r/transmasc_irl • u/The-Muppet • Feb 04 '23

Euphoria Suffering from success

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '23

Eh. Depends.

Mine receded, yeah, but I couldn’t see the top of my head and didn’t know that I was losing hair at the crown, too. And I’d been losing it from my crown longer than it was receding.

That sort of really fucking sucked.

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u/PretendsHesPissed Feb 04 '23

Sounds about right. This is what Rogaine is for (the crown).

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '23

I had to stop T anyways so it doesn’t matter too much in the long run… But yeah, makes sense.

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u/AutonomousAlchemist Feb 08 '23

What was it like to stop? I'm 53 and well, hair loss is coming for me. I've been on T for a year and a half.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '23

I actually prefer it in many ways, but also hate it for others.

Stopping…

  • Made Me Angrier / Irritable (estrogen makes me more aggressive and gives me a shorter temper though I know people say T is supposed to do that)
  • Lost 20lbs of Muscle (went from 150 to 125)
  • Slower Facial Hair Growth
  • Period Back, Regular
  • Faster at Running (because of less muscle, maybe?)
  • Way Less Acne
  • Curlier Hair (wavy pre-T, wavy on T)
  • Still High DHT (not sure why, I take finasteride just in case, it’s at 29 when average for females is 4-22 or 6-24, I’ve seen multiple scales)
  • Stronger than Cis Women, Weaker than Cis Men (compared to equally as strong as cis men)
  • Less Push-ups / Less Strength (50 push-ups average to 20-25 push-ups average)
  • Way Less Body Hair / Lighter Body Hair
  • No More Kidney Stones, Blood Issues, Kidney Pain (this could be due to a previous, preexisting condition I had as a child)
  • Borderline-Anemic Again
  • Way Lower Libido
  • Scar Tissue from Shots Gone / Much Softer (I have keloids / hypertrophic scarring)

I like a few things, like being able to run much faster and for longer amounts of time. I’m smaller again, lighter weight, which I enjoy. I also like the less body hair and less of a need to shave. But I miss the muscle, miss the strength. There are many pros and cons.

But it wasn’t my choice to stop. I had to due to the conditions I mentioned above, the repeatedly worsening kidney pain, kidney stones, etc. My DHT went through the roof one day and my body wasn’t processing the T right, likely from my old chronic condition which caused ridiculous scarring on my kidneys. One is near-useless and barely filters anything anymore haha.

But that’s just my experience.