Quote from: Michele on July 13, 2013, 06:50:08 PM
I think you made an excellent choice with your gender. Your pictures now compared to then are extraordinary. 
Thank you, I'll take that as a compliment hehe
You know, it's interesting, to me at least, I never though of my hair as 'thin' until We got back from Hawaii and I saw that pic. I was like OMG my hair! I went in the bathroom at home (I have 5 100 watt light bulbs so it's pretty bright) and looked at my hair at every angle and couldn't replicate it (that thin look).
I asked my spouse to look at my hair in the sun at the same angle around the same time of day as that pic, and she was surprised, it didn't look that thin like it did in the pic. Maybe it had something to do with the Hawaii sun? UV? LOL, I really don't know but, my hair shaft is fine, always has been. I get that from my mom. My mom is of Russian/Ukraine/E.U. decent, and a lot of the women in my family have thin hair. My dad is 100% Italian and his hair is so black and gorgeous. Why couldn't I have his hair! haha
But damn, that picture kinda looks like I have Alopecia.
My secret? No secret, I REALLY thought it was the light, until I had my bilateral orchiectomy in 2007. By blessed luck after that, my hair thickened up (a little, not a lot) once all T production was gone post op. My T levels prior to surgery were in the low 100-103's naturally, no spiro. Even my endo was surprised that my face wasn't androgynous from such low T levels. But like I told him, my parents put me on T shots when I was a kid. Having Refeinstein's Syndrome just plain sucks. But androgen insensitivity is a whole separate discussion. They didn't know what to do/how to treat Reifenstein's in the 70's when I was born. Now, they let the children decide what gender they are as they get older.
I wanted to do hair extensions, but didn't want to spend $1200 on them. I just learned how to style it to hide that "M" LOL. I'm happy now, and to me, that's what counts.
