I mean, you can't even "cheat it" because you aren't going to actually even cure it with HRT. Do most people get significant regrowth on HRT? Yes, absolutely. But for one, you have to stay on treatment, and you sacrifice many things in doing so. Not exactly cheating. I understand where Pigeon is coming from because I too am tired of some people on this forum acting like there are no side effects to HRT, that estrogen has only positive side effects, and are recommending such an extreme treatment right off the bat as the first step to new users who haven't even started any kind of hair loss treatment whatsoever. Janey did this all the time.You can't cheat death, but you can cheat hair loss and other androgen mediated conditions if you desire to do so.