To be fair, I’m not sure I’d say I’m ‘suffering’ from the virilization I’ve experienced, and I doubt my husband would say it either.
And, it’s also not been permanent. I’ve been on testosterone pellets for a few years now, and the virilization stuff has for sure come and gone (enlarged clitoris, generally ‘fuller’ down there, some chin hair).
The pellets are pushed hard by clinics because they make the clinics money, but they’re not releasing testosterone in a consistent fashion, at least not in my experience. When that pellet is gone or near gone, the ‘down there’ stuff is the first to go, and it’s like a balloon deflating (and just as sad, lol). Just a couple of the reasons I’m out the door with pellets and have been digging around this forum endlessly as I make the move to injections. This thread in particular is one I watch because of the low concentration topic, which makes for easier small doses more frequently, instead of huge peaks and troughs.
There’s also the aspect that women tend toward chin hair, deeper voices, and hair loss as we transition through menopause, so it’s tough to separate out what might have been happening anyway (those chin hairs were appearing prior to the pellets, for example).
I suspect a lot of women don’t want to admit to ANY virilization because we’ve had to claw our way toward how far we’ve managed to get with respect to our hormones and their replacement/care as we age. For an athletic active woman past childbearing age and heading to menopause, the upsides outweigh the downsides - for me.
