Please read these stickies found here: About the T Replacement Category - #2 by KSman
- advice for new guys
- things that damage your hormones
- protocol for injections
- finding a TRT doc
Absorption of transdermal T products is typically 10% at best. If not absorbing, you should self-inject. Often, non-absorption is a symptom of low thyroid function and often that is caused by not using iodized salt needed to support thyroid function.
Please post current and pre-trt lab work with ranges. You cannot be passive with these issues and need to manage these aspects of your health care.
Most docs are idiots about male hormone health and you need to know more than them.
Check overall thyroid function by checking oral body temperatures as per the thyroid basics sticky.