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Not even evolution, men would just be prescribed testosterone gel/patches as a fertility treatment.



Generally speaking, exogenous testosterone causes a loss of fertility, perhaps counter-intuitively. Men on HRT typically have to pause treatment when they are trying to conceive.


That’s counterproductive, testosterone production is in the testes. Externally supplementing testosterone will actually signal the testes to stop/lower production of testosterone which also lowers production and quality of sperm.


Hence the tiny testes on steroid abusers.




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