I would if I could get it. They won't sell to individuals. I'm going to be using Infigratinib soon to try and upregulate R-spondin. I don't know if that will work, and it certainly won't work as well as exogenous RSPO2, but it's worth a shot.
Estrogen's effect on hair growth isn't mediated by skin changes, it's the up regulation of anti-apoptotic genes. It just happens to be good for skin as well, but you can grow hair on any skin.
I wouldn't say my results were disappointing for all mtf. I was regrowing at a faster pace than bridgeburn before I cut back on my treatment. Let's not forget that most mtf don't get the impressive regrowth that you see in the best cases. Full recovery is rare.
It's true. Part of his marketing schtick was how long it got with what presented as child-like curls but talk about extensive feminization. I think that he almost certainly "male fails" in the MtF jargon meaning that even in pants people take him for female. He never was happy with his corners and like most of us, shied away from taking pictures of them. The rest of the mop was sensational like rock star hair. He was brilliant as well but my goal unlike his is to help people use the fewest meds possible not the kitchen sink approach which he took on more and more which defeated the experiment in a certain sense for those wishing to only appear cis-male. What did what or was it synergistic? I don't expect to have to use anything the rest of my life except for oral, swallowed estradiol to maintain which is good since I have spent a fortune on topical estrogen this year.
Related to breast growth, he was petite like me but he definitely had better than average growth although he was cagey about stating cup size or showing them. I have been frank about my breast growth at the same time relating that statistically his growth which was at least a B and mine, very close to D cups was highly unusual. I used so little estrogen that I unwittingly mimicked cis-female puberty levels of estrogen which maximizes the potential for breast development. I like 'em now and so did he. Bug or feature? That can change even with the same person over time.
You know, I actually don't know the extent of hair recovery among MtF's. For one thing, using wigs is a custom even for non-balding MtF's. There a whole thing where certain MtF's are looking for "teased volume" as part of the different MtF cultures which vary radically in tastes. I know that the majority of the university and hospital sites state not to expect any regrowth or further hair loss but it clearly isn't this dismal. Those same sites state that breast growth is permanent and it clearly is not permanent until a certain size is reached particularly on you tall, broad strong guys. Breasts look puny always on such chests. Indeed, breast augmentation has to be so extensive in these cases as to present to me, as a type of bimbofication which is a hot thing apparently now.
Sometimes on the other thread, I post transition pictures of MtF's who were not bald when starting HRT. Now these pics are self-selected but still, it is apparent in guys with great hair that their MfF hair is better and has an ability to grow longer and look good. The Beatles raised me so the ability to grow my hair long like my four fathers is important, well it was in a male context. Now I expect it. At the least I will have hair like Sting used to have, meaning all of my hair now appears unaffected by DHT save the temple corners. This type of male pattern baldness to me is by far the best scenario and temple regression is less stigmatizing than having both temple and crown and diffuse thinning like I used to have. Still diffuse thinners probably have an advantage in the MtF context. Am I obsessed with hair? I look at every single person's hairline, crown and note the length and whether it looks good long or whether it looks like a hobo like mine used to.
I know of two pictures that are generally bandied about as indicative of full recovery from extensive male pattern baldness. One is on Rob's site and it is excellent and so close but still the recession in the corners is apparent. The other one is of a blonde female that was horse shoe bald and had a recovery similar to Pegasus. She continues to wear a wig. There's no stigma in this for us. In fact, the opposite. It's much better to use a nice wig like many cis-females than to present as female with extensive baldness. People who know Janey, know me this way in a wig. I expect to be able to ditch it soon although it's kind of nice in winter for its warmth but it sucks to wear one during the day in summer. I might still use it on special occasions. Because my own hair is very similar in color, I hope to slide androgynously to using my own hair as it becomes acceptably long. It now covers my ears and is much longer in back. I almost cut it and realized that I don't cut my hair and as part of my experiment, I want to see if it all eventually reaches the same length. My sister suffers from extensive female pattern loss but my hair is already better than hers except in the corners so too bad for her since she opposed my transition vociferously.
Generally, there are at least ten times as many questions about breast growth on MtF fora than about hair. MtF's tend to be obsessed with breasts as a feature, not a bug, and like on here, they will try anything Rube Goldberg-esque or not. It doesn't work so in my opinion, hair loss is certainly more manageable than breast growth. Next, I keep harping on meeting adult female hormonal targets of a 26 year old female before significant regrowth is possible. Although I still have my hair loss in an male pattern baldness pattern, my regrowth/improvement is from a female pattern loss perspective meaning all hair on my scalp is improving at the same time. Perhaps oral minoxidil which I started nine weeks ago at 15 mg in two daily split doses can improve all hair as well but we still don't have good stats related to its efficacy and whether or not it speeds hair growth while effectuating regrowth. I think that it definitely increases the rate of growth.
