Whats the low dose and how long she been on?
and any virilization yet?
Female test levels are in the range of 5% - 10% of male normal levels. Males are typically replaced to high-ish normal on 125mg a week (hubby's on 150mg a week and that puts him over the high end of normal). Hubby's using cyp, and that ester takes up 69% of the molecule so 150mg a week gives him 100mg of testosterone weekly. Logically then, a woman would be well served taking a compound that would deliver 5-10mg per week; basically 1.5mg daily, with the likelyhood of sides being little to none.
I use a transdermal compounded cream; published pharmacokinetic data on androderm gel suggest 10% of what gets applied makes its way through the skin and into the bloodstream. The cream I use isn't made with an ester, but rather with testosterone base. I apply 1-2g of 1% cream daily (I use more on training days) and this puts 10-20 mg onto my skin, of which 1-2mg make their way into my body.
I've been on this now for about three years, and I've noticed a few small things - a little more hair now on my thighs (I never used to have to shave them, now I do) and a few more chin hairs (menopause brought me a few anyway and lasers get rid of 'em). My voice is a little lower - I still sound like a girl, but my friends tell me I sound like I have on my "serious" voice now. I got a little extra volume downstairs - not much, but it's a little fuller. My orgasms are stronger, and my libido took a pronounced boost.
If you're using injection gear on her, use a very very tiny dose. Try prop first, even though she'll have to pin eod; if the sides are strong she can back out quick. If your prop is dosed at 150mg per week you'll need to pin a very tiny dose; if she pins EOD she'll want to pin at most 15mg per week - which is 1/10 of a CC - and you need to split this into basically four doses, each at one fortieth of a cc (1/40). Medically, a dose of 1/20 of a cc (0.05ml) is a drop, and she'll need to pin half that - half a drop. I call this a droplet.
So here's what you do:
- Get 1/3 cc insulin pins and some cyanocobalamin (B-12).
- The 1/3 cc pin has markings at .05ml and you can see gridlines finer than this. 0.05ml is 1/20 of a cc, and you want the testosterone to go to half that point (1/40 of a cc), but still get out of the pin and into her skin (just pin a delt, some place with thin skin, and sub q is just fine for this dosing).
- Pull a droplet of B-12 into the pin - halfway to that 0.05ml mark.
- Now pull the test prop, to the 0.05ml mark, after the B-12
- Swab a spot on the delt and inject. The B-12 will chase in the droplet.
- Have her do this every other day and see how she responds.
If she's training, she'll notice her strength go up a little and a few nagging little injuries will kinda go away. That's what happened to me when I went on my compounded cream. This was not a profound difference - it was slight. My squat went from a shitty double at 185, to a less-shitty triple with 185. My powerclean went from a really messy single at 115 lbs, to a solid, 3-rep set with 115 lbs - and these changes happened over about a three month period, after completely being stalled out on strength gains for over two years.
The other option is to get some compounded cream like I use and do that. It's pricy though - my insurance covers it so it's okay, but if not, I'd do it the way I described.