TRT Protocols, HCG or No HCG?

@dbossa I thought I remembered seeing on one of your videos a discussion with a couple of doctors on this HCG subject. I tried to find it on your channel. Do you recall which video contained this topic? I have taken HCG for a very long time and considering dropping it.

I just happen to be interviewing Eric Serrano tomorrow and we will be going into this at length. It’s been brought up a bit on several videos. We do talk about it a bit in this video:

4 Likes

First week of TRT my balls started to shrink quickly and it bothered me. So I got on the HCG too. Girls like cock and balls, And watching my girl put them in her mouth is a must for me. If they shrink, they notice. I prefer to have balls that swing. Some guys dont experience testicle shrinkage but I do. HCG has no negative effect on me. I feel great and its a turn to have a nice set of balls that get sucked and swirled by a pretty face. I also do get told how much she loves my balls slapping against her asshole when I bang the hell out of her. TMI but its the way it is between us. Girls dont like huge balls and they dont like toddler balls either. They like proportionate testicles as much as they like good dick.

3 Likes

This is yet another decision that will get different opinions. Myself, I have taken it as a part of my regimen the last 2 years, just because my doctor is of the ilk that ā€œBackfills the pathwaysā€ and mimics LH. It raises my E2 even on Low doses 250iu e3.5d or 100iu EOD. I have acne issues I blame on it (we will see after I stop). I do not get a feel good from it and my atrophy was not severe and minimal without it. I have been taking it solely on the doc’s advice my body needs it to be healthy.

How long have you been taking exogenous testosterone?

My back got destroyed from the acne hcg caused. It’s an absolute wreck now and I haven’t touched the stuff in almost 2 years.

A little over 4 years

Dr Serrano is awesome. Always enjoy any of his interviews, so enjoyed this one too. For me personally I see no point in taking HCG unless for fertility. When I took it I saw no difference in testicular size and felt no positives at all. Only raised E2 spike.

1 Like

I like Dr. Serrano approach to normality, his comment about not wanting a constant static levels of HCG to be in the body at all times because it’s not natural, normally LH is pulsatile.

2 Likes

There are a few TRT practitioners out there that prescribe HCG as one week on, three week off treatment. 500iu MWF week one of each month…they claim this keeps atrophy at bay…My doc does not agree with this approach.

Unfortunately there is no other way to constantly stimulate your balls while on TRT. And from my point of view I want them to be constantly stimulated

I take HCG with my T. It was a part of the cookie cutter prescription from my clinic. I’m not sure if it’s helping me or if I would feel better without, because I’ve never not taken it, since starting TRT, but I feel really good overall, so I’m hesitant to change much. I don’t experience any side effects from my protocol, other than some irritability, which I suppose could be related to the HCG causing an E2 imbalance? I have notice some atrophy even with HCG. Turns out it doesn’t bother me or my wife.

So I have a couple questions about HCG use.

I have read that it helps with sensitivity and orgasm intensity / volume. I would hate to lose any of the good feelings in that area. Anyone noticed anything in this area?

I have used a small does AI on occasion when I start feeling super moody. Only, .25 every two weeks or so, but I would like to eliminate it all together. Will eliminating HCG and increasing T a bit to compensate help with this?

1 Like

Yes. Without it I lost sensitivity, orgasm intensity and cum volume when I was only on T for 4 weeks. It happened after the second week and peeked on week 3. Since I added HCG all of these improved

Those things very well could have (and possibly did) improve on their own too.

1 Like

Possibly, but I do not believe cum volume would return with my testicles shut down. And I prefer to keep some fertility all the time

Mine did :man_shrugging:

No.

You probably felt better because you weren’t taking enough T to begin with and the HCG raised your levels further.

I’m doing an experiment right now with a higher dose but doing 3 times a week IM. My loads are massive. Much more than previously. No HCG whatsoever.

I will strongly disagree but it doesnt matter I will not stop the HCG for various reasons

Really wanna try HCG, but currently have back acne because of T - guess adding HCG will make it worse…?

Same and same.