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Men's hormones & testosterone
Complete Male Hormones Blood Test
Testosterone, in context. The full male hormone panel: total and free testosterone, SHBG, and the supporting hormones.
£119 · one-off · free UK delivery included
UKAS-accredited UK labs · Finger-prick at home · Results in about 5 working days from when the lab receives your sample
- Finger-prick at home
- Clinician-checked
Is this the one for me?
Who Complete Male Hormones is for.
Choose this if
- You are a man in your thirties or forties who does not feel like himself, and you want to know whether hormones are part of it.
- You have seen a testosterone number before and want the free fraction and the hormones around it, not one figure on its own.
- You feel fine and want a baseline now to compare against in a few years.
Choose something else if
- you are female and want the cycle-relevant hormones insteadHormone Balance, £99
- you are tired in a way sleep does not fix and want the wider baseline firstGeneral Energy & Wellness, £149
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Why this panel
Testosterone, in context.
A testosterone number on its own does not tell you much. What matters is the free testosterone and free androgen index, the fractions not bound up by SHBG, and how the supporting hormones (LH, FSH, prolactin, DHEA-S) are tracking around them. This panel gives the full picture, in the optimal ranges sports-medicine clinicians use rather than the wider ranges designed to spot frank hypogonadism. The result feeds your Hormone age.
What you actually get
A report you can actually read.
Every marker comes back with your value, the optimal range from the published research, and a line on what it means for you. Then a qualified clinician reads the whole set before it reaches you.
What “optimal range” means
The lab reference range is drawn wide, across the whole population, to catch disease. The optimal range is narrower, drawn from published research on healthy adults. Sitting outside either is a prompt to look closer, never proof on its own that something is medically wrong.
Illustrative example · Not a real person’s results
What this panel measures
Every marker in Complete Male Hormones.
9 markers, each measured from a single finger-prick you take at home and read against optimal ranges from the published research, then checked by a qualified clinician.
- Testosterone
- Free testosterone (calculated)
- SHBG
- LH
- FSH
- Prolactin
- DHEA-S
- Free androgen index (calculated)
- Albumin
Clinician review
A qualified clinician reads the whole set.
Your markers are checked together before your results reach you, never one at a time in isolation. Where something sits outside its optimal range, the report says what that usually means and when a GP conversation is the sensible next step.
Where every pound goes
One price, with nothing hidden behind it.
No add-ons at the till, no surprise fees. Here is exactly what your Complete Male Hormones test pays for.
What is included
- Your home test kitA finger-prick collection kit posted to your door, with everything you need and prepaid return.
- Laboratory analysisYour sample processed and measured by an accredited UK laboratory.
- Qualified-clinician reviewEvery result checked by a qualified clinician before it reaches you.
- Your results, clearly explainedResults showing where each marker sits, and what it means for you.
Total for Complete Male HormonesEverything above, included in the price
£119You collect the sample yourself with a simple finger-prick, and we show you exactly how. That is the only step we ask of you, and it is what keeps the price this honest.
How it arrives
A finger-prick at your kitchen table.
The kit lands in a slim box: a lancet, a small sample vial, a wipe and a card that walks you through it. A few drops, back in the prepaid post, and your reading comes to you in about 5 working days from when the lab receives your sample.
- 01Order
- 02Finger-prick
- 03Post it back
- 04Read your result
Keep reading
Guides on men's hormones & testosterone.
Honest limits
What this panel can and cannot tell you.
Worth knowing before you pay, not after.
Testosterone peaks in the early morning and falls through the day. A sample taken in the afternoon reads lower, which is why the instructions ask for a morning sample.
A single low reading does not establish anything on its own. Clinicians look for repeated morning results before drawing conclusions, and the report says when a retest is worth doing.
One marker outside its range does not on its own mean something is medically wrong. Poor sleep, illness and heavy training all move these hormones, which is why a qualified clinician reads the whole set.
This is a wellness service. It is not intended to diagnose, prevent, monitor or treat any medical condition.
Questions and answers
Common questions about Complete Male Hormones.
What hormones does the Complete Male Hormones panel test?
The panel measures total testosterone, free testosterone and free androgen index (both calculated from testosterone and SHBG), SHBG, LH, FSH, prolactin, DHEA-S, and albumin. Together these markers put your testosterone in proper context and show whether symptoms like fatigue, low libido, or poor recovery have a hormonal cause.
When is the best time of day to take a testosterone blood test?
Testosterone levels peak in the early morning and decline throughout the day. For the most accurate reading, take your sample between 7am and 10am, ideally after a normal night of sleep. Avoid taking the test after a night of poor sleep or heavy alcohol consumption, as both temporarily suppress testosterone.
What is a normal testosterone level for my age?
NHS reference ranges for total testosterone are broadly 8.64 to 29 nmol/L, but optimal levels depend on age. A 25-year-old in the lower quarter of the range may have a very different clinical picture from a 50-year-old at the same level. Helvy reports your results against age-adjusted optimal ranges so you can see where you stand relative to healthy men your age.
Can low testosterone be improved without TRT?
In many cases, yes. Sleep quality, body composition, stress management, vitamin D levels, and zinc status all directly influence testosterone production. The Complete Male Hormones panel identifies whether your levels are genuinely low and whether related markers (SHBG, DHEA-S, prolactin) suggest a correctable cause before considering testosterone replacement therapy.
Why does the panel include DHEA-S and prolactin?
DHEA-S is an adrenal precursor to testosterone, so a low level can point to an adrenal contribution to low testosterone. Prolactin matters because a raised level suppresses testosterone production and is a treatable cause worth ruling out. Reading them alongside LH and FSH shows whether a low testosterone signal is coming from the testes or higher up.
Ready when you are
Your clearest read yet,
one finger-prick from here.
- UKAS-accredited UK lab
- Abnormal results reviewed by a qualified clinician