r/tressless

All the biggest success stories in this subreddit are from the MtFs. And to be honest all the girls look way better after their transitions than they did as baldies.

There is the social stigma of being transgender, but that goes away if you just don't claim that you are trans. There's no crime in looking more feminine. I can use the men's bathroom and I don't play any sports. So no problem for anyone else even the conservative people who get uptight about it.

Breast growth and infertility are the main negative side effects, but I have no interest in having children so it doesn't matter to me if I am rendered infertile. I also have heard that most trans girls do not have significant breast growth beyond A-cups, so the burden won't be too bad. Worse case scenario you can just get a breast reduction or mastectomy. Mastectomies are also covered by universal healthcare in my region, so it would beat paying tens of thousands of dollars for a hair transplant which isn't covered.

I'm not interested in being bullied or socially ostracized, but I rather look feminine than be a baldie. I've seen how my dad looks as a baldie and it's terrible.

Edit: Baldies copeing that trans girls are better looking than them. Literal "malding"

Hair loss affects more than 80 million Americans. The treatments available today look a lot like they did decades ago.

In androgenetic alopecia, stem cells get “stuck," causing the follicle to stop growing hair.

PP405 is designed to reawaken hair follicle stem cells and restore the follicle's natural ability to grow hair.

https://x.com/PelagePharma/status/2089695054390817106

Yes i know “shedding phase bro” but it honestly doesn’t even feel like a shedding phase, i have been on it for 2 months and it just keeps getting worse and worse and losing more ground than ever,and my hair is just thinning so bad. What a terrible disease we have. I miss my hair from 5 years ago. Im so ugly now man I hate this so much. I use to have the thickest hair and every barber used to compliment me on it. Now it looks garbage.i want to cry man . What a terrible disease. I have been dealing with this since i was 15

I was able to regrow my temples substantially after 8-9 months on minoxidil and microneedling. Then I lost most of my results. It’s been 2 years ago. I managed to go from Norwood 3 to 2.5 (left temples almost Norwood 2).
Never been able to grow it like that again! Even tho I’m on DHT blockers rn (since 1.5 years ago. I started after I lost my results on a big shed)

So for anyone who added tret later? Did it make a difference?
Why would someone respond so well to minoxidil and then not anymore?

Eg, you have diseases like Ehlers Danlos or Hashimotos, which are recognized diseases. You have Psoriasis and Dermatitis which are recognized as skin diseases and the treatments for them don’t usually come out of pocket.

Why isn’t baldness treated similarly?

Hi all, I started topical minox 3 weeks ago and lost quite some hair starting from the second week. My hair is quite thin in general (the individual hairs) and I'm a diffuse thinner. For this reason I'm thinking of also starting to use finasteride. Now I wonder, if I start with fin, do I get another additional shed? From what I've read here the shed is basically hairs that would fall out anyway. But I feel like they already did from the minox? What to expect? Thanks :)

I started Dutasteride super early at just 17 years old due to having really aggressive diffuse thinning. I managed to slow it down and my hair is just thick enough to go out in public.

Im 19M, and ever since i hopped on Dutasteride my beard and mustache has completely stopped developing. The density is the same, pigment and thickness hasnt changed 1 bit. Ive been on oral minoxidil 5mg for 2 years and it didnt help my facial hair at all. I also tried topical minoxidil on my beard for 6 months and I didnt notice any results so I just dropped it.

Now im stuck with a patchy beard and a thin mustache. For those guys saying facial hair doesnt need dht is just completely changing the facts. Dht is needed for actual development, thickness, density and pigment. Testosterone allows the facial hair to grow and thats it.

For context, my family has strong beard genetics. We are from the middle east and my dad has a super thick and long beard , same as my brother.

All these guys promoting dht blockers post puberty are completely ignoring that facial hair development carries on all the way till ur mid 30s.

Really is a predicament for me unfortunately.

Edit : A lot people can still slowly develop their beard on finasteride because finasteride only reduces serum dht by ~70%, which still leaves some potential for facial hair development. On the other hand, Dutasteride reduces ur serum dht by ~95%, which basically puts a complete stop to beard development. This post is specifically for those on Dutasteride.

Been on oral fin for about 5 years, about a year ago switched to oral fin / min (HIMS) and saw some slight regrowth (baby hairs at temples etc) however they have not matured to full/thick hairs. Few questions:

1. Has anyone seen regrowth after starting dermastamping even if they been on fin/min for a while? What was your protocol and how long did it take?

2. I’ve seen some posts that topical min works better alongside dermastamping - anyone have any experience with this? I have seen some additional growth on my beard after incorporating topical min even though had been on oral for a year or so

Any other comments / thoughts helpful!

About a NW2 but holding strong and have seen slight regrowth so hoping to accelerate it if possible

Been taking fin for about 1 week now and I’ve noticed blurry vision that like isn’t going away, anyone else experience this? Will it go away? Should I power though and see what happens?

I noticed after many months of oral dutasteride that unfortunately I got sides. They were manageable, but not something I would feel comfortable living with knowing that there are less aggressive medications. Regrowth was going very well, but I decided to switch to topicals. I started with DIY topical fin at 0.025%, noticed sides, and lowered to 0.005% which caused hairloss to resume.

I now feel trapped. I feel like I have to choose between hair and sexual function/general mood and if I sacrifice a bit of one of them I gain a bit of the other. I’m very eager to try low dose topical dut.

Has anyone experienced sides on oral and had success with feeling like you felt before starting fin/dut while keeping their hair?