Where Do I Apply Testosterone Cream As A Woman? | PYHP 104
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Monica’s Question: Hi, I have been prescribed testosterone cream and I have been advised to apply it to my inner thigh. I was wondering, in doing so, will this reverse the results of my laser hair removal on my bikini line? As per you stated that someone had a similar experience to this. Should I apply it there or should I apply in another area? Thank you.
Short Answer: Applying testosterone cream to the mid-inner thigh should not affect the bikini line. However, the hair in the area of where the testosterone cream is applied will get darker. There is no real way to avoid the hair from darkening. Switching thighs can help, but it will probably still darken in both areas.
PYHP 104 Full Transcript:
Dr. Maki: Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Progress Your Health podcast. I am Dr. Maki.
Dr. Davidson: And I am Dr. Davidson.
Dr. Maki: So summer is moving along very quickly I cannot even believe it is almost the middle of August already.
Dr. Davidson: I know summertime is so fun in Washington.
Dr. Maki: We have got rain in the last couple of mornings which actually has been– We had quite a bit of rain in June at least it seemed like July was really nice and now the last couple mornings we had a really nice stretch with no rain at all. And now it was kind of nice actually with a little bit of drizzle in the morning. We have got this jungle in the back of our house. I know that you kind of went back there with little clippers and trying to– We have this little trail that leads up to another trail and you are back there a couple of days ago trying to clean up the trail.
Dr. Davidson: Exactly. We have a beautiful trail up there and it is funny because I always laugh with my patients that summertime. It is almost, even though it is beautiful, it seems like it is harder to exercise and eat well because it is almost like you are just having too much summertime fun. Where the holidays, you can be a little bit more diligent because the holidays are one day but it seems like summertime fun. So we have been trying to rain it in and do some more exercise and eating a little cleaner.
Dr. Maki: Yeah a little bit more leisure. There is definitely a different mindset. Summertime, you want to spend time outside like we have been doing a lot of hiking. There is this little place down where we are actually able to walk down to the ocean. Literally. It is a couple mile walk but we take the dog down there. He jumps into the- there are little rocks there and he jumps into the water. It is just adorable to see him dive off this little rock cliff and he is just not afraid of little waves out there and he just dives in it. Then we come back. So we have been doing a lot of those kinds of things. But it is kind of easy because of all that nice weather. It is kind of easy to get distracted on the diet and exercise side.
Dr. Davidson: So yeah, we have been working on that the last couple of weeks. Yes, trying to get up to the trail. It has been really fun. I definitely love summer. I hope- I wish i...