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75yr old left is topical testosterone cream 1% and the right is placebo
Methods:
- Testosterone propionate 1.0% cream applied
- Applied 0.5g of hormone preparation daily to one side, vehicle control on other side
- Treatment duration approximately 6 months before effects became apparent (personal note: these niggas old so no shit)
- Testosterone
- the strongest rejuvenating effects:
- Smoothed wrinkles on face and hands
- Increased skin firmness and thickness
- Stimulated hair growth, especially in axilla
- Enhanced eccrine sweating
- Microscopic improvements more dramatic than visible changes
- Testosterone improved epidermal structure, thickened basement membrane, increased dermal cells and ground substance
- Clinical changes evident in 20% of subjects for sun-damaged skin
- Axillary responses seen in 75% of individuals
- Ethinyl estradiol no effect
- Corticosteroids worsened signs of aging
- Thinned and atrophied skin
- Increased laxity
- Caused spontaneous bruising
- Suppressed hair growth and eccrine function
- Progesterone and pregnenolone had similar but weaker effects
- Topical testosterone can partially reverse structural changes of aged skin
- Effects are purely local, not systemic
- Wrinkle reduction
- Increased skin firmness and thickness
- Stimulated hair growth, especially in axilla
- Enhanced sweat production
- Significant microscopic improvements in skin structure
- Clinical improvements visible in 20% for sun-damaged areas, 75% for axillary regions
- More consistent microscopic improvements than visible changes
Found from this video
Study
http://lib3.dss.go.th/fulltext/scan_ebook/j.of_society_1967_v18_n9.pdf [549-562]
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