Thank You, Testosterone

[thisearthlyride]

This is what happens when you realize you're starting to lose your hair at 29 freakin' years old:



You all can expect to see me with a shaved head from now on... :(

Comments

[luckywandercook.livejournal.com]

1) Looks good on you. Goes with your eyes. I don't think you'll lack for any attention from guys or gals.
2) My hair is falling out at a tremendous rate, which is hard for someone who's always had to have his hair thinned out every time he got a haircut. I tried Rogaine for a few months, and it helped at first but then it started falling out even quicker. I have an appointment with my doc on Tuesday to talk about Propecia; I know another transguy who's had great luck with it.
3) If you feel like your T dosage is stable, and you've been on it a while, you might even want to experiment with reducing it a bit. I was off T for a month while I was sick and I didn't see any negative results, but I liked that it took the crazy edge off my libido and made me a little less volatile. I'm going to try doing half my regular dose, 1/2 a cc every two weeks, and see how that goes.

I sympathize ....

[thisearthlyride.livejournal.com]

1. Thanks. I swear I wasn't fishing for compliments, but it is appreciated :)

2. I've always had this thing about aging gracefully- which, to me, means accepting what your body is doing and not fight it. That doesn't mean not taking care of yourself, but I'm not really one to run out and buy anti-aging skin creams and the like. Even so, I did briefly consider buying Rogaine. But I figure it's just delaying the inevitable, so a shaved head it is!

3. I haven't been able to see an endo in god knows how long. I have an appointment set up, but it's not until next month (and I made this appointment back in December!)

A while back, I needed bloodwork and so I asked my doc to throw in all the usual stuff that an endo would check. It seemed like everything was at a normal rate, although my cholesterol was a tiny bit high. This surprised me, since my bloodwork has always been "perfect." So I did a bit of self regulating and am now on the same dose as you. I figure that after 6 years I really don't need the monster dosage.

Thanks for the advice- I'll definitely be bringing this up with the endo when I see him!

[elliot-manning.livejournal.com]

I feel bad for you with your hair dilemma, but I cannot empathize. Sorry.

Your hair doesn't look bad cut back like that, though. Actually, I think it looks pretty cool. :-D

Hope your tonsils feel better, by the way. That really sucks that they're hurting you. Damn tonsils, anyway.

[ajax67.livejournal.com]

shaved head = hot, hot, hot.

[thisearthlyride.livejournal.com]

yup. i'm just doing it to tease all the boys and girls :P

[ajax67.livejournal.com]

aHA! i KNEW it.

[krazyleesa.livejournal.com]

VERY nice. :)

[crustyprincess.livejournal.com]

Aww but you look so adorible! No worries love, yer eyes are pretty enough to pull off the no hair look :)

[thisearthlyride.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my only worry is that when I'm overweight (like I am now) that I look funny with a shaved head. It doesn't help that I have dimples. I'll make a special post to illustrate what I'm talking about :)

[ajax67.livejournal.com]

dude. look at my pics on myspace. i'm overweight. i have dimples. i have a shaved head. it's not so bad. i promise.

[jack-jackrum.livejournal.com]

Lookin damn good.