I don't see what's the big deal of spending 1 minute to inject some testosterone 1x a week for the rest of your life...
When my testosterone was checked by the endocrinologist via blood tests, I was below the very bottom of normal. On the Labcorp scale of 300ish - 850ish (I believe that's what it was at the time for that lab), I had 292. I was always very tired, groggy, got easily angered or emotional and felt like I was in a fog... I could never find out what the heck was wrong with me; I thought that's just how life was for so many years.
All it took was 1 shot a week of 120 testosterone to change everything, and make life that much better. I literally watched even my personality change, and it was 100% not placebo. I don't see why an AAS user can't do the same thing, it's not like there's a good chance you will be producing a decent amount of test at 60,50,40,and sometimes even 30. Some people are lucky, but most Americans definetly aren't ......most males suffer from low testosterone in today's day and age. IMO it's a better decision for them to be on TRT regardless of their lifestyle if blood tests show they are not doing too hot. I'm talking even young guys in their 20's, like myself...
To say TRT is similar to a facial tattoo or gyno is just asinine(no offense). It's not even remotely close. Nobody sees or knows that you are on TRT, and your quality of life will most likely be improved in even 10-15 years if you are on TRT rather than your own natural production..... regardless of whether the individual is an AAS user or not. Idk, maybe I'm just being biased, but regardless, the whole comparison to a facial tattoo is just ridiculous...are you even serious right now?
Forgive me, but I don't think anybody knows or even cares that you have to inject a natural hormone into your body once a week.....
PS, I am not advocating that people shut their natural production down. In fact, I am against AAS in the first place unless the individual is very very set on becoming a top-ranking individual that gets to the Olympia stage(once again just my OPINION). That is far from my point. All I'm saying is, I have seen and followed the majority of members that are "hardcore" on this forum, and based on their lifestyle decisions and amount of AAS they are taking, and they're goals - TRT is obviously the better option. To just sit around, and constantly PCT over and over again, and take forever to get where you need to be(if you even get there from always "worrying about your PCT"...) is unnecessary.
Do you really think these guys running 1k+ tren and 1k+ deca weekly alongside 1-2 grams of test and taking 50-100mg of orals for up to 8-12 weeks at a time are really going to be recovering well enough and keeping the gains they want to get where they want to be? If they're doing that in the first place, it's obviously they have very high goals, and that's THEIR decision. If that's the case - then TRT is the go-to option. Otherwise you're just twiddling your thumbs and wasting your time; I don't think your body likes the constant rollercoaster of trying to deal with PCT & recover then rinse and repeat anyways....
Just my 2cc's...