HRT does not work on the actual organs. For example, HCG may or may not improve your psychological and sexual symptoms, but it will keep your penis and testicles healthy. Later when you recover or find s treatment at least things will still be working.
I’m willing to bet the guys who had testicle and Penile shrinkage had very low testosterone, the guys who did not, probably had normal levels or were on HRT (like me).

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again i have high testosterone… why do you want me/us to do hrt. fuck hrt. you claim everything you like to without any evidence and you clutter the forum with shit and meess up the heads of other people. unresponsible… you have no evidence

I don’t want to come across as too disrespectful but everyone especially newbies please take this guys advice for what little it’s worth. JustQuitDut You’ve been on this board for a mere few mouths. Please stop talking like you have experience and know for sure what your talking about. Many of us did go the route you suggested and became much, much worse off because of it. Your giving advice that can potentially be devastating to peoples recoveries, and your saying it like you have some vast knowledge or experience. Your making your statements as if they were facts when in reality they are only your opinion, the opinion of a guy who obsessively posts and has only been here a few weeks.

I’m just so frustrated, this disease is terrible. I was making good progress with tribulus and dermacrine cream for about 3 weeks i still was in bad shape but i had a lot of improvements in some side effects, then i stopped taking for 2 days and immediately all sides came back and i crashed and am just as bad if not worse than before i started it. This is terrible. I can’t believe this illness, the worst part of it is no one can relate to it. I miss the days of getting sick or whatever and recovering. I feel like with this pfs there never is a true recovery its just a remission or just a small time where sides get a bit better for whatever reason. How the heck can you feel much better than boom the next day all gone. Ridiculous.

Even last night after twitching and waking up with heart palpitations i actually was able to fall asleep for a good 6 hours andy didn’t take any prescription meds for sleep i only took 1 herbal sleep medicine. I still feel awful. Even a good night sleep doesn’t help. I just wake up and start another awful day again. This is too much, how do you guys deal with this. Im about 6 months into this and i can’t take it.

i just miss feeling “normal”. Feeling relaxed, feeling like sitting and watching some tv and relaxing after work. I feel like all day I’m in this state of awfulness and i can’t even feel joy or feel “good”. Nevermind the horrible physical symptoms, the mental sucks just as bad. I just want to be able to wake up and want to start the day. I haven’t felt that way since i crashed. Everyday i wake up and just want to go back to sleep and try to escape the symptoms.

Even if you are normal and get the flu or whatever, you know in a few days it will pass. This is just a nightmare man. Like an all day everyday nightmare it really sucks.

I am sorry if I have offended you guys, but the way I do HRT is not consistent with how others have tried it, and the few who have listened to me responded. The key is lower doses and inducing 5AR enzyme activity, anyway, on balance, I will come back in a few months. Hopefully by then I will have some more concrete clear experiences to share. So far I put PFS in remission, I wanted to share this and get others to try, but I understand, so I will return in a few months and hopefully I can have more answers.
I am not the average PFS sufferer as I have access to a lot of resources and knowledge of hormones and medicine, my apologies.

Penile Shrinkage Never Improved For Me And I’m Over 18 Months Off Now

I was 7 inches erect pre-fin, now 4.5/5 inches erect post fin. Those of you who want to dispute this go ahead, why would i lie?

Strange Thing Is, I Never Got Testicle Shrinkage???

have you tried andactrim? I think i may try it.

No I’ve not tried it, let me know how you get on if it helps at all.