Thank you Janey, I appreciate the reply and your contributions to this forum!
Basically, I'm a Norwood 2.5 at 37. Some recession, and minor crown thinning, but no slick bald areas (except temples before finasteride)
Finasteride has thickened existing hair, regrown some on my crown, and I've gotten a ton of small vellus hair on the hairline/temples. I feel like its gotten me, let's say 30% of where I would like to be.
What I am curious about, and would like to experiment with.....can I continue finasteride, and hit it hard with Estrogen only for a while without going "all in" with Bica, Cypro, or spironolactone.
All speculation, but I feel like for me personally, finasteride has "balanced me out" somewhat, but not quite enough to get those tiny vellus hairs to regrow significantly. My thought is, if I could significantly raise my estrogen levels, to the point where it lowers T slightly, it may put me right in the wheelhouse of where I need to be (again, just me personally).
What estrogel did you/do you use? Are you able to point me in the right direction? Naturally, I'm totally aware of the risks.
Thanks again for any guidance!