polteageist [he/him]

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Joined 4 years ago
Cake day: August 6th, 2020
  • polteageist [he/him]totraaaaaaannnnnnnnnns•Finasteride?
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    4 months ago

    Chiming in with a trans man's perspective: My hair started thinning considerably about two years ago after about 5 years on T, and I ended up getting a prescription for topical finasteride (plus a low dose of oral minoxidil) since I was worried about the potential side effects of taking finasteride orally. Though the doctor I spoke to about it wasn't really worried about it "reversing" the changes from testosterone, getting a topical solution seems to prevent a lot of the hormonal side effects from happening? The main thing I was worried about was potentially getting periods again, which apparently can happen to some people.

    I've definitely noticed improvement from the finasteride! The main downside is that I need to buy it from a compounding pharmacy, and my insurance won't cover it.

  • polteageist [he/him]tomentalhealth•Where my lip pickers at?
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    3 years ago

    I have similar problems that I'm still trying to figure out how to manage. For me, it's picking and biting the skin beside my fingernails, plus biting/chewing the insides of my cheeks.

    When I paint my fingernails, it makes me not want to mess up the polish, so that can work for a while... but it also makes me a little dysphoric. I was thinking about trying some kind of cuticle oil or balm to apply when I get fidgety so that I can't mess with the dry skin. Not sure what to do about my cheek biting though. :cowboy-cri: