Hi Gender Society. Jessica here. I'm returning to first check in and say I hope those left in this world who know me and even those who don't but are part of this community are doing ok during these trying times with Covid-19. It's been ages it feels like. Miss you all! I'm doing ok myself . Ups and downs and constant financial difficulties but hey thats part of life for many of us right? heh.. I'm happy for each day that comes my way and hoping we all can say the same. Well onto my post..
So I am not sure if anyone will see this as it seems the forums are pretty seldom used these days but I'm going to try anyways because I wanted some opinions if by chance anyone has any knowledge on the matter.
Maybe some of you are aware that because of covid there was a shortage in supply of transdermal estrogen products the last 6 months and in particular for the transdermal patches. I looked up why and apparently it was not the estrogen itself but had to do with the adhesive/ binding agent that disperses the estrogen into the skin being in short supply. I've been on 200 mcg patch for like 9 years now and I could not obtain them in the last 4 months so I had to order Sandrena 1 mg Gel.
I studied up on it and it appears 1 mg of sandrena is the equivalent of only 50mcg patch which means I have to apply 4 satchets of this stuff a day which is a pain in the butt not to mention like 3 times as expensive for me. This is not good for my pocketbook at all and work has been even harder to come by for me these days as I am a gig worker.
Anyways the typical placement is on the inner thighs , abdominal area, and butt. I do that and it seems to work ok but I'm going though my supply wayy too fast and dreading the prospect of running out and being unable to buy more before I can save up. (the good news is I think the patch supplies are now being replentished in the world and coming back on the shelves)
My question is during my research I noticed a study being touted on Reddit in the trans section about how some girls are using gells doing scrotal application. No where on the directions does it say to do this and it specifically says not to apply on breasts too because of cancer concerns. Apparently breast cancer risks go up if it is applied there. On these reddit posts they always link to some transfemscience study here
Genital Application of Estradiol as a Powerful Transdermal Route for Transfeminine People | Transfeminine Science (transfemscience.org)
It says that scrotal application is 5 times as powerful thereby reducing the amount of gell needed thereby saving transgender women a lot of money for their dosing regime. I've not had an orchiectomy so feisibly this could work for me but I'm hesitant because I worry if there are risks of increase in possible cancer there or something. I just wanted to try here and see if anyone has any possible insight on this matter. Theoretically it could save my costs / extend this supply I have for 6 months if I can get away applying just 1 mg of Sandrena scrotally each day.
Just a shot in the dark. I'm desperate enough to probably start trying this and see how I react. I plan on returning to patches asap but need to save up enough which will take me like 4 or 5 months. Anyone have any thoughts about this method or heard of this before. As I said I found this info on Reddit and it is not a place I trust too much. I do have a doctor I use at a clinic but that clinic has been closed due to covid for a year now. Facepalm. It is definintely an off label style of usage so am unsure. Anyways thats all. LOL I find it sort of funny I come back after years and my 1st post back is about slathering my balls with estrogen but its the situation at hand.
If no one responds.. perhaps I will do a follow up if I attempt this due to my supply and demand issues I'm facing.
Jessica Nova