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Do steroids really shrink your testicles?

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Yes they do: If you are using Anabolic steroids like testosterone, it shuts off your body's signal to the testes to make testosterone themselves. If this continues long enough, the testes will actually shrink in size.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 6/24/2014

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