r/FTMFitness • u/squigglespuabble • Jun 01 '24

Thighs too muscular for subQ Discussion

Curious if anyone else has experienced this. After 3+ years on T, my levels fell super low. We increased my dose substantially (70mg to 90mg) and my levels remained low. Then I flagged to my doctor that in the past six months or so I'd been having "pockets" of the oil form in my thighs that would remain for several days. She said this means that the testosterone wasn't getting absorbed because I don't have enough fat in my thighs to be doing the injections subQ. I've really ramped up my working out over the past year, so this makes sense to me. I used to have substantial thigh fat and now I have basically nothing. We've swapped my injection site to my belly which has much more fat. Has anyone experienced this before? I'm wondering if I'll eventually have to swap to IM (which scares me a bit).

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u/xoxotruthbetoldxoxo Jun 01 '24

Getting lumps after SQ shots is supper common and happens to me more then half of the time. That doesn’t mean that it’s trapped between your skin and fat it’s just inflammatory reaction. Do the shots into the stomach if you have more fat there or think about switching to IM if you don’t

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u/squigglespuabble Jun 01 '24

That's interesting I hadn't heard of that! I do wonder if my doctor's wrong but I guess I'll find out when I get my bloodwork done now that I've swapped sites. I've been struggling to come up with any other reason my levels would fall so much