# Where on your body absorbs gel based drugs most? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 1, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-on-your-body-absorbs-gel-based-drugs-most/630011 "2012-08-01T00:54:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-on-your-body-absorbs-gel-based-drugs-most/630011/21 "2012-08-07T15:01:22Z")
> [@R.P.McMurphy](#): > > Just a guess, but I think the application recommendation has to do with applying it to areas that have the least amount of body hair, at least in those that are typically low in “T”. Shoulders, upper arms and the upper back typically have little body hair. Men with a lot of hair in those areas are probably not low in testosterone. I’m thinking that the application will not be absorbed through hair so put it on smooth skin for maximum effectiveness. If I’m wrong I am fully willing to be stood corrected. I have no special expertise WRT absorption of medicine through the skin, either, but my experience with Axiron – it is intended to be applied to the underarms – suggests this isn’t the case, at least not with a liquid. A gel may be different, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-on-your-body-absorbs-gel-based-drugs-most/630011/22 "2012-08-07T15:29:02Z")
Costs me [£3.85 a month](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10582761) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-on-your-body-absorbs-gel-based-drugs-most/630011.md?page=1)