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[–] piconaut@sh.itjust.works 153 points 5 days ago (4 children)
[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 61 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Is that the YouTuber that couldn't grow a beard even though he was in his thirties so he had this hormone levels checked and his testosterone was through the roof?

[–] nyandere@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

That's because he needs to look at free testosterone, not total testosterone. Bound testosterone cannot be readily used by the body and is not an accurate reflection of one's sexual health.

So yeah, his T serum can be above 1,000 ng/dL and he could be a babyface.

Most notorious reason for low free testosterone is lack of sleep, which can also be indicated by high reverse t3.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Jesse, what the fuck are you talking about?

It's in the video, somebody linked it. He has testosterone over 1,500 and super high SHBG. He's 31 and has never really grown a beard so it's probably always been high. If it's cancer then it's a very slow one. Probably just a genetic variation that produces high SHBG and the body produces more testosterone to compensate. Hard to predict what kind of problems it might give him down the road since it's probably rare.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Jesus Christ he's in his 30s?

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well, I can't answer that, now can I? There was a YouTube like I described but I don't remember his name.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 5 points 5 days ago

Someone else linked the video below.

[–] Pidgeoninabalaclava@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Jep. Pretty sure that’s the one. Don’t think he ever got into what his specific ailment was though. And he hasn’t been all that active lately as far as I remember.

[–] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I think in one of the lastest videos he had said he was running around various doctors and would have to keep searching, maybe we'll get an update by the end of the year😅

PS. So cool that Styropyro was my thought too, lol

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

When I was at OpenSauce last summer, someone asked him about it. I kinda forgot the answer but iirc he said he found a doctor that was helpful and it wasn't causing him any medical issues

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

He just put out a "I bought a ton of car battery" video the other week.

Oh cool. I haven’t seen that.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Lmao I'm happy this has so many likes, I was thinking the same thing. Hope he's doing well

[–] Noja@sopuli.xyz 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes he is, he has aquired 300 additional car batteries btw

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 5 days ago

Bro, after that first car battery video, I'm wondering how he's going to deal with the magnetism problem.

[–] fayoh@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 days ago

It would have been likely even before the news...