Perhaps this is not the right area to post this but were going to give is a shot. This is dealing with hair... You may have all heard or may be dealing with this. I call it the male curse. As one gets older, the good lord has decided to take the hair off the top of ones head and stuff it in your ears... LOL...
Okay, the ear thing is an easy fix, but what does one do with the receding hair line? It's not terrible mind you, but it's there. Besides that my hair is real fine and thinning also. I really don't want to use a wig, and my hair is real long, but it may be my only option. Any advice from you girls would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Veronica
Quote from: Veronica M on March 20, 2014, 06:29:55 AM
Perhaps this is not the right area to post this but were going to give is a shot. This is dealing with hair... You may have all heard or may be dealing with this. I call it the male curse. As one gets older, the good lord has decided to take the hair off the top of ones head and stuff it in your ears... LOL...
Okay, the ear thing is an easy fix, but what does one do with the receding hair line? It's not terrible mind you, but it's there. Besides that my hair is real fine and thinning also. I really don't want to use a wig, and my hair is real long, but it may be my only option. Any advice from you girls would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Veronica
I looked into hair transplants, but in the end I couldn't see a guarantee of improvement and I was concerned about spending thousands for nothing.
I don't like wearing a wig day in and day out, but it's a minor irritation.
Start Finasteride as soon as you can. It's a real slow fix, but it does work. I've taken it for almost a year and the very fine hair has come back just a little. I'll still need hair transplants, but it won't be quite as big an operation. Don't let these pictures scare you. The first is 30 months ago - pre transition, and then last week.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1353.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fq663%2Fkathybottoms%2F1_zpsc5615cdb.jpg&hash=85be43890853dd9d0d13d104600d8bbf05ae8895) (http://s1353.photobucket.com/user/kathybottoms/media/1_zpsc5615cdb.jpg.html)(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1353.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fq663%2Fkathybottoms%2F1474_zps7207c01c.jpg&hash=fab8653f0d3f668fa478f5669aa4a50e978c5c33) (http://s1353.photobucket.com/user/kathybottoms/media/1474_zps7207c01c.jpg.html)
Quote from: kathyk on March 20, 2014, 07:34:30 AM
Don't let these pictures scare you. The first is 30 months ago - pre transition, and then last week.
Didn't scare me a bit Kathy... LOL... Thank you, I will look it up and check it out...
Veronica
I second the finasteride suggestion! I didn't have toooo much receding hairline, but it was higher than a Cis female. finasteride has brought mine forward. Although I have heard the general rule of thumb is that it can take around 7 years off of your hairline at max, so look at pictures of yourself from around 5 years ago, that's what you could reasonably expect in terms of hairline advancement in finasteride. (as a side note, since starting finateride my eyelashes have grown major long! Helps with passing imo)
I would also recommend getting some proper salon quality haircare products. There are plenty good ones out there designed specifically for fine or thinning hair that can work wonders on it. Store bought or supermarket brands are just terrible in comparison.
Fish oil substitutes are great for making your hair thicker and stronger too, try them out if your hair is brittle or breaks easily.
There is also scalp advancement surgery as an option, but that's expensive and obviously is a major operation not to be taken lightly.
How much and what you need all comes down to how bad your hair is really, but don't give up on it and run straight to the wigs just yet ^^
Give it a year of good treatment and then see how it is before you make any decisions ;)