Can't grow back any of my facial hair

[Dominick_81]

I wished I never shaved off my facial hair, now I can't grow any of it back. Anyone else have a problem growing back facial hair after shaving it all off? This could be b/c my dosage has been low(not working) since August...? The hair on my face is like peach fuzz. Only random dark hairs grow on my face now. It's been almost a month since I shaved and I'm just getting peach fuzz. I feel like I'm starting my transition all over again. This is so frustrating. I stopped the finastride almost a month ago so I could grow back my beard but no luck growing any facial hair back.

[anibioman]

i feel the same way i had a pathetic amount of facial hair over the summer. however it was really good as compared to what i grew back in the past month since i stopped shaving. maybe because i was on T now im off so my facial hair is growing a lot slower.

[supremecatoverlord]

Dominick, are you aware that you basically answered your own question within the midst of this post?
Of course, this has happened to other guys before, but only if testosterone is no longer working as the main hormone in their body.
If estrogen is dominating your body again and you have low testosterone levels, naturally, you're going to grow facial hair much slower.

[JessicaH]

Unless your T level gets to a certain level, the 5-alpha reductase enzyme will not convert the T into DHT which is far more potent causing facial hair to grow. About 7% of the T gets converted t DHT anyways so having the propper high levels of T are VERY important if you want masculinization.

A normal 25 year old male has an average  T level of almost 700 ng/dl and during puberty can be 1,000 ng/dl or higher.

[Dominick_81]

Dominick, are you aware that you basically answered your own question within the midst of this post?
Of course, this has happened to other guys before, but only if testosterone is no longer working as the main hormone in their body.
If estrogen is dominating your body again and you have low testosterone levels, naturally, you're going to grow facial hair much slower.

No, I wasn't aware I did that.

I'm just so upset that this is taking forever to get my dosage right that I just can't think straight. I'm even considering going back on the shots just to get my levels back to a normal male range. All I want to do is just cry. I don't want it to take forever again to get back to a normal male range. I don't want the acne back again. It was just going away. This is a nightmare.

[KamTheMan]

Why aren't you on shots? They're probably the only thing that can get your T levels as high as you need them to be.

[Simon]

All I want to do is just cry. I don't want it to take forever again to get back to a normal male range. I don't want the acne back again. It was just going away. This is a nightmare.

Why do you see your male puberty as a nightmare? Pardon me if I come off as blunt but I think you have unrealistic expectations. You're not willing to take the bad with the good. In every thread I have seen you write you've been upset about the effects of T you were getting (acne and hair loss) so you stopped just to be upset that you're not getting the desired effects (deep voice and facial hair).

Hormones aren't going to turn us all into stereotypically "gorgeous" men. Vanity isn't a good reason to transition. I think you need to seriously look at the reasons you want HRT. Are you willing to accept yourself if the man you become physically isn't what you desire to look like?

[Dominick_81]

Why aren't you on shots? They're probably the only thing that can get your T levels as high as you need them to be.

I'm terrified of getting the shots so I switched to gel when my insurance started to cover it. But I'm thinking now that I might have to go back to the shots.

Why do you see your male puberty as a nightmare? Pardon me if I come off as blunt but I think you have unrealistic expectations. You're not willing to take the bad with the good. In every thread I have seen you write you've been upset about the effects of T you were getting (acne and hair loss) so you stopped just to be upset that you're not getting the desired effects (deep voice and facial hair).

Hormones aren't going to turn us all into stereotypically "gorgeous" men. Vanity isn't a good reason to transition. I think you need to seriously look at the reasons you want HRT. Are you willing to accept yourself if the man you become physically isn't what you desire to look like?

You took that last post wrong. I've had low T since August. My T levels have been low all this time. The andro gel wasn't working at all.  In August My T levels were perfect the doctor said. I was growing facial, not the best, scrappy and patchy but it was still growing and very noticeable. Now, I can't grow anything but peach fuzz and I've had no further changes b/c of the low T all this time. This is what's upsetting me.

Every year I wait for the day where I look and pass completely as male and almost 2 years later it still hasn't happened. I'm not comfortable that I complete pass as male. (Maybe that's why after 2 years I still haven't been able to get a job. Maybe God is waiting for me to feel comfortable with myself that I pass completely as male before I get a job...?) I'm waiting for the day that I do. I know someday I will and I thought that being on T for almost 2 years I would be passing a lot better. But I've also had a lot of setbacks as well. First being on a low dose and trying to find the right dosage for a year, and then finally finding the right dosage at about a year and a half and the acne finally going away. Then I switched over to the andro gel and find out that it hasn't been working since August. I haven't had any more changes b/c of that. This has been really frustrating for me.  Now I'm worried that if I get this job how am I gonna work out a schedule to get my shot?


Also, if I do go back on the shots, Would I go back on the dosage that gave me the prefect T levels that I had or do I have to start at a low again dose and build up to that perfect dose I was on? I'm just wondering if I could just pick up from where I left off on the shots and not have to mess around again with finding the right dosage since we (the doctor) already know what the right dosage is from before?

[wheat thins are delicious]

Why do you see your male puberty as a nightmare? Pardon me if I come off as blunt but I think you have unrealistic expectations. You're not willing to take the bad with the good. In every thread I have seen you write you've been upset about the effects of T you were getting (acne and hair loss) so you stopped just to be upset that you're not getting the desired effects (deep voice and facial hair).

Hormones aren't going to turn us all into stereotypically "gorgeous" men. Vanity isn't a good reason to transition. I think you need to seriously look at the reasons you want HRT. Are you willing to accept yourself if the man you become physically isn't what you desire to look like?

I agree completely Simon.

I feel that if you hadn't been screwing around with your dose so much, and going on the finastride, you would have better results by now.

[Dominick_81]

I agree completely Simon.

I feel that if you hadn't been screwing around with your dose so much, and going on the finastride, you would have better results by now.

I agree too. I had a 2 week job assignment and I wasn't able to get my shot so that's when I switched over to the gel and the temp agency hasn't had any work since August and that screwed me up. But again, I would have switched over to the gel once my T had run out.

The doctor is so hard to get a hold of. I won't be able to get a script or instructions until Tuesday or later on what she want to put me on. I do still have some of my T left over from August. I just have to find someone to give me my shot when I need it, and if I get this job, it will interfere with me getting my shots when I need it and that makes me really nervous.