http://www.theladbible.com/articles...ormation-from-macho-marine-to-female-comedian
Is that a wig or did he/she really grow all that hair back?........
Is that a wig or did he/she really grow all that hair back?........
Bald Macho Marine to a Long haired woman
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She uses female pronouns, calling her "he/she" is incredibly offensive/disrespectful. Now that that's out of the way...
Highly likely it's just a high quality lace wig. I looked her up and found her YouTube channel and in the timeline that she uploaded she goes through a bunch of different wigs and there's even pictures towards the end of the timeline showing her without the wig and she apparently shaves her head. Granted the timeline was a year or two old, but still, if she was shaving her head at 12 months hormones I don't think she was getting amazing regrowth.
That being said it is 100% possible to get full regrowth on a standard male-to-female HRT (hormone replacement therapy) regimen in conjunction with minoxidil/finasteride. I was a NW5 pre-HRT/minoxidil/finasteride. Now I'm a NW1.5 and I have only just recently started properly treating my hairline with minoxidil (in July). Already there is enough vellus hair there to completely fill in my temples and round out my hairline. It will still be kind of a high hairline I guess, but then again my sister who is cis also has a big forehead/slight temple recession. I'll be better off than she is if those hairs go terminal in another few months tbh. I think I was lucky in that I lost the majority of my hair in the last 2-4 years and I seem to be a good responder all around. I'm getting very good results from my HRT regimen in other ways too such as breast development/widening of the hip bones/etc. I may be an exception to the rule, but it is possible if you start soon enough and you're a good candidate.
If you're a cisgender male though - don't even think about it! SEVERE erectile dysfunction, breast development, permanent sterility, etc. are all things you have to look forward to if you take MTF HRT.
Highly likely it's just a high quality lace wig. I looked her up and found her YouTube channel and in the timeline that she uploaded she goes through a bunch of different wigs and there's even pictures towards the end of the timeline showing her without the wig and she apparently shaves her head. Granted the timeline was a year or two old, but still, if she was shaving her head at 12 months hormones I don't think she was getting amazing regrowth.
That being said it is 100% possible to get full regrowth on a standard male-to-female HRT (hormone replacement therapy) regimen in conjunction with minoxidil/finasteride. I was a NW5 pre-HRT/minoxidil/finasteride. Now I'm a NW1.5 and I have only just recently started properly treating my hairline with minoxidil (in July). Already there is enough vellus hair there to completely fill in my temples and round out my hairline. It will still be kind of a high hairline I guess, but then again my sister who is cis also has a big forehead/slight temple recession. I'll be better off than she is if those hairs go terminal in another few months tbh. I think I was lucky in that I lost the majority of my hair in the last 2-4 years and I seem to be a good responder all around. I'm getting very good results from my HRT regimen in other ways too such as breast development/widening of the hip bones/etc. I may be an exception to the rule, but it is possible if you start soon enough and you're a good candidate.
If you're a cisgender male though - don't even think about it! SEVERE erectile dysfunction, breast development, permanent sterility, etc. are all things you have to look forward to if you take MTF HRT.
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Id hit it! wait what?
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Well, Larry Wachowski went through a transition and turned into Lana Wachowski. Here's a before & after:
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Well, Larry Wachowski went through a transition and turned into Lana Wachowski. Here's a before & after:
so he basically put on a 5th element Mila wig and called it a day?
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I suppose in theory it could work, but it depends on why her hairline is like that. If it's a result of T/DHT (even healthy women have some of both of those hormones), then taking finasteride/spironolactone could be a viable approach. I don't know if her taking estrogen is necessarily a good idea unless she has a problem producing enough on her own. There are health risks associated with having your levels too high, which is why my doctor takes my blood every few months to make sure all of my levels stay within normal female ranges.
She. They both use female pronouns... I'm not saying you have to agree with their identity but showing the most basic respect and dignity in how you address them couldn't hurt.
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EvilLocks
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I truly didn't even think about saying "he" instead of "she", it was not an insult. If SHE wants to be called a "she" that's okay, just didn't think about it until you pointed it out that's all.
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LOL, I was thinking the same thing.
To recedingy: doeshe/she have XX chromosomes? No, he/she has XY? He's a dude who has had some plastic surgery and is taking female hormones.
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I know what you're saying everyone but please be a bit more sensitive. Your own biological sex you can't change but you can change your gender legally. Be mindful this is a sensitive issue for someone going through this. Not having a go at anyone but generally to all concerned.
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You think there aren't many many people who are in despair over what they are vs how they feel they should be? This entire forum deals with this issue.
The problem with transgenderism is that SJWs have convinced some people to pretend as if make believe is reality, because reality is painful to a certain class. I vaguely recall some story about an emperor.
I sympathize with Bruce. I am on this forum after all.
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Chromosomes don't mean anything... There's XY women (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_androgen_insensitivity_syndrome), XX men (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XX_male_syndrome), and plenty of other strange chromosomal disorders that effect development without respect to gender identity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klinefelter_syndrome, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XYY_syndrome, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_syndrome, just to name a few). And what of intersex people then? Taking it a step further is a man who loses his penis in an unfortunate accident not a man anymore? Are infertile women not "real" women? Where do you draw the line?
A wise person does not speak on issues they are not educated on. Your opinions are baseless and incredibly disrespectful. It's not about being PC, it's about giving other people the basic dignity in showing respect in how you address them. If you ever feel like doing some reading to advance that grade school biology level understanding of how this all works, here's some additional reading/scientific studies into the brains of transgender people for you:
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/gender-dysphoria
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18056697
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877116/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7477289
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10843193
http://www.psychologicalscience.org...nsistent-gender-identity-across-measures.html
http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=22094
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150213112317.htm
http://www.britannica.com/science/sexual-differentiation
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/SRY
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0016885 (not really to do with gender identity specifically, but it proves transition is a successful treatment, thus proving how effective taking steps to match the body with the brain really is)
A wise person does not speak on issues they are not educated on. Your opinions are baseless and incredibly disrespectful. It's not about being PC, it's about giving other people the basic dignity in showing respect in how you address them. If you ever feel like doing some reading to advance that grade school biology level understanding of how this all works, here's some additional reading/scientific studies into the brains of transgender people for you:
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/gender-dysphoria
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18056697
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877116/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7477289
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10843193
http://www.psychologicalscience.org...nsistent-gender-identity-across-measures.html
http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=22094
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150213112317.htm
http://www.britannica.com/science/sexual-differentiation
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/SRY
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0016885 (not really to do with gender identity specifically, but it proves transition is a successful treatment, thus proving how effective taking steps to match the body with the brain really is)
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You're right CF about many people on here going through an "identity crisis" whatever it may be e.g hair. But the point is there is not meant to be any racism, homophobia, transphobia on this forum. If there are complaints (which there have been) then it needs to be addressed. All I said was legally their gender is changed, so we should stick to the law and be sensitive.
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I can rephrase that exact statement about people dealing with hair loss. I could say you are delusional for wishing you had hair, after all if you look there is no hair there. You are going against reality and nature to combat that. But you think your issue is more valid than transgenderism because you are biased.
The funny thing is, transgender people are actually not as deluded as you seem to think. A person with BDD is delusional. They see small imperfections as major, disfiguring problems. Or maybe they imagine problems altogether. This is delusion. Transgender people are different in that we know what we look like. We know our bodies are not the same as the gender we identify as, which is why steps are taken to bring the body in line with the identity.
"How is that different than someone with BDD getting surgery to correct their deluded view of themselves?" you may be wondering. The difference is that for the person with BDD, no amount of cosmetic intervention will make their warped perception go away. They will always perceive flaws in themselves, it's a never ending cycle. On the flip side, transgender people feel a great sense of relief when steps are taken to align the body and brain. The last thing I linked in my previous comment is great proof of this. The 41% suicide rate for pre-op/pre-transition trans people, which then drops to marginally above the suicide rate for the general population when they are post-op/post-transition (which I would argue could largely be attributed to discrimination/ignorant people such as yourself) shows how effective of a treatment it is. Psychotherapy does not work because they genuinely are not wrong/delusional about their gender identity, as evidenced in study after study.
In the end you can think what you would like, but the opinions you are currently expressing are based in ignorance and disrespect, and that's just the bottom line. Again, I would urge you to not speak as if your opinions are facts in regards to something which you are clearly woefully undereducated/misinformed about.
CaptainForehead
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Bruce is XY AND was born phenotopically male.
Male to me, and most of the world.
There are some corner cases where the gender can go either way, this is not one of them.
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You don't know that. You don't even know if you're XY. No one knows unless they get their karyotype analyzed. But as I said, chromosomes are meaningless other than for the purpose of physical development anyway.
Again, you ignore all the evidence that suggest biological sex (correlation: chromosomes) and gender identity are two entirely separate things. You literally refuse to acknowledge the supporting evidence, while providing none for your own counter argument. You are ignorant... there is no other way to phrase it. Well, I take that back, there is another way. You are willfully ignorant, which is much worse in my opinion.
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Shots fired!
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