I'm so glad I'm trans. Minoxidil was making my face bloat like crazy and finasteride gave me severe depression
Minoxidil and Finasteride are FDA-approved for slowing hair loss (backed up by clinical trials), and may provide some hair regrowth, but you have to take/apply them forever. They're both available as generics.
Minoxidil can be sold over-the-counter (Rogaine is minoxidil) while finasteride requires a prescription.
minoxidil promotes hair growth while finasteride slows hair loss
if you stop minoxidil, the hair growth that occurred because of it will eventually fall off and doesn't grow back. if you stop finasteride, then the hair loss will speed back up again
Well, you don't have to take them for the rest of your life if you handle the source of the problem directly...
Male pattern baldness is caused by dihydrotestosterone, the only way to stop it is to stop your body from converting overall testosterone to DHT with finasteride, or by significantly dropping all testosterone levels with anti-androgens (or orchiectomy I suppose)
There are not. Hair loss is genetic. So short of gene therapy, you're stuck with it.
I don't use either because I'd rather lose my hair than deal with that shit forever, but topical minoxidil, while less effective, has significantly fewer side effects and you can just buy it in bulk online.Ignore this.
Well it sounds like the having hair thing will take care of itself
Finasteride can. so can guys in Turkey. I've seen really impressive results from each. the sooner you start finasteride the better. some not great side effects though, so hopefully you're not sensitive.
If you're getting a bald spot but the front is good you could try Rogaine, but you have to use it forever. There are oral medications that encourage hair growth, but it encourages hair growth everywhere, you also have to take it forever, it also affects your sex drive.
I mean I know it's all depressing but if you had to choose it thinning in the front is probably the least shitty.
What happens if you don't you it forever,after you stop does it all fall out at once
it just stops working, and apparently cessation and restarting is less effective than not stopping. Mixed internet results on how quickly it it is lost.
Embrace a short cut / eventual baldness, friend. It shows confidence.
Understandable! Since hair is something you prioritize you may also want to start researching hairpieces.
start listening to Onyx and become one of the bal hedz
"I WOULDN'T BE CAUGHT DEAD WITHOUT A BALD HEAD"
