Giving Testosterone to Boys

[Dave NoCal]

Actually, I believe that it can be an appropriate medical procedure for triggering puberty in boys whose testes have been severely damaged by accident or illness.
Dave

 

[MC1000]

I had an issue while using a testosterone gel. My young son was being accidentially exposed. Our Doc. told us that a short term exposure a his age (4-5) should have no lasting effects. However, if the exposure was great enough or long enough if would start puberty...enlarged penis, testicle, body hair, etc. (Doc. told us there were cases a 5 year old boys developing full sized adult male sex organs due to this type of exposure.) After awhile this would signal the plates on the end of the bones in the body to prematurely seal and no longer gorw. The Doc. told us if testosterone was given to a boy during puberty it could speed up the process, but would not increase the results...his penis would not be bigger than genticly programmed , it would just get there sooner. The cost would likely be very short height, infertility, damaged testicles, possible heart, thyroid and pituitary damage. It could also cause psycholgical and emotional problems (as if puberty isn't already filled with psychological and emotional problems already.)

Assuming a boy has normal testosterone levels, giving a him testosterone during puberty will only make his penis reach it's full size sooner or might help him add muscle mass. The cost however can be tragic and life long.

I can understand a man wanting to give his son all the advantages (real or not) he can, but messing with a child's body in this manner is wrong!

 

[D_Miranda_Wrights]

I had an issue while using a testosterone gel. My young son was being accidentially exposed. Our Doc. told us that a short term exposure a his age (4-5) should have no lasting effects. However, if the exposure was great enough or long enough if would start puberty...enlarged penis, testicle, body hair, etc. (Doc. told us there were cases a 5 year old boys developing full sized adult male sex organs due to this type of exposure.) After awhile this would signal the plates on the end of the bones in the body to prematurely seal and no longer gorw. The Doc. told us if testosterone was given to a boy during puberty it could speed up the process, but would not increase the results...his penis would not be bigger than genticly programmed , it would just get there sooner. The cost would likely be very short height, infertility, damaged testicles, possible heart, thyroid and pituitary damage. It could also cause psycholgical and emotional problems (as if puberty isn't already filled with psychological and emotional problems already.)

Assuming a boy has normal testosterone levels, giving a him testosterone during puberty will only make his penis reach it's full size sooner or might help him add muscle mass. The cost however can be tragic and life long.

I can understand a man wanting to give his son all the advantages (real or not) he can, but messing with a child's body in this manner is wrong!

Spot on. And even if it worked, I wouldn't want to put my son through the trauma of a precocious puberty. I'd rather grow up relatively normal and have a normal-sized penis. Not that it's anything but a theoretical question in reality...

 

[SpeedoMike]

seems like this decision belongs in the hands of an endocrinologist.

 

[FuzzyKen]

Hey Bulldog,

Odds are pretty good that the individuals in question are full of manure and just stirring the pot. I come from a medical family and have some business interests going with a couple of MD's who deal with this kind of issue. There are some legit circumstances where testosterone is used in prepubertal males, and though they are more common than you would think, the guidelines and circumstances do exist. Treatments of this nature could be administered by any of the following medical specialities with little question.

Regular and Pediatric Endocrinologists and Urologists. A GP could do it under some circumstances such as a small town where specialists were not falling out of the trees.

If you get a chance lift the text of all of this and send it to me as a PM by doing a cut and paste. I have enough medical knowledge to know if this is two idiots stirring a pot to create some "excitement" or a couple of people with actual intentions or actually doing something. I will come back to the group with this after I read it.

I am in fact suspect of the legitimacy of that posting.

 

[JTalbain]

Agreed. Also, it sounds fucking pervy. Why would anyone give a fuck what their kid's dick is like? Find me an answer that doesn't sound pervy and you win a prize.

Having just responded to one of the (manymanymanymanymanymanymanymanymanymanymanymanymany) circumcision threads, I kind of laughed when I read this.

 

[colday]

Maybe the dads were afraid their kids would inherit their genes and have a small penis

 

[ttovarano]

Interesting thread. I remember in one of my Roman history classes we read this article about mothers tugging a son's penis and pulling the balls during infancy to make them seem bigger in the baths or during wrestling. I'll try to look for the author I want to say Livy but I'm not positive.

My dad was a wrestler back in the 70s and during his teen years he told me that his coach would give him this testosterone gel which he would put on his legs and chest before matches. My grandma always researched everything but after some research it was only found to have a really low level of testosterone. But my dad is the shortest of his brothers 5'4 and the others are all above 6ft, he always had some sort of prostate problem.

With all that in mind my dad also has a really thick dick and he has massive balls. My uncles and grandpa are also pretty big but nothing comes close to my dad's balls - just an observation I don't know if it's linked with the gels he used in his teens.

 

[kloffus2000]

I have much sympathy with those contributors who went through puberty and finished with smaller than average dicks. I myself was a late bloomer and got teased at school in a way that I think has affected my life. I used to wonder waht would have happened if I had had the guts to consult a doctor but in those days ( 55 years ago) that was did not seem an option. In the end I did mature and now have a dick slightly bigger than average but it took its time!
One thing I am sure of. Injecting testosterone into boys is foolish unless they have a clearly defined medical condition for the reasons given above - the boys' own testes will not develope properly. It is called negative feedback - between the gonads and the pituitary.

There are technicques to improve the penis size as often discusse on this site.
Or better still learn to make the best use of the tool you have. Size is not everyting.

 

[catman]

Guy at my gym and I were talking....he has a low sex drive- turns out his doctor discovered he has low testosterone. We got to talking and he was taking a daily gel, but due to insurance now takes as weekly self administered shot. I asked if it has helped- he said yes- he had gotten hairier but but said the down side of it, was due to the shots his balls have gotten smaller as his body thinks they don't need to work a hard...(I had actually noticed a slight change (the guy has the proverbial 'bull nuts'...that said I have seen this guy at the gym for many years....we know each other by name and know our kids names)....

so I imagine giving this to someone under 18 could have crazy negative side effects (like giving a boob job to an under age girl....why?)