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I love this post from Powers. I am taking medication that destroys all scalp hair to transition from female to male and my treatment sucks because it causes huge amounts of hair loss which none of the other "men" in my family experienced until 20 years later. Um. Being slick bald is as male as it gets, Sir and yet you still whine like a girl:
I feel that the standard FTM Hormone treatment is not optimal for our bodies.
My reasoning is the extremely high rate of persistent acne (even accounting for a full second puberty spanning multiple years) and the accelerated and/or high rate of balding.
I have dealt with persistent acne for nearly ten years since starting testosterone. No, I will not take accutane, because I know someone who suffered eye damage from it.
I am balding 20 years earlier than ANY man from BOTH sides of my family. This can't be explained by the XX gene carrier reasoning that is usually used.
How many cis men have you seen with acne and balding at the same time? I'm sure there are some, but the frequency of this occurrence in cis men is magnitudes lower by percentage than FTMs (anecdotal, but I'm sure a study would agree).
If this disproportionate negative effect is externally visible, then what is happening inside our bodies? We deserve better than this, there need to be more studies and probably a broader regimen.
MTFs get multiple medications for correct control. We just get standard T like cis men, who have more DHT receptor sites like the prostate. There is no control or modification for our physiology unlike in MTFs.
Edit: That was not intended as a side swipe. I really felt envious seeing MTFs "get all these things" estradiol, prog, blockers, while we get one thing. No E blocking is provided for us.
FTM Hormone Treatment should be Improved
I feel that the standard FTM Hormone treatment is not optimal for our bodies.
My reasoning is the extremely high rate of persistent acne (even accounting for a full second puberty spanning multiple years) and the accelerated and/or high rate of balding.
I have dealt with persistent acne for nearly ten years since starting testosterone. No, I will not take accutane, because I know someone who suffered eye damage from it.
I am balding 20 years earlier than ANY man from BOTH sides of my family. This can't be explained by the XX gene carrier reasoning that is usually used.
How many cis men have you seen with acne and balding at the same time? I'm sure there are some, but the frequency of this occurrence in cis men is magnitudes lower by percentage than FTMs (anecdotal, but I'm sure a study would agree).
If this disproportionate negative effect is externally visible, then what is happening inside our bodies? We deserve better than this, there need to be more studies and probably a broader regimen.
MTFs get multiple medications for correct control. We just get standard T like cis men, who have more DHT receptor sites like the prostate. There is no control or modification for our physiology unlike in MTFs.
Edit: That was not intended as a side swipe. I really felt envious seeing MTFs "get all these things" estradiol, prog, blockers, while we get one thing. No E blocking is provided for us.