this sounds similar to how I used to be lol.
probably similar to how women are traditionally thought of as inferior, the media tends to glorify testosterone and talk sh*t about estrogen.. Usually, estrogen is unfairly criticized based on studies regarding its combination with synthetic progestins or the type of estrogens extracted from horse piss..
and maybe society doesn't want people to realize that hormones actually do the powerful things that they do, or else it might give a modicum of validation to transgender people. something related to a touchy political subject is prone to be avoided.
the common image being that transpeople are all feminine promiscious gay guys who have fake boobs and surgeries.. (and transmen don't exist)
Another reason is likely residual religious elements which linger in our culture.. Men are not supposed to use estrogen or anything estrogenic or even want to.. and the behavior of men in particular is more restricted. If a women has metallica on her ipod its normal, if she has celine dion or sappy love songs its also normal. If a man has the former , he might get made fun of.
If a women isn't weak, good for her she's strong and independent, If a women is weak, its cute. If a man is weak he's a pussy.
I think i've said this before somewhere in the massive thread? but if so I'll say it again.
Men are not allowed to care about vanity in anyway except muscles.. Women wear makeup, fake eyelashes, get peach fuzz removed, shave thier legs, shape thier eyebrows and all kinds of riddiculous fake sh*t but sure, men are vain if they care about a part of thier body literally f*****g dying. Even men on this hairloss forumn occasionally come onto this thread freaking out and calling us psychotic.
Not many with credentials gives a sh*t that we are losing hair.. The only 2 FDA approved medications against hairloss, finasteride and min were discovered by accident while being used to treat something else...
and the research into estrogen and hair usually encourages the use of creating new estrogens which are acceptable for men to take.. but ain't nobody got time for that.
men often feel wrong or that they are not allowed to take real estrogen until they find this thread.
probably it would have regrown alot because high amounts of E alone can lower testosterone into castration range, and estradiol inhibits 5ar to a small extant (but not nearly as much as finasteride/dutasteride), it also increases SHBG which could help mop up some DHT (at least in the bloodstream).. But i believe more is necessary for maximum results and it works synergistically. a 5ar inhibitor is important because the follicles produce 5ar themselves, and its possible to have high androgenic activity in specific locations regardless of the overall system becasue of enzymes.
Particularly the temples need, absolutely need, to have everything thrown at them together in order to have a chance of recovering, ie. receptor blockers plus estrogen plus dutasteride plus progesterone plus minoxidil, maybe some dermaneedling too.. even then its not guareenteed
