The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
Now, let me tell you, you do not need to have a high testosterone in the blood to get the diagnosis of PCOS. If you do, great. Then you qualify for that high testosterone symptom or in blood. But you do not need to have a high testosterone in your blood.
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And the androgens are specifically testo. Could it be just testosterone? Just DHEA, DHT, all of the above. Yeah, both. But typically elevated testosterone from the ovaries. Yeah. Okay. So, is that the cause or the effect? We don't know. We don't know. But it's definitely seen in almost all women with PCOS that they have higher androgen levels.