I was told by an endo that my elevated T is false and it just appears elevated because my SHBG is so high...i seriously dont get what she is implying as in my eyes the T has to be coming from somewhere, the shbg just binds it...but she sucked and was one of my crappy endos I saw at the beginning of all this.Same... i've had high total testosterone never ever even close to high free testosterone though
Best indicators of aging "well" imo:
skin (good)
weight (good)
hair (awful)
It's strange because if I'm so sensitive to androgens, I don't get how I supposedly have "lean pcos" and no facial hair or hirsutism and what I do have for body hair on my arms and face, etc. is blonde and colorless and fine. My hair is balding sooo rapidly, wouldn't I be sporting a beard by now if I've always been sensitive to androgens my entire life? It's strange. I did develop hypertrichosis basically within the span of a week at the onset of my shedding a year ago, but that hasn't really progressed to much and there are times that my body hair seems to not grow much (legs, armpits) and other times that it speeds up. i think my androgens just might be up and down so like they are going too low, normal, too high. I've had episodes of elevated total T in the past, but never elevated free T.
Hahahahah you do not look like a balding hag! Being babyfaced and thin is rare.
I forgot teeth are important too
I'm surprised your progesterone is normal
http://www.drjohntafel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/PIC-Cholesterol-to-Hormones-pathways1.gif
I had to pull up a chart bc I'm too demented to remember anything
I don't think it has anything to do with your levels of T, it just depends on your follicles sensitivity to androgens. With myself, I am quite unlucky and possibly have the worst case of hair loss for a nineteen year old! It's very very bad...
I don't think it has anything to do with your levels of T, it just depends on your follicles sensitivity to androgens. With myself, I am quite unlucky and possibly have the worst case of hair loss for a nineteen year old! It's very very bad...
that's what I mean though, can someone have only follicles on the scalp that are sensitive to androgens but not their follicles on their body?
I'm really sorry your hair loss is so severe at only 19! Do you have a family history of premature hair loss?
I don't even know, although I have noticed that males within my family members bald within their 20s... I have been balding since I was 14! I will put an image here, which was taken before I started my regimen: (I was 18 in the photo)
What doctor prescribes you your hairs loss meds?
Yep, the area highlighted in black used to be all filled in with normal healthy hair. My entire sides have receded a bit as well and all over my hair thinned out and I have visible vellus hairs not just at my temples but also all over my scalp. I honestly don't know how else to relax after trying everything I previously mentioned. I don't even know what I enjoy anymore, I'm pretty depressed so I know that's something I need to get under control as the rest of my life seems to be fairly balanced and I have a good diet, etc. I just feel really hopeless right now, everything in my life feels like a dead end and now on top of running out of time to meet someone so I can start a family before I start transitioning into peri-menopause, I have to deal with hair loss/balding as a new barrier, as if dating isn't already difficult enough. I feel like men won't be too receptive of a woman balding in a Norwood pattern. It's hard to believe how aggressive my hair loss rate is, the photos you highlighted are from the winter and my hair is much worse since those were taken. I'm losing the hair all along my forelock now. Basically the entire front of my scalp decided it wants to be bald.
My dermatologist blew off my massive shedding bc my hair is "so thick"
That's bullshirt right? Like regardless of how much hair you have you should still only shed 150 max, no?