Editing Testosterone (section)

==== Pubertal ====
[[Puberty|Pubertal]] effects begin to occur when androgen has been higher than normal adult female levels for months or years. In males, these are usual late pubertal effects, and occur in women after prolonged periods of heightened levels of [[#Free testosterone|free testosterone]] in the [[blood]].  The effects include:<ref name="pmid15815567" /><ref name= "Ganong_2012">{{cite book | vauthors = Barrett KE, Ganong WF | title = Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology | publisher = TATA McGRAW Hill | isbn = 978-1-259-02753-6 | pages = 423–25 | edition = 24 | year = 2012 }}</ref>
* Growth of [[spermatogenic]] tissue in testicles, male [[fertility]], [[human penis|penis]] or [[clitoris]] enlargement, increased [[libido]] and frequency of [[erection]] or clitoral engorgement occurs.
* Growth of [[jaw]], brow, chin, and nose and remodeling of facial bone contours, in conjunction with [[human growth hormone]] occurs.<ref name="pmid20501658">{{cite journal | vauthors = Raggatt LJ, Partridge NC | title = Cellular and molecular mechanisms of bone remodeling | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 285 | issue = 33 | pages = 25103–8 | year = 2010 | pmid = 20501658 | pmc = 2919071 | doi = 10.1074/jbc.R109.041087 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
* Completion of bone maturation and termination of growth. This occurs indirectly via [[estradiol]] [[metabolites]] and hence more gradually in men than women.
* Increased muscle strength and mass, shoulders become broader and rib cage expands, deepening of voice, growth of the [[Adam's apple]].
* Enlargement of [[sebaceous glands]]. This might cause acne, subcutaneous [[body fat|fat]] in face decreases.
* Pubic hair extends to thighs and up toward [[Navel|umbilicus]], development of [[facial hair]] ([[sideburns]], [[beard]], [[moustache]]), loss of scalp hair (androgenetic alopecia), increase in [[chest hair]], periareolar hair, [[perianal]] hair, [[leg hair]], [[Axillary hair|armpit hair]].