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Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: alena on June 18, 2014, 07:03:55 AM

Title: Does head hair always get finer on HRT?
Post by: alena on June 18, 2014, 07:03:55 AM
I have coarse black hair on my head that is similar to my mum and grandmother. I was told by my doctor that when I go on estrogen my hair will get finer. But is this always the case? Are there any girls on estrogen whose hair thickness has stayed the same despite being on estrogen? Thanks x
Title: Re: Does head hair always get finer on HRT?
Post by: Ms Grace on June 18, 2014, 07:05:21 AM
Body hair maybe, don't know about head hair.
Title: Re: Does head hair always get finer on HRT?
Post by: Hikari on June 18, 2014, 07:11:15 AM
My hair might be a bit drier on the whole it isn't thinner.

In fact on the corners where the m shaped hairline was the hair has gotten much thicker and started to grow in though I would attribute that to dutasterdie and minoxdil not estrogen.
Title: Re: Does head hair always get finer on HRT?
Post by: Sammy on June 18, 2014, 07:14:27 AM
I always had very soft and thin hair and it appears to be the same, though sometimes it seems a tiny bit thinner, but I am not sure about this.
Title: Re: Does head hair always get finer on HRT?
Post by: Jenny07 on June 18, 2014, 07:19:28 AM
Body hair has got much finer to non existent. :)

Head hair has filled back in and gotten fuller as it was starting to thin out.
I have not noticed that it has gotten thicker, pretty sure it looks finer to me.
Nice to know its not falling out anymore.

J
Title: Re: Does head hair always get finer on HRT?
Post by: alena on June 18, 2014, 01:23:37 PM
Thanks, I hope my hair doesn't go too fine as I like it the way it is. But any more hair is always welcome  ;)
Title: Re: Does head hair always get finer on HRT?
Post by: KayXo on June 18, 2014, 01:35:10 PM
Hair grows longer/faster but is thinner than it was, similar to pre-puberty.
Title: Re: Does head hair always get finer on HRT?
Post by: Natalie on June 18, 2014, 02:04:12 PM
My hair is super thick so if I did loose more than normal I wouldn't know it for like a 100 years.