I'm 25 now, but this has been something
that has concerned me since I was about
13.
At 13, I noticed that I had very little
body hair (none developing on my face) and
wasn't gaining as much muscle mass as my
friends. I saw a doctor about it, and he
checked a couple physical things
(including my testicles) and said I seemed
fine.
In the last 12 years, I still haven%u2019t
seen an extreme amount of male secondary
sex developments. I still have almost no
facial hair (a small amount grows on my
chin, but is quite sparse), I have almost
no arm hair, little muscle mass, no chest
hair, low muscle mass, and lots of body
fat in the area of my butt and thighs.
I would assume that this was related to a
variance in genetics if I didn't have two
brothers and a father who were all very
hairy, well muscled, and generally more
masculine looking.
I was still very concerned that something
was wrong with me hormonally, so I saw a
Physician's Assistant a week ago. He drew
some blood to see my testosterone levels,
but only at my insistence (he seemed like
he doubted anything was wrong).
I got the results a few days ago over the
phone from one of the nurses. Like the PA,
she seemed dismissive of my concerns,
citing that my test level was 602, which
she said was a normal range.
I talked to a physician at my job the
other day in the mall, and, after getting
into a discussion about my concern, he was
surprised that my testosterone levels were
so low. I looked it up later and confirmed
that a 25 year old male should have higher
levels. He asked me if I had any childhood
head trauma, and I mentioned that I had
fallen off a second story terrace when I
was three and landed on a car, which of
course was a severe head injury.
He said it was probably a pituitary injury
and I should see a endocrinologist.
Is that possibly the reason that I look
so androgynous?