High DHT sides completely normal?
Hey guys, there is always talk about E2 levels and side effects but I rarely see any talk about dihydrotestosterone levels. Is that just because it’s a given when running more anabolics? I ask because I’ve been on trt for a while and recently ran a higher test dose of just 180mg for 12 weeks to see how I’d respond . I’m 38 180# around 15% BF and these were my results.
Total 1380
Free T 304
E2 75
DHT 186
Now I had zero E2 sides and felt great. But my high DHT gave me oily skin and back acne (really more like obliques and shoulders) already even at only 180mg of test cyp. Now of course I’m nervous of hair and even more acne issues if I run higher testosterone or wanted to add another anabolic like npp or mast in the future.
Is this just the nature of the beast and I gotta take the bad with the good on the DHT side? Or would a good second cycle maybe just be low dose compared to other at say 150cyp/150mast or 150test/75npp?
Thanks in advance as always
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Your total T number is high at that dose. When I first started TRT, I got some of the acne and oily skin that you’re getting but it went away after a couple of months. It isn’t uncommon at all for your body to adjust. If you’re worried about your hair then you’ll definitely be running NPP and not Masteron if you decide to add another anabolic.
Thank you. Yeah I thought that was high for only 180mg. I currently went back down to 135mg which was my baseline. Going to stay here long enough to pull labs again before anything. Im not necessarily too worried about hair specifically. I have no issues with loss or thinning naturally. But more or less was surprised to have such a high DHT number at only 180 test so made me curious how bad it would get when I decide to add more anabolics. Which eventually was my goal. I may do shorter runs like 8-10 weeks.