Letro for Gyno?

Pharma / TRT
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Hello,

I am looking for advice on the use of letro to reduce gyno. Gyno runs in my family and although I’ve never done a course of steroids in my life, I still have noticeable gyno I’d like to get rid of. A few of my co-workers are sources/retailers and recommend I try out letro for several weeks to months as it’s now being used by some people as PCT to eliminate gyno. That DEFINITELY had my attention.

Have you, or anyone you know, tried letro to get rid of their gyno?

How did it work, if at all? Side effects? Getting estrogen too low can kill the immune system, so I’m thinking 1mg/day for however long it takes to significantly reduce the gyno, then taper off like one would an addictive antidepressant (every day > 3 days on : 1 day off > 2 on : 1 off > 1:1 > 1:2 > 1:3 > Off)

I’m a 5’ 9" 26 y/o male, training for 11 years, “serious” for 2 years, hovering between 185-190 lbs, 16-18% bodyfat.

I’ve had this problem since I was 12. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

– ElbowStrike

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Here we go again.

Your idea is a lot better than some of the ideas I see like 2.5mg/d. 1mg a day is probably too much, too, but it is not quite as insane as some of the things I’ve seen.

Yes, I have firsthand knowledge of this. No, you don’t want to do it to any sort of extreme. Dropping estrogen too low is absolutely miserable, both physically, but a lot moreso, psychologically. Completely eliminating the libido is a lot worse than it sounds, believe it or not. It is a very hollow, dead feeling, and one I would never again want to revisit.

Now, IF your gyno is REAL gyno, meaning actual hardened breast tissue that is palpable and usuallly located beneath the nipple, then lowering your estrogen to just below normal levels for a time may serve to shrink the tissue down to an unnoticible degree. It doesn’t have to be letrozole, believe it or not, and the dosage does not have to be extreme. You just need to get estrogen low enough so that activity at the estrogen receptors at the breast tissue is reduced enough to cause that tissue to shrink. I have real gyno in my left nipple and if gets bigger and smaller as my estrogen goes up and down. It’s actually a pretty damned good indicator of just where I’m at. It has been pretty damned big before, like the size of a small grape, very noticible. Now it is not noticible at all, and I can hardly tell its there even when I palpate it.

Thing is, I THOUGHT I had gyno before. But I didn’t. It wasn’t until I REALLY got gyno that I actually got to appreciate what it truly is, and, strangely, I stopped worrying about it so damned much after that, too. It’s a bit beside my point, but if your gyno is real and pubertal, I don’t know how much letro could help you, as your natural estrogen levels are just going to creep back up again eventually, and with it I would imagine that breast tissue would regrow. And if it’s not real gyno, and it’s just fat under the nipple, then no amount of any kind of AI is going to do a damned thing for you.

My advice would be to start at 0.5mg/d and stay there for a week, monitoring yourself carefully before choosing whether or not to increase your dosage. And yes, certainly taper down SLOWLY when using letrozole.

Good luck.

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I also have gay ass genetic gyno. Thanks DAD! I’ve tried .5 mg Letro tapering to .25 mg for 2 mos. There was some shrinkage followed by days of swelling. I think my body was trying to overcompensate for low est levels on the swelling days.

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Thanks for the feedback!

You said there was shrinking and then swelling. Did the gyno go away and stay, was there no change, or did it go away and then come back?

– ElbowStrike

[quote]MCGOO wrote:
I also have gay ass genetic gyno. Thanks DAD! I’ve tried .5 mg Letro tapering to .25 mg for 2 mos. There was some shrinkage followed by days of swelling. I think my body was trying to overcompensate for low est levels on the swelling days.[/quote]

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I am 100% sure that I have gyno. I can feel the rubbery gland when I palpate it and I am able to determine it’s shape. It is large and diffuse and extends up towards my armpit. It’s not fat.

Anyway - the point of this post is that I noticed you are in Ontario. I have heard that a Dr. Fielding in TO does the surgical procedure to remove the gland (and lipo if necessary) and it is covered under OHIP (the gland removal, not the lipo). I have also checked into a Dr. Lister in Mississauga who uses a different procedure to hide the scar but this is not covered. You might want to look into those options as well because in my experience - when you reduce the estrogen it shrinks but once you stop the treatment, it just comes back again and again - unless you feel like being on an AI indefinitely.

P.S. Cortes - I replied to your last message but there was no response. Not sure if it got junked.

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I also have gyno after coming down off of a cycle without pct, i was young and dumb. I am 5’6 and 150lbs and ive been off cycle for atleast 6 months. Im not anywhere near fat i maybe have 8% body fat and ive never had gyno before so i was wondering if i could just take nolvadex to solve the problem or would i have to use nolva in combination with an AI like letro or arimidex? and how long should i run those? Thanks for any help…