Good for you brother for asking this question! I can't tell you anything that hasn't already been said by the members below

having it and not using it is worse. you'll know when the time is right. dont let others influence you. if you are educated it will be safe. if you are not, then wait of course until you learn. waiting does no good, if all your doing is waiting. If the wait is a process to maximize, then it is worth waiting. otherwise you're just wasting time not getting what you want, having regrets you didnt make the choice whatever it is, sooner then later

Absolutely not. I have been off for some 5+ months and am gaining naturally! I'm around 197. Ill definitely be doing another cycle soon. My favourite is test and d Bol to bulk

I did my first cycle just before I turned 21. Prior to that I had been lifting about 4 years solid. I took weight training in high school along with PE and I worked out after school... I was a bit of an iron junkie. As you can imagine I was good size and very strong. I started reading about steroids online and started researching them... Lurking on boards and extensively reading profiles so I had an extremely good understanding of what steroids were and how each individual compound worked. It had been about a year and 2 months since I had begun researching steroids before I first started. I do not regret starting when I did. I was unbelievably dialed into my training and diet and had reached my natural plateau... I believe I was 197 lbs diced at 6'. Lifts were insane as well. I had a great first run at it and was very prepared to run a cycle. My only advice is be both mentally and physically prepared! Have your training dialed in along with your diet and know exactly how the compounds you are using work and have a planned cycle on paper and keep a detailed log. I guarantee if you do this you will have amazing and addicting first experience

my first cycle was sustanon 250 i ran it for 12 weeks and pinned 2xwk i ran no pct and nothing else, i was 19, that was almost 20 years ago. knowing what i know now i never wouldve have, i wouldve waited and learned, gained knowledge and made natty gains. i have a small lump right side that has never went away but hard to notice, thankfully thats the only negative at this point. take your time, if youre going to anyway soak it all up and be prepared, understand the consequences, the sides and benefits as well. learn the different aas and ancillaries and pct, get it all down like youre an encyclopedia and than do it. than youre ready. but waiting is always the best option

I can not answer your question regarding age but I can allude to a very recent mistake I made with my first cycle. I'm 25, I waited till 25 to cycle, initially I became interested at 23. My first cycle was somewhat devised by the same people responding to your post, I had everything on hand prior (ancillaries, AI's, test). I didn't get blood work pre cycle to get a baseline of my normal function. Now, I'm struggling with my recovery and with out those baseline bloods I won't really know if it was my first cycle that caused my current circumstance or whether it is something that's been happening all along. Good luck bud.