I know someone who gets results on Minoxidil and Bicalutamide. When he stops Minoxidil, his hair becomes thinner. I don't know how it works, but I just see this trend in other people: Minoxidil works temporarily and E grows forever if you have a supportive therapy working.
Your density looks fine in the crown. Lol, people might start ignoring you because your hair is too good.
Well, that's not exactly the same as hair being dependent but yeah, I guess if we get to a really good stage, then minoxidil could be involved with shaft diameter but that's different from losing actually hair counts which is what I assume most people are alleging as part of minoxidil-dependency. From my perspective, I have used min for 30 years and I will gladly use it 30 more if necessary. The other thing is that when we desist from certain meds, we know it so there could be a reverse placebo sort of thing going on.
Do you remember your age, or more well stated, remind us of your age and balding history?
I get that about the pics. I used to just watch tv and click my phone from different angles during my shed to record it but not to have to look at it. The fact that you (and I) are able to post pics on the biggest English language hair site shows great healing psychologically on your part. Even if you stall, you are one of the few where refinements of just a few grafts might carry you the rest of the way. My hope is to do this without transplants and I probably wouldn't go that route now since there are so many permutations that MtF's can try and it could be that if you pushed even further into high E2 levels that that might be the final break-through.
How long has it been since you began HRT?
Have you thought about using tretinoin and derma-rolling on your scalp? (and face, because it does great things to improve looks facially). Also, consider massaging your forehead and temples and getting botox on your masseter muscles. I have that done every six months and it will both feminize your face and lower tension on the sides and back of the neck. Rob English cited to a study where this increased hair counts by about 20 percent.
Yooo it’s getting so much better!
I bet You’ll have it all the rest back in another 6 months
Lol. I have had a good side and bad side going back to my early 20's. I think it is because surface tension/tightening of the scalp occurs more on one side than the other. It used to suck because my hair looked better on one side if I parted it there but then it looked worse in the crown. If I tried to obscure the crown, then it looked worse where I parted it.
My feeling is that estradiol and tretinoin together pack a wallop of a punch and they de-age pretty much all tissue. I use tretinoin at least once weekly and also when I microneedle.
Femininzation of the face is pretty gradual and along with hair regrowth, in my case came last. I looked female from the neck down and male from the neck up for a pretty long time.
You and pls have accumulated a lot of knowledge very quickly and at a young age and your comments, both of you, have increased in my opinion, in terms of being more open to suggestions, yes but also in terms of being stated in a way that can benefit others.
bicalutamide is not able to cure baldness. there are only success stories for cyproterone and spironolactone. you want to grow hair and have testosterone together. This is not possible. Bicalutamide should only be used after the hair has grown.
This is an interesting question. The point is, all cis guys want to grow their hair out to tolerate the least feminization possible. You need to grow your hair out before your face changes too much. I will study at the university. I don’t want others to point a finger at me and say that I look strange.
he cured baldness not with bicalutamide.
Bicalutamide blocks androgen receptors, so this T does not function in the scalp. It also raises E to the upper range, which, when combined with receptor blocking, can produce moderate growth. But this does not work for everyone.