Please help me. 21yr old & anxiety through the roof over how bad my hair is.

[JohnSmith21]

Trans folks wait years to see a doctor in the UK. Strange, in the U.S. we have a vigorous free health care system and you can see an endo really quickly. A lot of my acquaintances in the UK are forced to import meds. I think one person said that there was a 12-year wait.

As a trans person, do you think it’s cool to suggest trans-friendly solutions for young straight males who don’t know much about hair loss or medications? I think it’s great to do what one wants to make them happy, and there is nothing wrong with being trans, but you don’t find it unethical to constantly suggest things like estrogen and other extreme solutions to young men seeking advice , who don’t know anything about this sh*t? You should be banned for some of the stuff you suggest, and telling people to PM you so you can say it privately is even worse. At the end of the day the only things that work / are proven to be safe long term is finasteride, min, and micro needling . I’m gonna quit this forum permanently cuz it’s honestly just a breeding ground for nut jobs

 

[Notdifferent]

As a trans person, do you think it’s cool to suggest trans-friendly solutions for young straight males who don’t know much about hair loss or medications? I think it’s great to do what one wants to make them happy, and there is nothing wrong with being trans, but you don’t find it unethical to constantly suggest things like estrogen and other extreme solutions to young men seeking advice , who don’t know anything about this sh*t? You should be banned for some of the stuff you suggest, and telling people to PM you so you can say it privately is even worse. At the end of the day the only things that work / are proven to be safe long term is finasteride, min, and micro needling . I’m gonna quit this forum permanently cuz it’s honestly just a breeding ground for nut jobs

For real, the PM aspect of this is creepy as hell. I hardly ever see Janey post anything that doesn't involve some really personal "MtF" stuff and I really feel like they are taking advantage of distressed people at this point.

 

[trialAcc]

For real, the PM aspect of this is creepy as hell. I hardly ever see Janey post anything that doesn't involve some really personal "MtF" stuff and I really feel like they are taking advantage of distressed people at this point.

Exactly. They've normalized it so much in their own heads that they think it's acceptable to suggest these things to strangers on the internet like some sort of regular treatment option. It's batshit crazy.

 

[dudealpha]

Greetings everyone. I have been having immense anxiety over my hair for about 2 years now. I just recently turned 21 and would say I noticed my hair thinning around the end of 19 years old transitioning into my 20's. The problem with me is for one, there really hasn't been anyone from either of my family's side that has been bald or even remotely close to this type of thinning at my age, as well as the type of thinning going on with my head.

It just seems like there's thinning in various spots as opposed to standard Androgenic Alopecia. I also have a patch close to my ear lobe that's just immensely dry skin that has been diagnosed as dermatitis. I need clarity and help from someone to kindly advise me what they believe my situation looks like and hope that I am attempting to address this issue still while there is time/I'm making aware of the situation in an earlier manner before it potentially gets worse.

After I get some feedback from some people here with the knowledge, in the worse case, I believe I will start on minoxidil/microneedling stack (1.5mm) and hopefully get enough results from that to continuously maintain afterward. I mean I'm in my 20's and this is just eating me up alive. I do not think I would start finasteride after hearing some personal stories and the side effects scaring me but I wouldn't entirely rule out perhaps dutasteride a few years down the line but definitely for now I would just do the stack I mentioned above and I would start with shaving my head first.

The pictures below are after washing my hair with ketoconazole shampoo. The only supplement I use is Nutrafol.

Kindly let me know your thoughts as it would mean the world to me.

Thank you so much.

dude, get on finasteride asap

 

[dudealpha]

Read a few topics on this forum about Bicalutamide. This is the only promising treatment for early aggressive hair loss. You need Bicalutamide 75-150mg. I'm still looking for the right dosage myself, but it is in this range. Use it in conjunction with Finasteride to reduce receptor competition (reading DHTcel's threads will tell you what I mean)
This will not return 100% of your density, but it will return some of it and stop baldness if it works. Among the cis treatments for gender men, this is the best we have, and you should move on to it.

I also can't help but mention HRT. You must have been scared by reading these three letters. However, there are people who change their hormones to women in order to treat baldness. Some do it temporarily, and some for life. If Bicalutamide works for you, you will be able to restore 100% density on HRT, and then maintain the results on Bicalutamide. If you are really concerned about baldness, you should consider this option.

In general, start with Bicalutamide first. You can ask for help in this thread, here they will help you. I am in it and will definitely answer you.

https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/threads/exploring-the-hormonal-route-hair-life.109288/page-876#post-1973708

OP, you should only listen to this dude if you're planning on transitioning to a female. Otherwise don't even think about touching any of that stuff unless you want to become feminized and become infertile.

 

[JaneyElizabeth]

dude, get on finasteride asap

How about him going to see a doctor and not taking suggestions from the likes of you. Are you trying to override what his doctor told him? Are you an expert about skin conditions? What if finasteride depresses him and takes away his libido. Will you be there to comfort him and make him feel good?

 

[JaneyElizabeth]

OP, you should only listen to this dude if you're planning on transitioning to a female. Otherwise don't even think about touching any of that stuff unless you want to become feminized and become infertile.

Temporary infertile, at least for the young but you probably don't know how to read any of the news coming out. It's trans news and might infect you. You are blocked too.

 

[DoctorHouse]

What happened to the OP? He has not responded in his thread.

 

[trialAcc]

How about him going to see a doctor and not taking suggestions from the likes of you. Are you trying to override what his doctor told him? Are you an expert about skin conditions? What if finasteride depresses him and takes away his libido. Will you be there to comfort him and make him feel good?

Lmao this is how you know you're too far gone. Finasteride is going to depress you and take away your libido but MtF trans drugs are going to solve all your hair problems, safely! OOoooookay

 

[trialAcc]

What happened to the OP? He has not responded in his thread.

That's because he got bombarded by PMs from people advocating trans drugs...

 

[JaneyElizabeth]

What happened to the OP? He has not responded in his thread.

I am not sure. Of course, I did a follow-up but I am not going to harangue the poor guy. Perhaps he hasn't been able to get an appointment with a doctor so soon. If I try to contact him too soon anyway, the mouth-breathers on here are going to think that I am pushing HRT. I follow the science and I do not practice medicine online and all of the guys popping up and saying finasteride or whatever, none of them have discussed anything with him. I have said more than I should but it's no fun to spend time trying to help someone and then be attacked. Listen to me those of scarce intellect, when I PM with someone, it is private and unless it is something mundane, I always suggest a doctor. At least you were nice and interested in him. He probably wouldn't mind if you PM'ed him. I used male treatments including min, finasteride, duta and keto exclusively over the course of 28 years so that's not bad for maintenance but none of them except oral min will grow hair and I am uncertain how well oral min works for people not on HRT but I tell people who ask that oral min seems to be the only thing even close to HRT for re-growth.

No good deed goes unpunished though.

 

[DoctorHouse]

That's because he got bombarded by PMs from people advocating trans drugs...

OP, you can PM if want advice from someone who has been on this forum way too long and has seen it all.

 

[Notdifferent]

Again you literally have no idea what you are talking about, Trial. Your stupidity amazes me. I always send people to a doctor and anyway, who are you to make f*****g value judgments if some XY's want to use something that actually grows hair? Huh? If it is okay to be trans then it is okay to use HRT for hair. I could do something similar by telling them how much it sucks to be an angry bald male like you and that T is destructive and why essentially only men go to jail. It is a pernicious and highly regulated medication. Estrogen on the other hand? Yep, OTC and it carries no penalty for possession or even distribution. Go back to your monkey man jerk-off session, troglodyte and then back to the experimental threads with you. You have zero to offer real human beings who need solutions, not to mention that you are apparently dense enough to repeat an accusation against me that is false completely. If he does come back, perhaps I will request that he make public our discussion, mouth-breather. Will that assuage you, you ..... piece of ......?

It is okay to use HRT for hair if the person wants to use HRT for hair, it is their choice. What's not okay to suggest HRT, which can easily be life altering to someone who is going through a mental breakdown, especially before trying treatments that are known to work and doesn't involve feminizing yourself. This is not one or two people accusing you of this at this point too.

Anyway, the second part of this paragraph literally proves that this is a lot more than hair to you. People come here to get help with HAIR, they don't come here because they hate being a male and want to lose testosterone.

 

[trialAcc]

It is okay to use HRT for hair if the person wants to use HRT for hair, it is their choice. What's not okay to suggest HRT, which can easily be life altering to someone who is going through a mental breakdown, especially before trying treatments that are known to work and doesn't involve feminizing yourself. This is not one or two people accusing you of this at this point too.

Anyway, the second part of this paragraph literally proves that this is a lot more than hair to you. People come here to get help with HAIR, they don't come here because they hate being a male and want to lose testosterone.

The saddest part of that entire conversation was that I wasn't even replying to a comment by that poster. I commented on the other guy who was recommending Bicalutamide and HRT right out of the gate to a guy who openly said he was worried to even start Finasteride.

I dont care if people use HRT for hair, in the end it is their choice. Pretending that it's some casual decision or normal treatment route though is absolutely insane. I personally would rather lose every hair on my body then go down that type of path to treat a cosmetic issue, even if that cosmetic issue is as mentally damaging as hairloss. In the end it's still cosmetic and there is a line.

 

[jazz1]

I think op should see a dermatologist first before considering the BIG3.

 

[DylanLeane]

The situation with hair is bad, it is not pleasant and unexpectedly often, you need to communicate with professionals and experts, medical specialists. Yes, forums regularly help, but these are random tips that can carry harm. And then there is even more anxiety that you already have, so I recommend you also go to https://supremestudy.com/anxiety where you can study a selection of materials about the consequences of anxiety on a person in different situations and depending on different factors, but in any case, there are few good things from this, so think.