Virilization

Outcome Endocrine

Male traits appearing in a female user: deeper voice, facial and body hair, clitoral growth. Voice change and clitoral growth are usually permanent, which makes this the one side effect that cannot be managed after the fact.

Relationships

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Virilization increases risk of

Androgen Receptor

The receptor every anabolic-androgenic steroid is designed to hit. Binding moves it into the nucleus where it switches on genes for muscle protein synthesis, and in other tissues for hair loss, prostate growth and oil production.

Beyond this page

Virilization also connects to 15 entries in the applied modules, covering supplements, compounds, hormones and food sources. Those carry the mechanism and the evidence tier behind each link, and they are part of client coaching.

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