so i've thought about getting a script as a sort of one-two punch. one, to save my thinning hair so it can still look cute. two, the side effects would be scary if they weren't basically just "ooops you transed yourself"
oh noes... what ever will i do if i grow boobies and my body hair thins
but seriously, some of the side effects (depression) I thought were maybe from cis men getting gender dysphoria but seems even transfemmes have experienced it. at least reading some reddit posts
anyone had experience with this? i'm hoping it can be a sort of gateway to everything else. dip my toes in the hormone adjustments
and minoxidil has never seemed to work for me. i know i won't get my hair line back but i'm cool with that.
I am Finasteride's strongest soldier. At this point it's the only medication I'm taking as I work out where I am. I've been on it 12-18mths. I noticed no changes until nearly 6 months in.
There's obviously the risk of depression and sexual side effects that must be considered. But also most studies are on Cis Men. Not Trans or non binary people (or Cis Women) who also take it. As you say transfemmes still experience it but I have to wonder if the rates are different. I have had zero effects on my sexual function and my mood is if anything improved by the changes I have seen.
I had fantastic hair already before I started taking it. Probably 90th percentile of men and in women in terms of thickness. Now it's maybe 99th percentile. Insane.
Fortunately I could be honest with my doctor that I wanted to start it to thin my body hair, which was quite thick. Haven't talked any gender stuff, more just that I'd lost 30kg and was working out and was having mid life crisis vanity about my bodyhair. Which speaking off I have been lasering which is a confounding factor but I've been using my back as a control as I just shave that with a long handled razor. It definitely has thinned and slowed my back hair growth.
I have noticed subtle gynaecomastia after about a year. It would be enough to distress me years ago, but now I'm more ambivalent.
I get prescribed 5mgs which I quartered initially, because it's much cheaper than 1mg tablets. In Australia on a private script a generic box of 30x1mg tablets is 30AUD, a box of 30x5mg is 20AUD (no idea why it's cheaper), so if you quarter it it's like 5 dollars a month. Any GP can prescribe. Hair-loss clinics are a scam to charge you like 100AUD for the same medication.
thanks sorry i was slow on the uptake reading everyone's stuff and got busy at work
you won me over though. i'm going to do a teledoc/online script thing probalbly next week not a clinic i found some sources.
my hair is also crazy thick which is the only reason the thinning over the decade has only recently become noticeable
hoping i can get it back, maybe grow my hair out a bit, do an undercut
thank you