So my three biggest dysphoric things now are my facal hair, weight and not having alot of hair up top and it gets me thinking how im percieved by others how i currenty act and look. Who else is or was bald and not out? I plan to get a trasplant to correct this rather than wigs forever.

I know i dont act male, espeicaly at work but its a bit hard not to notice a shiny head that screams male. Now does this allow more freedom to act how you wish as people may take longer to make the conection im trans? Or does it just therefore come accross camp? I dont wish to change how im acting, i feel im now showing far more of my personallity than i have the rest of my life combined but is there anyone out there who has gone through this as a starting point and had the same thoughts?

Freedom to act or / and harder to get reconised as yourself?

Start a new fashion? Wear lots of hats? I'm sure there must be ways around it. I don't see being bald as insurmountable barrier.

I've been on HRT for 3+ years and have been out of the closet for quite some time. But I decided recently decided to go bald just to try it out. I was told my face was still feminine and I was told I sported the look quite well. I feel I look very in between the genders. Just my experience...

Baldness isn't an exclusively male affliction. I have a couple of CIS female clients who are balding. One severely enough that she has to wear a hairpiece on her crown because because it's so thin.

Quote from: findingreason on March 22, 2018, 07:19:43 PM
I've been on HRT for 3+ years and have been out of the closet for quite some time. But I decided recently decided to go bald just to try it out. I was told my face was still feminine and I was told I sported the look quite well. I feel I look very in between the genders. Just my experience...

I'd agree with that assessment. It looks pretty good.

I have a trans friend who just gave up on hair.  She shaved her head bald and got a big rose tattoo on one side of her head and called it done.

Quote from: CarlyMcx on March 22, 2018, 08:33:28 PM
I have a trans friend who just gave up on hair.  She shaved her head bald and got a big rose tattoo on one side of her head and called it done.

Some women can rock the bald look. I had a client who decided she wanted to shave her long hair. I tried hard to talk her out of it but she insisted. I have to say she looked really good bald. She was so pretty anyway that she didn't need hair to look good. Personally I would never have the courage to try that look myself.

Quote from: CarlyMcx on March 22, 2018, 08:33:28 PM
I have a trans friend who just gave up on hair.  She shaved her head bald and got a big rose tattoo on one side of her head and called it done.

ROCK ON!!!

The bald thing kept me from even considering transition for years. I have heard that HRT can cause thicker faster, hair growth on one's head and in some cases some re-growth but in my case I felt there was no point waiting to see if that was the case, I had simply lost too much. I am four months on HRT and just today had my second laser treatment on my head. Pretty soon it will just be five kinds of smooth and shiny and I love it. There are head scarves and hats for all seasons and I am fond of a lot of them.

Facial laser treatment has worked well so far and I think between the two it draws away a lot of the maleness of my head an face. I also waxed/shaped my eye brows and bought women's glasses which made a big difference.

There was a woman that went to the church my parents dragged me to as a kid who was bald. She had studied overseas at some point and got mercury poisoning if I recall correctly. It made all the hair on her body fall out. She only had eyelashes left. I always thought she was simply beautiful, bald or not.

There are a lot of images on Pintrest and Tumblr of women who either have shaved their heads or are just bald for whatever reason. Its just another look to me, even if not all that popular or common.

I think with a little creativity and a bit of attitude (when needed) we can overcome anything.

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I'm out full time and still have a large bald spot on the front of my scalp.  HRT and Rogaine is helping a little.  Until it is fixed head bands and hats have been my friend.  My spouse recently got me several new ones and there is one with mermaid scales that is my favorite.

Our uniqueness doesn't stop with being trans. I think being able to transition is really great and wanting to work on ourselves is even better. If you have hair on the back of your head, it's expensive, but there's the option of doing hair grafts. I see  videos on youtube where people are bald on the front and/or top and then have a head full of hair. It's amazing

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Quote from: RobynTx on March 23, 2018, 05:45:42 AM
I'm out full time and still have a large bald spot on the front of my scalp.  HRT and Rogaine is helping a little.  Until it is fixed head bands and hats have been my friend.  My spouse recently got me several new ones and there is one with mermaid scales that is my favorite.

Cool, my former Tejas neighbor!

I'm balding myself but I swear I'm feeling a little grow in front and the big spot in the back is filling a little.  I tried to take Ellie's suggestion and went to Costco here in Las Vegas to get the Rogaine but clerk told me that as soon as they put it out a woman comes in and buys it all.  Six month supply is 40 bucks. 

Anyway, the hair is one of the two major concerns with voice being second.  My avatar is my real hair and I used a hair band so as far as the picture goes, I thought it turned out okay.  If I had a full head of hair I'd probably already being presenting myself more. 

I have a couple of caps but haven't really gotten into them yet.  I have to feel "natural" in my transsision.

I swear I've been balding since the day I was born. A trait on my fathers side. I can't complain much about what I got from moms 

It is what you want it to be.

At 6ft tall in rural West Virginia working for THE largest employer of which some 400 heads saw me on a daily basis, I felt mostly confident no one recognized me in female mode. (Now if only my wife thought so  while we are living 4 miles from Times Square NYC ) "Male Fail" will NEVER be part of my life experiences even after 8 years of HRT. I scream the last person ever you'd think was trans in male mode. (Except when it comes to sports... Go Yankee's!  )

During this journey both of my therapists asked me "What would be different if Joanne showed up for work tomorrow?". Both s my instant response was "Nothing", immediately followed by the requisite heads exploding and jaw dropping joking about this 6ft tall bald dinosaur now being a not bad for old bat woman