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- 0:00Hey guys, so I am three months on tea today and I can't want to just make a little update
- 0:06video because I haven't actually posted anything really to do with it on TikTok.
- 0:11So I wanted to do that just in case anyone was wondering about starting tea or just interested, if not,
- 0:20you don't have to watch this but I just wanted to talk a minute somewhere.
- 0:24I actually written a list of things that I want to discuss but I probably will forget something.
- 0:31So if you have any further questions, let me know. I'm an open book.
- 0:36Firstly, I want to discuss about the fact that the majority of stuff I saw online about scientists
- 0:42Australia was the first thing you notice was bottom growth within a day of starting.
- 0:49For me, this did not happen and I got really anxious about it and I was thinking,
- 0:55oh my god, this isn't working, there's something wrong with me but I did start having bottom growth
- 1:01just around before the two months of my arc and you just have to remember that everyone's
- 1:07bodies are different and they have different reactions to different things.
- 1:11So if you're worried about that kind of thing, it should be fine, everyone's different.
- 1:18The first thing that I actually did notice when I saw a testosterone was how fatigued I
- 1:23felt, I just felt so tired all the time. I used to be able to run off of very little
- 1:27sleep, like four or five hours but when I saw a tea, that did not happen. I really struggled
- 1:34to get out of bed and I definitely need a few more hours now. I don't know if that changes
- 1:40or not but yeah, that was the first thing I noticed.
- 1:44I also did experience a bit of brain fog, I haven't seen anyone else talk about this
- 1:49but yeah, I did have brain fog, just wasn't all there. I even forgot how to make a cup
- 1:56of tea at one point, which is tragic for me. I don't know what was going on there, it
- 2:01was really weird. I was very hungry for the first few weeks, I was sparrowed for food, it's all
- 2:10like a thing about, I think that's died down. I haven't noticed how much I'm eating, changing,
- 2:16I haven't noticed a difference in the portion sizes I have but I was thinking more about food,
- 2:21if that makes sense. But I have a big appetite anyways, so I'm not reliable to judge off that.
- 2:29Then voice changing did happen, I was told, people around me were telling me that my
- 2:36voice was getting deeper, I think it has but I don't know how much. But I did experience
- 2:42like a lot of tightening in the throat around the same time people were saying that, so that
- 2:48probably was linked to it. And then the facial hairs were designed to be noticeable during
- 2:54the same time as that, so I do have a little tash coming in, very faint like a bum pluff but it is there.
- 3:02And then there's a few scraggly hairs that are growing in this area, especially on the chin,
- 3:08which are not my cup of tea, so I do pluck those, I do not enjoy it at all. I also just feel like
- 3:16with the, there's like a lot of face bloating, I just feel very heavy in this area. And recently
- 3:23there's been photos taken of me and I've been done really day, like I'm very self conscious about
- 3:30the squaring of my face, so that is, that's been happening. There's also body hair, which I did notice,
- 3:41like in the arms, I haven't grown hair before in the inside of my arms and it's starting to come in
- 3:46on the inside, but it's very like just random really long thick black hairs that are coming in and
- 3:54random places, like especially where I put on my testosterone and also on my thigh area,
- 3:59I'm definitely getting a lot more hair that I've, which I didn't have before. Periods is a weird one,
- 4:07this is like very, very different for everyone, but for me, it's like my first period after I
- 4:13started testosterone was very like close to when I started it, so I wasn't expecting like any changes
- 4:19in that, but that was like the most painful period I've had, my cramps were so bad, but like in
- 4:27terms of like flow of that, I didn't see any differences. And then I didn't have a period,
- 4:33once I got put to the two month mark, and then randomly like a couple weeks ago,
- 4:39I had a period which was not scheduled at all, and it lasted like two weeks, it was weird,
- 4:47and I did not enjoy it, but I didn't have any cramps, it was just very random. In terms of
- 4:51breasts, they have definitely shrunk, um, not like massively, but very like I'm very content with
- 5:00the way they are, like I don't really, it's a lot easier to take, um I haven't worn my binder since
- 5:0719, so I wouldn't know if it fits any differently, but I suspect it would, but like I've left,
- 5:15and I've gone into public without a bar, even a sports bar, like just going free, which I would
- 5:22have never thought I'd do in a million years, but like it's like very less noticeable than it was before.
- 5:29I have been experiencing like a lot of mood stuff, but I do suffer with seasonal depression and
- 5:37I started tea in November, so I don't know what correlates with what, do you know what I mean? Like
- 5:44I don't know what the mood was from, but I've like noticed I'm very like irritable,
- 5:52and I get angry a lot more easily, but I still cry a lot, like people say that for them,
- 6:00tea makes it so you can't cry, but for me I cry all the time, I'm just a very emotional person though,
- 6:06so that could affect it. I did forget to mention acne, I get a lot of spots in my forehead area,
- 6:18and my eyebrow area where my hair lays obviously, which I did not have before, I was very like
- 6:23spot free, and also I'm getting quite a few on my back as well, so yeah, that was like something
- 6:31I was reading that for as well, like acne, but it is manageable at the moment, I don't feel it would be
- 6:36any worse, but finally I wanted to talk about how my perception of my gender has changed since
- 6:42starting tea, I thought it would shift in the direction of like becoming a trans man kind of
- 6:49thing, like that would make sense in my head, but I've actually like, if you're like up on the
- 6:55opposite direction, I've become very fluid in that area, I'm non-binary and I've been
- 7:03going by they're then pronounced for a few years now, but recently I feel like I'm going to any
- 7:10pronouns territory, like she, they kind of thing, because I just don't feel as an emotional connection
- 7:18to they then pronounced as I did before, I used to get very like emotionally hurt if someone was
- 7:26to mission to me, but now I do not have that type of reaction, I'm very like, I don't care if someone
- 7:34calls me whatever, like I really don't care, um, it does not affect me the same way, probably because
- 7:41that's not necessarily just making me feel confident myself, I don't know, but yeah, so that's something,
- 7:50but I think that is everything that I wanted to talk about, but you possibly have any questions,
- 7:56let me know, and I hope this was informative somehow.
Testosterone therapy enthusiasm on TikTok: what's real vs. hype
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Saskia is three months into testosterone therapy and describes a side effect profile consistent with early androgenic transition in a person assigned female at birth, including expected virilisation signs, menstrual disruption, and mood changes. The menstrual irregularity she reports, specifically a two-week unscheduled bleed, warrants clinical documentation to rule out iron deficiency or dosing-related hormonal fluctuation. Her difficulty separating testosterone-related mood effects from seasonal depression is clinically valid and reflects a genuine confound that providers should address through structured mood tracking rather than attribution to either cause alone.
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This FormBlends review is specific to "Testosterone therapy enthusiasm on TikTok: what's real vs. hype" from sas <3. We read the clip as a TRT social video fact-checks claim about Testosterone, then separate the useful signal from what a short social video cannot prove. The page-specific claim focus is: Saskia is three months into testosterone therapy and describes a side effect profile consistent with early androgenic transition in a person assigned female at birth, including expected virilisation signs, menstrual disruption, and mood changes.
The reason this review is not generic is the source wording and the canonical claim label "trt im awkward sorry anyways im loving testosterone." In this clip, the useful excerpt is: "Hey guys, so I am three months on tea today and I can't want to just make a little update video because I haven't actually posted anything really to do with it on TikTok." That wording changes the review because it points to Testosterone evidence, safety, and patient-fit context, not a one-size-fits-all protocol.
The source trail for this page is checked against Cardiovascular Safety of Testosterone-Replacement Therapy (2023), Testosterone therapy in men with androgen deficiency syndromes: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline (2010), and Functional testosterone deficiency in aging men: Clinical impact, diagnostic pathways, and treatment strategies (2026), plus the creator's own wording. Testosterone decisions still need an eligibility review, medication-interaction screen, access check, and quality-control review before anyone treats a social clip as medical advice.
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Saskia is three months into testosterone therapy and describes a side effect profile consistent with early androgenic transition in a person assigned female at birth, including expected virilisation signs, menstrual disruption, and mood changes.
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- Saskia is three months into testosterone therapy and describes a side effect profile consistent with early androgenic transition in a person assigned female at birth, including expected virilisation signs, menstrual disruption, and mood changes. The menstrual irregularity she reports, specifically a two-week unscheduled bleed, warrants clinical documentation to rule out iron deficiency or dosing-related hormonal fluctuation. Her difficulty separating testosterone-related mood effects from seasonal depression is clinically valid and reflects a genuine confound that providers should address through structured mood tracking rather than attribution to either cause alone.
- Clitoral growth onset varies from weeks to months depending on individual androgen receptor sensitivity, not dosage. The 'within a day' claim on social media is not clinically supported (Hembree et al., 2017, JCEM).
- Testosterone does not shrink glandular breast tissue. Chest changes reflect fat redistribution, not tissue reduction, which affects realistic surgical planning expectations.
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- Clitoral growth onset varies from weeks to months depending on individual androgen receptor sensitivity, not dosage. The 'within a day' claim on social media is not clinically supported (Hembree et al., 2017, JCEM).
- Testosterone does not shrink glandular breast tissue. Chest changes reflect fat redistribution, not tissue reduction, which affects realistic surgical planning expectations.
- Menstrual irregularity, including prolonged or painful bleeds in the first months, is common but should be reported to a clinician. A two-week bleed can cause iron deficiency without intervention.
- Facial structural changes like jaw widening are driven by androgen-induced masseter hypertrophy and are a longer-term effect distinct from early water retention bloating.
- Testosterone therapy raises red blood cell count over time. Regular hematocrit monitoring is recommended to reduce clotting risk, a point Saskia did not mention but that all patients should know.
- Mood changes on testosterone are genuinely difficult to attribute in the first winter months due to seasonal depression overlap. Structured mood tracking rather than retrospective guessing is the better clinical approach.
- Brain fog in early testosterone therapy is underreported in clinical studies but appears in qualitative patient accounts. It is not a sign the therapy is failing.
Our take · Written by FormBlends editorial team · Reviewed by FormBlends Medical Team · This is not a transcript. It is our independent review of the video above.
What did @saskiaholly actually say?
Saskia posted a candid three-month update on testosterone therapy, running through a personal list of side effects and changes. She described fatigue, brain fog, increased hunger, voice deepening, throat tightening, facial and body hair growth, facial bloating and "squaring," breast tissue reduction, irregular and painful periods, and mood changes including irritability. She was careful to note that her bottom growth (clitoral growth) was delayed compared to what she'd seen online, and that she couldn't fully separate mood effects from seasonal depression. The tone was honest and appropriately cautious, and she repeatedly acknowledged individual variation.
This is anecdotal personal testimony, not medical advice, and Saskia doesn't frame it as such. That matters for how we read it.
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About the Creator
sas <3 · TikTok creator
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im awkward sorry anyways im loving testosterone 😋
Frequently asked questions
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What does the video say about clitoral growth onset varies from weeks to months depending on?
Clitoral growth onset varies from weeks to months depending on individual androgen receptor sensitivity, not dosage. The 'within a day' claim on social media is not clinically supported (Hembree et al., 2017, JCEM).
What does the video say about testosterone does not shrink glandular breast tissue. chest changes reflect?
Testosterone does not shrink glandular breast tissue. Chest changes reflect fat redistribution, not tissue reduction, which affects realistic surgical planning expectations.
What does the video say about menstrual irregularity, including prolonged?
Menstrual irregularity, including prolonged or painful bleeds in the first months, is common but should be reported to a clinician. A two-week bleed can cause iron deficiency without intervention.
What does the video say about facial structural changes like jaw widening?
Facial structural changes like jaw widening are driven by androgen-induced masseter hypertrophy and are a longer-term effect distinct from early water retention bloating.
What does the video say about testosterone therapy raises red blood cell count over time. regular?
Testosterone therapy raises red blood cell count over time. Regular hematocrit monitoring is recommended to reduce clotting risk, a point Saskia did not mention but that all patients should know.
What does the video say about mood changes on testosterone?
Mood changes on testosterone are genuinely difficult to attribute in the first winter months due to seasonal depression overlap. Structured mood tracking rather than retrospective guessing is the better clinical approach.
Not medical advice. This video was made by sas <3, not by FormBlends. Our write-up above is an editorial review, not a medical recommendation. Talk to your doctor before making any decisions about medications or treatments.