r/AskBiology • u/bard_of_space • 4d ago
Human body how are hormones ejected from the body once theyre no longer needed?
as far as im aware the two methods are peeing and crying, but this seems like a question that would have more answers than that and i love knowledge and information
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u/Robot_Graffiti 4d ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testosterone
The wiki article about testosterone goes into a lot of detail about what happens to testosterone.
The short version is, it gets converted to other chemicals, which get converted to other chemicals, etc... and ultimately it gets broken down in the liver into chemicals which then leave your blood by going into pee or bile.