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Do you have high levels of Testosterone?

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Remobz

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"""In her book "The Well-Dressed Ape," Hannah Holmes contends that you may have high testosterone levels circulating in your body if your ring finger is longer than your index finger. Other factors which may signify high testosterone in your blood include a receding hair line, heavy growth of facial and body hair, acne, a lean physique and high cheekbones with a low brow ridge. In the September 2002 Men's Health, Laurence Gonzales notes that men with high testosterone levels tend to smile infrequently and talk less, suggesting they prefer action-oriented pursuits over those requiring verbalization."""

The part that gets me is where the author says men with LONGER ring fingers than index fingers are a sign of men with high testosterone.

Guess what? My ring finger is longer than my index finger. Haha!

Anyone else have the same?
 
Total bullocks

My ring finger is considerably longer than my index finger, but I have below average testosterone.
 
Mines longer and my hair is a level of coarseness I haven't seen on another human. I've actually tested low on testosterone before though (not usually).
 
I have a smaller ring finger but I know for a fact I have high testosterone.

nevermind....anatomy fail. i was comparing it to my middle finger. My ring finger is very slightly larger than my index finger.
 
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Reading the wiki page it indicates that it's a measure of prenatal androgen exposure. It's not an indicator of your current blood levels.
 
aside from high testosterone generally being considered a "good" trait in males, it also acts as an immunosuppressant and can be one factor in males (on average) having shorter life spans than females.

also based on the wikipedia digit ratio, isn't (almost) everyone's ring finger larger than their index? even if marginally, in both males and females 😛
 
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My index fingers are bent a little bit so it looks like my ring fingers are longer, however, they may actually be the same length. That said, it's possible I may have somewhat heavy growth of facial and body hair, and I am not at all "lean", however, I generally eat about 4000 calories per day and generally I do not gain weight.
 
I have nearly identical sized ring and index fingers when tape measuring from the tip to the joint. Depending on how I position my hand then it can look like I have a very large index finger or a very large ring finger.
 
well, my middle finger is longer than my index finger too. i'm old and buff, but i don't have any chest hair (yay!)

i told my brother this the other day and he said that its due to the high level of estrogen i have. wtf. :\
 
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