Temple recession continues, 19 MtF, Monotherapy w/ confirmed low T, also taking 1.25mg Finasteride,

Transgender
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Hello everyone, I’m getting a little desperate. I’m taking female hormones, enough to greatly reduce production of testosterone. My latest blood test had my testosterone at around 30 ng/dL. On top of this, I am taking 1.25mg Finasteride in case it’s somehow enough to convert into DHT. Also Turning 19 soon.

I’ve been doing finasteride for around 11 months at this point, and I feel things are still actively declining (and no, I do not have unrealistic expectations of magically having hair “grow back”). Since around 16ish, my temples were pretty deep already, but things feel worse now. The temple area is still quite itchy, with some weeks noticeably worse than others. I have been shedding so much despite being on finasteride for a decent amount of time (much longer than what’s to be considered “dread shed”). I literally don’t know what else I can do to knock out or identify the root cause. I am 97% sure my temples have gotten WAY worse in the last year despite all this stuff.

Is there anything else I can try to do?

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Not really, the only thing you could do is oral dutasteride and topical minoxidil. There is also oral anti-androgens eventho it’s pointless (for hairloss) if you’re on dutasteride but you lose nothing by adding them as you’re trans (check with your doctor tho). Also, be patient, maybe the combination of estrogens and finasteride is strong and triggers an aggresive shedding

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If there’s a lot of itching, it might also be seb derm, and not just AGA. It will also help if you post pictures so we can assess what’s going on.