Questions around starting TRT and vacuum pumping?

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After several years of dealing with low testosterone levels, and researching/trying multiple treatments to increase my test numbers naturally (with no real success), I’m finally taking the steps to begin Testosterone Replacement Therapy with my current primary care physician. I’ve shared with my doctor my concerns around side effects of testicular atrophy from being on test, and possible methods of reducing testicular shrinkage while I’m my TRT cycle. My doctor didn’t seem to be aware of any methods to prevent this common side effect, but after roaming various forums around TRT and steroid discussions (like this one), I know others have shared various methods to reduce testicular atrophy while on the juice.


One of the methods I noticed rarely explored in keeping the family jewels heavy while on the gear, is the use of ball/penis vacuum pumping (aka full package pumping). I know of several bodybuilders, powerlifters, weightlifters, and just regular gym heads trying to get bigger, who full package pump while on gear to maintain (or further enlarge) their testicular size. Yet, I rarely seen a deeper discussion around the experiences of pumping muscle with juice, and pumping your package with air pressure, specifically in the arena of preventing testicular atrophy. Full transparency, I have already briefly explored full package myself before getting on TRT, which had overall good results with personally.


So for the more experienced gear heads here, who have tried full package pumping while on TRT, roids, or other androgen based cycles, can you share your experiences in this method possibly reducing testicular atrophy?
 

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Pumping isn’t going to stop the atrophy. Atrophy happens because the main function of your balls is to produce testosterone. When you provide your body test via another method (typically a weekly injection of testosterone) your body recognizes that and your balls go into retirement. Pumping them will pull water and other body liquid into them, but it is reabsorbed starting as soon as you stop pulling it in with the pump. It does take a day or so to fully deplete the new liquid and return to natural balls.
I’ve read about other hormone replacement (gondatropin?) that can help, but that gets very complicated, expensive, and temporary too.
 

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I've been on T therapy about five months now and my balls haven't shrunk yet. My mood and overall feeling has improved, morning wood and overall horniness, espcially about three days after the injection. I haven't slimmed down as much as I'd like and I'm still hoping to see a good increase in facial/body hair. Anyone have stories to share about weight loss on T, and body hair increase?
 
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I’ve been on HRT for over 10 years. There are no negative side effects. Positive side effects in include: Lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure, less belly fat and an overall but barely noticeable feeling of well-being. If anything my cock and balls have gotten larger after years of replacement therapy. I inject it every 10 days And I am checked with blood testosterone levels every few months by the prescribing doctor. You may be confusing testosterone replacement therapy with steroid use. Getting up to a healthy level of testosterone has no downside. Some doctors are very uninformed about this type of therapy. My doctor specializes in anti aging and quality of life for her older patients. I’m 69 and I look like I’m in my 40s. The only negative side effect that I noticed was a little bit of hair loss. I already had a mild case of male pattern baldness that got a little worse after the testosterone. My doc prescribed a low dose of finasteride and I’m back to normal with my hair.