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Started by Dee Marshall, April 05, 2017, 09:25:39 PM

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Dee Marshall

April 05, 2017, 09:25:39 PM
I'm 2 years 7 months in to my medical MtoF transition. Recently I've noticed that my beard shadow seems darker. I'm in my late fifties and before HRT there was a noticeable amount of grey in my beard and my testosterone level had gotten quite low, well below the bottom number for a healthy male and closer to the top level for a healthy female. Could those grey hairs be turning dark again? Mind you, I have noted slower growth and some reduction in coverage.
April 22, 2015, the day of my first face to face pass in gender neutral clothes and no makeup. It may be months to the next one, but I'm good with that!

Being transgender is just a phase. It hardly ever starts before conception and always ends promptly at death.

They say the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train. I say, climb aboard!
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Susan

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April 05, 2017, 09:27:43 PM
Hairs have a limited amount of pigment cells...


QuoteAs we get older, the pigment cells in our hair follicles gradually die. When there are fewer pigment cells in a hair follicle, that strand of hair will no longer contain as much melanin and will become a more transparent color — like gray, silver, or white — as it grows.
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HappyMoni

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April 05, 2017, 09:34:28 PM
I love my electrolysis person. She calls them 'light' hairs in stead of grey. I, in fact, have so many 'light' hairs that I suspect I will one day be a blond. And I do plan to have more fun!  :P
Moni
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HRT June 11, 2015. (new birthday) - FFS in late June 2016. (Dr. _____=Ugh!) - Full time June 18, 2016 (Yeah! finally) - GCS June 27, 2017. (McGinn=Yeah!) - Under Eye repair from FFS 8/17/17 - Nose surgery-November 20, 2017 (Dr. Papel=Yeah) - Hair Transplant on June 21, 2018 (Dr. Cooley-yeah) - Breast Augmentation on July 10, 2018 (Dr. Basner in Baltimore) - Removed bad scarring from FFS surgery near ears and hairline in August, 2018 (Dr. Papel) -Sept. 2018, starting a skin regiment on face with Retin A  April 2019 -repairing neck scar from FFS

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Janes Groove

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April 05, 2017, 09:46:35 PM
If you had electrolysis or laser and it got rid of the shadow it could be  back because hair has a 3 year dormancy period.  So it might not be old hair.  Just new hair that has been dormant for 3 years.
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Dee Marshall

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April 06, 2017, 08:32:36 AM
Thank you all for the info. I haven't had laser or electrolysis yet, but at least it makes more sense now. I hope to be starting laser soon. It's pretty much the last step in my transition. Surgeries are beyond my means and at 58 they don't sound cost effective anyway. Thank goodness I don't have that type of dysphoria. My face has pretty much the same bone structure as my mother and my sister, brow ridges and all. Lots of Neanderthal genes!
April 22, 2015, the day of my first face to face pass in gender neutral clothes and no makeup. It may be months to the next one, but I'm good with that!

Being transgender is just a phase. It hardly ever starts before conception and always ends promptly at death.

They say the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train. I say, climb aboard!
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