Recent content by benmightbebalding

Thanks to everyone who replied to my initial post. The replies made me feel a lot better. I did end up starting finasteride, which made me feel like I'm at least doing something about the fact that I may be balding. Since I know it can take months for the drug to show any results (if it does)...

Oh yeah. I knew that medically transitioning would come with a number of unwanted side effects, male pattern baldness being one of them. I was hoping I would be lucky and not have to deal with it, but.. no such luck. I told myself beforehand that it wouldn't matter to me, because transitioning would be saving my...

Here's the sideburn comparison I was talking about. I know in the first picture, the sideburn is clearly sculpted, but I still think the difference is obvious.

Hi! One of the major reasons I wanted to post here is because I wasn't able to find any posts related to transgender female to male individuals. I'm not sure if that's because balding is a potential side effect of transitioning that people want to ignore, as it's seen as a negative one, or...

I cannot believe this progress. This thread made me feel so much better about my situation.

Wow, your hair looks great! I've read a few others' experiences with increased libido versus decreased. Maybe your testosterone levels have increased as less of it is being converted to DHT? Just a quick hypothesis.. no idea if the science behind it makes any sense.

Honestly, this is one of the threads on here that convinced me to become more proactive about stopping an hair loss I might be experiencing.

I'm sorry that I don't have any answers or advice for you. I'm just wondering, what kind of hair loss have you noticed? Does it seem diffuse or is it in a particular pattern?