Important update:
2 years on HRT. After this long time on HRT I have tried many thing along the way and I can say what have worked and not worked in all the time I have been on it.
The first 6 months I was on sublingual pill but also used gels sometimes and CPA, In that time my hair was fried as hell and my face feminizes rapidly, so it was not the goal I was seeking so this regimen was not optimal for me. Idk if it was because sublingual and gels was not enough to increase my E2 or if it was the CPA doing more harm than good (I didn't do any blood test on the first month).
After the first 6 months I started with injections and bica but didn't stop CPA after the first months on injections to get the T and DHT under control. After dropping the CPA things started to improve rapidly, my hair started to look healthier and I was really happy with it. At that time I was using bicalutamide 25 mg every other day and estradiol enanthate 6 mg per week. The feminization stopped and I was recovering my hair so it was a very optimal regimen since it didnt give me feminization but hair growth.
After sometimes I decreased my estradiol to 5.5mg because 6 mg was just a build up dosage since my levels got too high.
In the last 2 months I got very paranoid with my hair again and I decided to increase bicalutamide from 25 mg every other day to bicalutamide 25 mg every day and also increased estradiol to 6 mg. This was the biggest mistake of my life. My T, DHT and other androgens were already low before increasing the bicalutamide, but it further decreased it so I was suffering from 0 T symptoms and too much estrogen (low energy, dry hair and skin, muscle weakness and hair loss). I did a blood test to see what was going on and every androgen was lower but DHT increased. This might sound weird because how the DHT could rise after a year of being less than 5ng/dl suddenly. My theory was that my overall androgens were that low that my body increased DHT via backdoor pathway to get some androgens on the bloodstream since DHT is too powerful and bica at these dosages might not suppress it entirely.
Now after seeing all this, I came back to my old regimen of 5.5 mg estradiol enanthate once a week and bica 25 mg every other day alongside the dutasteride and oral min I was taking during all my hrt timeline and also before it for a year and a half and I feel good again and my hair is slowly coming back.
My conclusion is that dont get obssesed and stop increase your medication if the things that works keep working without touching anything.
Also for those who are wondering, after 2 years on HRT I don't have any feminization on my face, my beard grow normally and my sexual function remains the same as the first day on HRT, I could have posted a pic to prove but there are some ppl here whose work is to ridiculize and dox other users so I will keep it for myself.
2 years on HRT. After this long time on HRT I have tried many thing along the way and I can say what have worked and not worked in all the time I have been on it.
The first 6 months I was on sublingual pill but also used gels sometimes and CPA, In that time my hair was fried as hell and my face feminizes rapidly, so it was not the goal I was seeking so this regimen was not optimal for me. Idk if it was because sublingual and gels was not enough to increase my E2 or if it was the CPA doing more harm than good (I didn't do any blood test on the first month).
After the first 6 months I started with injections and bica but didn't stop CPA after the first months on injections to get the T and DHT under control. After dropping the CPA things started to improve rapidly, my hair started to look healthier and I was really happy with it. At that time I was using bicalutamide 25 mg every other day and estradiol enanthate 6 mg per week. The feminization stopped and I was recovering my hair so it was a very optimal regimen since it didnt give me feminization but hair growth.
After sometimes I decreased my estradiol to 5.5mg because 6 mg was just a build up dosage since my levels got too high.
In the last 2 months I got very paranoid with my hair again and I decided to increase bicalutamide from 25 mg every other day to bicalutamide 25 mg every day and also increased estradiol to 6 mg. This was the biggest mistake of my life. My T, DHT and other androgens were already low before increasing the bicalutamide, but it further decreased it so I was suffering from 0 T symptoms and too much estrogen (low energy, dry hair and skin, muscle weakness and hair loss). I did a blood test to see what was going on and every androgen was lower but DHT increased. This might sound weird because how the DHT could rise after a year of being less than 5ng/dl suddenly. My theory was that my overall androgens were that low that my body increased DHT via backdoor pathway to get some androgens on the bloodstream since DHT is too powerful and bica at these dosages might not suppress it entirely.
Now after seeing all this, I came back to my old regimen of 5.5 mg estradiol enanthate once a week and bica 25 mg every other day alongside the dutasteride and oral min I was taking during all my hrt timeline and also before it for a year and a half and I feel good again and my hair is slowly coming back.
My conclusion is that dont get obssesed and stop increase your medication if the things that works keep working without touching anything.
Also for those who are wondering, after 2 years on HRT I don't have any feminization on my face, my beard grow normally and my sexual function remains the same as the first day on HRT, I could have posted a pic to prove but there are some ppl here whose work is to ridiculize and dox other users so I will keep it for myself.
