Hello Masterdragonfly.
In response to your last, you wrote:
This might sound like an odd request, given the locale where we're having this discussion, but is there any chance of getting more details about this recipe (for want of a better word), or at least some useful references? In part, my own daughter is years from finding out whether she'll be on the small side or happily big enough to suit her, but if/when the day comes when I sense (for I doubt she'll blurt it out to her old man) that she's wanting more than she has, I'd like to be able to point her in the right direction, or at least bring her to the right people with the right knowledge. I recognize that there will only be one window of time to act on this, and once that window has closed, that's that (barring some new medical miracles between now and then).
You are the second person in two days to ask me that very question. The other request though really set me back a bit. It was written by a young lady in a "third world" country. In her country, and those around her, marriages are arranged. The usual method is to have mother shop for a bride for her son, and she is almost always the decision maker on the union. Apparently small breasts are viewed as a sign of poor fertility by the women, even though the more learned ones know that this is not true. As a result, there are any number of "poorly conceived plans" to increase breast size in those countries. Apparently the vendor of this information is the local beauty salon. Apparently, some women are never married and they attribute this to having small breasts.
This really tugs at my heart strings. I suppose that I can write one, but there are a number of challenges. First of all, I would have to use a pen name, as a book on growing breast in minor children would not be looked upon with much favor here in the States. I would also have to confront language barriers and pharmacological differences. But I am guessing that I will write one, and see what happens. I will be happy to post here when that happens, or at least mention that I know of a book that was published.
You asked about HGH in this question:
Interesting. So any notions towards getting HGH to improve lean muscle mass is a bit of a waste of time, I take it?
HGH is not a waste at all, and it can indeed add muscle to just about anyone. There are two main problems with it. First, it MUST be supervised by a physician. You would have to have an initial blood test to estabish a base line, and then follow ups every three months. Insurance would not pay for this as you would not be treating any current illness. Second, HGH is very expensive. It is adminstered by injection, and each injection (adult dosages) costs between $12 and $18. Add in the doctor visit, the lab work and one shot per day, and things get expensive quickly.
As to the value of HGH, well, you have to remember that the medical community moves very, very slowly. Also, there are always two sides to any issue and there are two sides to this one. Sadly, because HGH is used so infrequently, there is no drug company willing to invest in establishing a protocol for the hormone except for its current uses.
As with any drug, physicians are free to prescribe it for what ever reason that they want, and more are doing so. There are two areas that I find great interest in, that are sadly, probably decades away from implementation in the general medical community. Those areas are for surgical pre and posttreatment, and second, heart revitalization.
The surgery aspect has been noted, and for those over 50, bringing there HGH levels up to those of the average 25 year old has shown to reduce healing times substantially. In people over 70, it cuts the surgical recovery time in half.
I imagine that it will take a long time for cardiologists to begin implementing HGH, and that is unfortunate as well. In people over 50, ( and naturally the benefit increases with age) the difference in the composition and amount of heart muscle is obvious. But that is another area where the costs play a factor, and giving HGH to everyone that could benefit it would make a large dent in the country's medical budget.
For you to get HGH, you have to go to a physican that has a protocol to hang his hat on. Defensive medicine is the name of the game, and without a society to say that the treatment that you get is normal, the physician is at risk.
That leaves you to visit Anti Aging Physicians, and Sports Medicine Physcians. The Anti-Aging group is much bigger, and they have a web site called the American Academy of Anti Aging Medicine--- A4M. If you type in anti aging in your browser you should fine the A4M site easily and they have a physician referral program.
AS to your question about your being unable to add muscle there are many fields to explore, and certainly I cannot do more than touch on the generalities. But with that proviso, lets go;
First, are your exercises designed to build muscle, or strength. The muscle building exercises involve resistance (weight lifting) done with large resistance and short sets. The idea is to exhauste the muscle shortly.
Athletes that train for strength, such as endurance runners, swimmers, cyclists, do not have the same builds as a weight lifter.
Second, if you lift weight, you destroy muscles. To build it back, you need s good Protein supplement. You do not have to get carried away with that supplement as your body can only process a set amount of protein at one time, and any more would simply be eliminated. I would suggest 50 to 60 grams of Whey Isolate Protein, usually consumed in a shake form every day. Add to that a good vitamin and mineral supplement.
The next area gets into endocrinolgy. To explain that in detail here is not possible, so I will touch on the high points. I imagine that you are suspecting that your testosterone may be a bit low. Indeed it may be. The inability to add muscle mass (assuming that is your intent, and you are exercising to build that muscle mass) is one sign of a testosterone shortage.
AS to what you can do by yourself, without seeing a physican, and without getting in trouble with "steroid" misuse, you have three items to work with. They are Pregnenolone, DHEA, and Diindolymethane (DIM). Pregnenolone and DHEA are both hormone that are sold over the counter. Dim is a vegetable based pill that inhibits Aromatase, which is the enzyme that converts testosterone into estradiol (the most biologically active and predominant estrogen). By taking Dim pills you serve to reduce your estrogen levels.
If you are going to do this yourself, the items above will not hurt you, nor cause you any grief. If you are 25 to 35 years old, take 50 mg of Pregnenolone, and 25 mg of DHEA per day. If you are 35 to 45, you can take 100 mg of Pregnenolone and 50 mg of DHEA a day. If this makes much difference to you, you may feel muscle growth in a few weeks, but you may feel an increase in libido in a day or two. If you do feel a bit more of a tingle, then you are certainly on the right track.
After you have taken the Progesterone and DHEA for a couple of weeks, then start taking 240 to 960 mg a day of DIM pills. Again, if they are working, you MAY feel an increase in libido, and then, you may not.
After you get that far, and do not have any success, then it is time to visit your local Sports Medicine, or Anti Aging, or maybe a Holistic Health practitioner. Get the blood tests to test for testosterone, and don't forget to do get an Estradiol test as part of the package.
You then asked about the old testosterone on the clitoris trick. Ok, to answer your questions, Testosterone gel is available at almost all compounding pharmacies, and can be made in any strength desired.
Yes, testosterone applied to the clitoris will indeed make it swell. And No, the swelling is not permanent, although you may well indeed see a somewhat larger clitoris for a while.
What you did not ask is if it is a good idea, and that answer is no. First of all, realize that the "gel" is a transdermal creme. That means that it is a solvent, that is designed to penetrate the skin. The skin on the outerbody is much thicker than clitoral tissue. So the first probably result is a rash on her clitoris. Second the testosterone receptors are all over the clitoris. Hitting it with a high dosage causes a real overload on the nerve circuit, so the brain responds by "downregulating" the nerve. Now that may not sound all that bad, but lets compare it with using cocaine.
In cocaine usage, it causes a massive increase in the neurotransmitter Serotonin. This is the main mood determining neurotransmitter. AS the levels of Serotonin climb dramatically at the axon (nerve ending) euporia is the result.
BUT, while the person who takes cocaine is interested in achieving euphoria, the brain is interested in maintaining stasis-- or a stable level of the hormone/neurotransmitter. It would be like you standing directly in front of a huge speaker that was playing music that you liked. It may sound good for a second, but then you have to back away to preserve your hearing and your sanity. The brain protects itself by "turning the volume down" (downregulating). Now, normal levels of Serotonin do not make the connection, and the user of cocaine needs more to get back to normal. That person is now addicted. Breakign the addiction requires that the person have normal levels of Serotonin for a good long time in order for the brain to upregulate the neurotransmitter levels, and get the person back to not being addicted.
You would not want your wife "addicted" to testosterone. While she would not feel any addiction at all, she could very well loose her libido for a while. And she will not benefit from a swollen clitoris either. For the testosteone to do much for libido, it must be in the brain, and it takes a while to get there, no matter where you put it.
To take your thought one step further, (and I am smiling on this one) the thought process that you have shown here is a common one, but one that is pretty much unnecessary. If your goal is to cause your wife to be very responsive, or perhaps even fantastically responsive, and capable of having say a hundred orgasms in one evening, well, that can be done. Actually, I am about half way done with the book that tells all in this field. The name of the book is "The Plane of Orgasms" and I hope to have it published in the early spring of next year. In it is the knowledege of how to:
1. Put your wife into a continuous state of orgasm (The Plane of Orgasms)
2. How to change her responsiveness forever so that she can go from a state of non arousal to orgasm in under 2 minutes, and usually under a minute (as an example, my wife took 8 seconds tonight to go from non arousal to orgasm, and had about 40 O's in 15 minutes)
3. How to have her fall much more deeply in love with you.
And more. Please know that I will not be offended in the least if you do not believe anything that I have just written. No one else does either, with the exception of those that I have taught how to do this. They know exactly how it is done and are very enthusiastic about the whole thing.
Hmmmm, sorry for the plug, I would not have mentioned it except your question about the testosterone on the clitoris item.
Hope that I have been helpful.