hey there. i REALLY dont want to be here, i don’t want to have an account here, and by god i cannot understand why the subreddit is SO unfriendly that selecting certain flairs gets your post auto deleted. my gripes with this community aside, i’m hoping ANYONE can be enough of a reasonable person to read what i post and maybe try to help. getting repeatedly kicked in the crotch by automod is not helpful when i am posting something that has NOT been answered before due to the complexity of my question.
moving on…
firstly- i am canadian and on my province’s disability insurance due to a long list of health issues, MS being one of them (although im fairly certain MS and the hair loss arent related lol) so i would like to make an up front note that my budget is very limited and i am ideally looking for prescription routes.
secondly, my city has literally only two dermatologists practicing within city limits- i’ve seen both of them for other concerns (acne) and i’ve seen both of them before. one was alright, but the other was unspeakably terrible to the point my GP actually suggested i file a malpractice suit against them.
third, i am a trans male/female to male transgender and 23 y/o (24 in sept), been on HRT/Testosterone since 18 y/o. i am, now, in my 20s, experiencing the dreaded hair loss- and while some trans guys are fine with the bald dude look, i unfortunately am not. shame me or whatever you’d like for not “accepting 100% of masculinity”, whatever anti trans shit of the day, i truly don’t care. i just don’t want to be bald before 25, and i know a lot of my not-trans male friends feel the same way. so, meh. i’d say i’m about a norwood 1 or barely 2, it’s not a huge issue but i want to stop it before it gets worse. using keratin hair fibers (toppik) to mimic a fuller hairline just feels… gross.
that all being said and taken into consideration, i’m wondering what my options are- I could likely afford topical minox if i saved a bit, but i am perpetually worried about the fact that i have an extremely tiny dog (3 lbs adult weight, she has dwarfism) and do not want to expose her to the chemicals in minox after applying it. i feel oral minox would be the best route for me, i have no conflicting health issues or prescriptions, but i have been reading on here that finding it in canada and specifically ontario where i live is a massive struggle. i cannot afford to see new doctors and am limited to my existing medical team or doctors i have seen before (including the dermatologist who wasn’t a bumblefucking asshole) so please do not suggest online pharmacies/services such as Maple, etc.
i understand my options here are probably limited- i’m also wondering about finasteride but i’m uncertain of the effects on me as a trans dude. i know the real answer is probably just “talk to my medical team”, but my doctors’ offices are closed on the weekends and i can’t get a genuine medical opinion within my budget until monday. thanks in advance.