This website was made primarily for teens and minors to practice transgender hormonal treatment at-home without medical supervision!
For adults, please use other DIY HRT guides such as the
DIY WIKI.
The information provided on this website is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
Only use this website if you have Gender Dysphoria, a medical condition. Hormonal replacement treatment is dedicated to treating medical conditions, it is not a tool for personal aesthetics. That being said, this website and the maintainers are not responsible if you regret the usage of your hormonal treatment. Please make wise and future-considerate choices regarding your HRT.
Per the Endocrine Society Guidelines
on managing transgender hormone therapy,
this site has a moral obligation to warn you the risks towards your fertility if HRT is used.
The ability to reproduce can be negatively effected if a person uses hormonal treatment.
Please research and keep your fertility in mind before making the decision to do hormonal treatment.
Thank you, DIY safely! - The Owner
This is an important warning to all those whom plan to do injections or buy the supplies listed below.
Do NOT reuse the listed supplies, such as syringes, needles, alcohol pads and band-aids.
If you need extra supplies to continue doing your injections,
you can maybe visit real life pharmacies and they'll sell you the syringes for extra cheap.
Syringes are what you'll be using to store and push in the oil.
As demonstrated in the diagram, the barrel is what you'll pull the oil into.
The plunger is what you'll press on to inject at the injection site.
For syringes, you should buy a 1ml syringe.
Make sure to not buy any "oral syringes."
You can buy either the Luer Lock or Luer Slip syringes,
these are the 2 types of syringes you can buy.
As referenced in their names, the Luer Lock syringes locks the needle more in place. So it's harder to remove the needle after being attached, making it more secure.
Meanwhile, the Luer Slip syringes allows you to attach and deattach the needle, allowing you to remove the needle after you've attached it.
That's the only difference between these two categories, depends merely on preference.
Either way, I made a list of sources you can buy Syringes from so you don't mess up.
Links from Amazon are included, so this purchase should be easier compared to buying bitcoin.
Listed brands as well.
Don't worry about brands, they're all good quality, I just listed them because it's informative.
Retailer | Type | Amount | Source |
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Amazon | BH Supplies Luer Lock | 100 Syringes | Link |
Amazon | YNCY Luer Slip w/ Caps | 100 Syringes | Link |
Shop MedVet | Nipro Luer Lock | 100 Syringes | Link |
Shop MedVet | AHS Luer Slip | 100 Syringes | Link |
Syringe Depot | Exel Luer Lock | 50 Syringes | Link |
Retailer | Brand | Amount | Source |
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Exchange Supplies | Unifix Luer Lock | 100 Syringes | Link |
Exchange Supplies | Unifix Luer Slip | 100 Syringes | Link |
Here we have Injection Needles, this is what you'll be using to actually draw up the oil and inject it.
You'll slip the needle onto the syringe's tip to then proceed into injecting.
I'll be listing two types of needles, intramuscular needles and subcutaneous needles.
The differences being in two things, the diameter (gauge) and length (inches) of the needles.
Intramuscular needles are meant to inject in the muscle, thus the intramuscular section of the word.
Since we need to inject into the muscle, the needles used are longer compared to subcutaneous needles.
Subcutaneous needles, subq needles for short, are used to inject right beneath the skin.
This layer of the skin is called the subcutis or the hypodermis, containing a lot of fatty tissue.
So you may be wondering, why would I use intramuscular needles?
Simply because it's been shown to be more effective and the preferred method of injection for decades.
Although subq needles still reach the therapeutic ranges required for HRT to be effective, in estrogen and testosterone.
So this is mostly up to personal preference and if you think 1 inch needles are too long, try buying subcutaneous needles instead.
I made a list of sources you can buy from below. Listed brands as well.
Don't worry about brands, they're all good quality, I just listed them because it's informative.
[INTRAMUSCULAR] Retailer | Brand & Type | Amount | Source |
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Amazon | Veosor 25 Gauge, 1 inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
Amazon | Generic 25 Gauge, 1 inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
Shop MedVet | AHS 25 Gauge, 1 inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
Shop MedVet | Nipro 25 Gauge, 1 inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
Syringe Depot | BD Glide 25 Gauge, 1 inch Needles | 50 Needles | Link |
[SUBCUTANEOUS] Retailer | Brand & Type | Amount | Source |
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Amazon | SHAOTONG 30 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
Amazon | SHAOTONG 27 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
Shop MedVet | EasyTouch 30 Gauge, 5/8" inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
Shop MedVet | Nipro 27 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
Syringe Depot | BD Glide 30 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 50 Needles | Link |
[INTRAMUSCULAR] Retailer | Brand & Type | Amount | Source |
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Exchange Supplies | Total Dose 25 Gauge, 1 inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
Exchange Supplies | Total Dose 25 Gauge, 1 inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
[SUBCUTANEOUS] Retailer | Brand & Type | Amount | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Exchange Supplies | Unisharp 27 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
Exchange Supplies | Terumo 27 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
[INTRAMUSCULAR] Retailer | Brand & Type | Amount | Source |
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C6.CA | Sol-M 25 Gauge, 1 inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
LifeSupply | Terumo 25 Gauge, 1 inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
LifeSupply | Monoject 25 Gauge, 1 inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
[SUBCUTANEOUS] Retailer | Brand & Type | Amount | Source |
---|---|---|---|
C6.CA | Sol-M 27 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
C6.CA | BD 30 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
LifeSupply | Terumo 27 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
LifeSupply | Monoject 27 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
[INTRAMUSCULAR] Retailer | Brand & Type | Amount | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Shop MedVet | AHS 25 Gauge, 1 inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
Shop MedVet | Nipro 25 Gauge, 1 inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
[SUBCUTANEOUS] Retailer | Brand & Type | Amount | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Shop MedVet | EasyTouch 30 Gauge, 5/8" inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
Shop MedVet | Nipro 27 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Needles | Link |
For the sake of convenience, a lot of manufactures make kits where syringes and needles are sold together.
A lot of times, these kits are actually cheaper versus buying the two separately.
There are no downsides to this, just an alternative for those who want to buy kits instead.
I made a list of sources you can buy from below, listed brands as well.
Don't worry about brands, they're all good quality, I just listed them because it's informative.
[INTRAMUSCULAR] Retailer | Brand & Type | Amount | Source |
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Amazon | Generic 25 Gauge, 1 inch Needles | 100 Syringes | Link |
Shop MedVet | Exel 25 Gauge, 1 inch Needles | 100 Syringes | Link |
Syringe Depot | Nipro 25 Gauge, 1 inch Needles | 50 Syringes | Link |
[SUBCUTANEOUS] Retailer | Brand & Type | Amount | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Amazon | EasyTouch 27 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Syringes | Link |
Amazon | EasyTouch 30 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Syringes | Link |
Shop MedVet | EasyTouch 27 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Syringes | Link |
Shop MedVet | Terumo 27 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Syringes | Link |
Syringe Depot | Nipro 30 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 50 Syringes | Link |
Syringe Depot | Nipro 30 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 50 Syringes | Link |
[INTRAMUSCULAR] Retailer | Brand & Type | Amount | Source |
---|---|---|---|
LifeSupply | Allison Medical 28 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Syringes | Link |
[SUBCUTANEOUS] Retailer | Brand & Type | Amount | Source |
---|---|---|---|
C6.CA | BD 28 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Syringes | Link |
C6.CA | Terumo 27 Gauge, 1/2" inch Needles | 100 Syringes | Link |
LifeSupply | Terumo 25 Gauge, 5/8" inch Needles | 100 Syringes | Link |
Alcohol Pads are what you'll be using to sanitize the area you'll be injecting at.
You rub the pad on the injection site, typically your thigh, then you inject at that area.
The pads typically come in packs, in large bundles.
So don't worry about running out of these soon.
I made a list of sources you can buy from below.
Listed brands as well.
Buying band-aids are optional, but I still included them because bleeding may occur and it's useful to have these around just in case.
To avoid bleeding though, simply apply pressure for 10 seconds onto the spot where you injected after completing your injection.
You can do the same trick to avoid oil leaking.
I made a list of sources you can buy from below.
Sharps Containers
are where you can store used needles and syringes after you're done injecting.
These are also called bio-hazard bins and specially created in safely deposing biohazardous waste.
If you don't want to buy a sharps container, you can utilize a simple plastic tupperware container or other alternatives here to store the waste.
To depose of sharp containers, you can throw it away in your
household trashcan or garbage bin.
Please do not recycle, just throw it away in the regular trash.
Even then, I still made a list of sources you can buy sharps containers from.