Are you more androgynous looking now with bica and estradiol? i know you always said you naturally looked a bit like that but would like to be even more androgynous looking. Has it helped so far, i know your hair is looking much better but i thought another one of your goals was that as well.
I am more androgynous looking, but positively. It has made my cheekbones more prominent, and often get compliments that my face resembles a male model. It has also made my forehead smaller; it’s at a length of four fingers nowadays.
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37% in the dutasteride group had greatly increased hair assessment versus only 5% in the finasteride group.
Dutasteride isn't just slightly better than finasteride, it is superior. It reduces DHT by over 90% versus 70% for finasteride. A higher dose of dutasteride will virtually eliminate DHT. What is common knowledge to people who have been here for a while is not common knowledge to people who have 3 posts. We see that even some people who have been here for years don't even know that dutasteride is superior to finasteride. A lot of newcomers aren't aware of how effective alternative treatments like RU and PGE2 can be, and they may wish to try that route before risking impotence and breast growth. Personally I don't care what they choose. It would benefit me if every other man in the world chose to feminize himself. I am suspicious of some people's motives though as I've known a m2f who admitted to getting a perverse pleasure out of tricking or brainwashing other men into feminizing themselves, and that's just plain wrong.
Why are you acting as if DHT is the sole hormone of hair loss? It’s slightly more effective than finasteride, at blocking DHT, but that doesn’t mean its rate of success used alone is great. And, I don’t mean slight improvements, I mean significant improvements similar to the extremes. It doesn’t have that power, which means it will be useless in those who are under twenty with severe androgenic alopecia, such as myself.
You do care about what they choose, otherwise you wouldn’t be here. But you are here to promote treatments which we are aware of, in which these treatments are evidently stated on the ‘Success Stories’ page:
I’m not transgender, neither is there a point of tricking people into feminising themselves. In fact, the feminisation is rather minimal and more so beautifying if you are strategic with doses. I want people to make a decision based on their gut instinct, and whether it will make them happy.
I have considered the HRT route. I would probably do it if it were a guarantee that I would get ALL of my hair back. That would be preferable to a hair transplant because a hair transplant doesn't look natural, and I don't want the scars. The problem is even with HRT you're still going to need a hair transplant because even that rarely, if ever, grows the hairline back 100%.
People such as Noah and myself are examples that it can lead to hairline regrowth, which is evident. It depends on when you catch your hair loss; if you have been an NW3 for over five years, your likelihood decreases unless you use oral minoxidil in the mix.
To each their own. Some people are more comfortable with research drugs. There's no need to get angry that we inform these people that they have that option, and then they can choose for themselves. It's not like I'm insulting people for choosing the HRT route.
There is no anger here. Throughout this thread, we have all been honest about our side effects and that’s all we can do. If someone expects they won’t get side effects when they’re going on female hormones, then they’re setting themselves up to fail.