ftm: 5 years on testosterone.

[@noahgrey1197]

Happy 5 years! It's crazy I remember when you started T! I can't wait till I start T sometime February! 🎉🎉🎉

[@searchingforwhatever]

Thank you! Five years is such a long time...but felt like a second somehow... Woohoo, February is like a millisecond away!

[@adamducklol]

Leo, this was beautiful, the roads long, and you seem to have been on it a while but this was truly something amazing. Subbed and look forward to more of this. Thank you!

[@searchingforwhatever]

Adam, thank you very much for your kind words!

[@karlalizana6310]

heyy!! you're gorgeous!!! it's normal... don't torture yourself

[@searchingforwhatever]

Hola Karla! Muchas gracias por tus palabras tan amables! Muchos saludos a Chile. :-)

[@britpoppansy]

My hair is thinning in the back now too, man. I thought I was safe, but nope, it started happening 10-11 years into my transition. I just buzz it down real short now. I was sad about it for a while, but it's like, well, we are in good company with a lot of other men. One thing I will say about rocking a very short buzzcut is that it's very low maintenance! Have you checked out the "Bald Cafe" channel on here? You might like it. It's balding guy inspo haha.

[@searchingforwhatever]

I feel you, bro... And I already like the low maintenance of my short hair compared to my long mane. But still... Thanks for the channel recommendation! Watching all the balding videos now, haha.

[@britpoppansy]

@@searchingforwhatever The guy who runs the channel is really nice. He even had a trans dude on there before. You know what, I use the minoxidil foam. That won't make your hair greasy like the oil. I've actually had some success with it too.

[@searchingforwhatever]

@@britpoppansy Since I won't give up before having tried everything, I'll be looking into this for sure...

[@britpoppansy]

@@searchingforwhatever it truly is worth a shot. My doctor recommended the foam. He said you really need to stick with it for several months because initially there is a "shedding phase". You'll be like, great, I'm just getting more bald. But no, the weal hair falls out and then new stronger hairs grow back. It'll work, man. It just takes patience.

[@foregroundeclispeleon6223]

I'm currently now 20 I'm pre T and pre everything so hopfully it won't be too long till I'm able to start testronone. Unfortanely I don't have enough money for it and my situation is complicated which puts my transition on hold. Hopfully I can make it. I'm a trans man ftm.

[@nerolunaart]

tried minoxidil (regaine), meso therapy, prescripted shampoos/ampulles, etc. and god knows what else to combat baldness - nothing worked. also took finasteride pills every day (around 40€ a pack :/ prescripted only) for around 4 or 5 years. i stopped since last year. and theres literally no difference so far. my hair doesnt recede faster, nor do i feel any emotional difference. i guess some form of hair transplantation might be the closest thing to getting our hair back (and even thats not 100% guaranteed) :(

[@searchingforwhatever]

Well...that...sounds...motivating. Who on earth came up with male pattern baldness?!

[@einericklon2936]

Hi Leo ! After 5 years and 10 months on T, I decided to stop the HRT. Accepting the kind of woman I am, instead. Makes me feel set free ! Sending You love and lots of thanks for your great videos !!! ( You will allways feel like a sibbling to me ! )

[@searchingforwhatever]

Wow, that's a plot twist! It takes a lot of courage to decide and change something so drastically after all this time of running into one direction. I hope you're doing fine in your new old self!

[@einericklon2936]

@@searchingforwhatever Yes, it's a special journey... But I feel empowered, strong and accepting enough to be my old new self now ! ;-) Hope You're doing fine too, whatever You're up to !!

[@searchingforwhatever]

@@einericklon2936 I am! And there are a couple of videos waiting to be edited...for too long already... Need to get these done!

[@foregroundeclispeleon6223]

My dad balded in his mid 30's and he was still young. I'm keeping that in mind.

[@recordsturn9011]

it’s crazy to think about being 5 years on T. I’m gonna be 1 year on T when May hits and i do wonder how T will affect my body throughout the duration of my life. by the time 5 years hits I’ll be 19. there’s no documentation from trans guys that started at 14 and lived a healthy life (that I know of). am I gonna die at 30??? I think about that a lot. anyways thank you for sharing your video it was very interesting!

[@recordsturn9011]

@tripleBblev there is! I came out when I was 12 and it was a long battle to get my family to accept me. legally I couldn’t be put on T till 14 so I had to wait a little but I still consider myself lucky. I went to my local children’s hospital and set up an appointment with the gender clinic there. since I was 13 when I got my first appointment I couldn’t walk out with T. I did however walk out with a prescription for some pills that would stop my periods so that was nice. I live in Midwest USA a place that’s not exactly all that trans friendly. i you live in the USA and your parents are supportive you should be able to go on T at your age. the clinic that I went to only needed one parent to consent.

[@searchingforwhatever]

I'd like to say that I'm quite certain that you're not gonna die at 30. :-) I guess there's just almost no documentation about trans guys going on T that early and now being healthy in their 30's because 15 years ago there weren't that many trans guys out at this young age (and able to receive HRT). I feel that nowadays it's a lot more...how shall I phrase it..."common" to come out as trans at 12, 13 or so. Because there are so many trans guys out there in media, on KZbin etc. to show that trans people exist. We are more visible now than we were 15 years ago. Which is a really appreciating evolution.

[@Jwilliams813]

I know lots of trans guys that have been on T for over ten years. T is just a hormone it’s not gonna kill u. At the most, you’ll lose the hair on your head

[@recordsturn9011]

@@Jwilliams813 that’s a relief! being bald sounds like a bummer but better that than being dead

[@foregroundeclispeleon6223]

Watching this video defintenily helped me prepare for balding. The men on my dad's side of the family start to bald pretty earlier on. So even thou I like my hair , I'm learing to accept that change when I'm able to start testronone. Much support my dude! Your videos give me hope that I can someday start transitioning soon.

[@searchingforwhatever]

I hope you find a better way to cope with balding than me...because...well, I don't have one. Haha. I hate watching my hair falling out.

[@foregroundeclispeleon6223]

@@searchingforwhatever I hope so too. Take care man! :)

[@ll_oak]

Thank you for making this

[@searchingforwhatever]

Thank you for watching this. :-)

[@free_h2o142]

Hi Leo! Great to see you again

[@searchingforwhatever]

Hi! Good to hear! :-)

[@omnipressent]

I was soooo shocked to hear Russian language in a voice comparison Btw, i'm really happy for you) congrats)

[@searchingforwhatever]

Thank you! Haha. I hope you were shocked in a good way!

[@inkyandthesane3022]

I have been on T for a little bit and I have more hair growth, on my hands I get hair everywhere on the hands I have not noticed any missing patches. I think hair makeup has to do with genetics, my family has an overabundance of it. There are hair strengthening things out there like Keeps.

[@_sofie]

I’m not trans but I have hair on every finger except the upper half of my index finger. It’s so weird.

[@searchingforwhatever]

Interesting to hear! We need to do more research on this phenomenon...

[@christopherboada7921]

Hi, Leo.I've just discovered your channel. I'm a cisgender gay man, 70 now, and I thought I'd share a little from my life. I started losing my hair when I was 17, well before there were any treatments. By the time I became 33, my balding was substantial. Neither of my brothers shared this trait, but my father had lost much of his hair when he was young, also. So I think you should just accept that it's part of your genetic programming. There are women who lose quite a bit of hair, too, so don't feel that there's anything wrong with you. Regarding the issue of an Adam's apple, this is a trait that many cisgender men lack. I never had much of one. And hair on the fingers? Also something that varies widely among cisgender men. So, don't fret. By all appearances you are a normal guy! Offering lots of love.

[@searchingforwhatever]

Hi Christopher, thank you for stopping by and leaving these kind words here! Oh boy, if I had started to lose my hair at 17, I would have gone crazy for sure... I must say I'm not at the point to accept my hair loss, yet. It's like with my chest. As long as there are still options left for a chance of improvement, I'll try them out, I guess. My hair has always been a substantial part of my identity in some way, and I promised one thing to myself before going on T: that I will try whatever it takes to keep my hair if I start to bald. Wish I'd be as mature as to accept it. But I'm not (, yet). ;-)

[@christiansnyder759]

My peach fuzz is already darkening and I’m a month and a week and 3 days on T. I’m shocked. Also my knuckles are fuzzy as heck!

[@searchingforwhatever]

Then I'm curious how hairy your hands might get. ;-)

[@pcangeldust]

At what age did you start on T?

[@searchingforwhatever]

I started one day after my 28th birthday.

[@dede9632]

so detail! thank

[@searchingforwhatever]

Thank you for acknowledging the effort I put into this. ;-)

[@NickUncommon]

Happy belated birthday. So far, it just looks like a mature hairline.

[@searchingforwhatever]

Thank you! Yes, it looks like a mature hairline because I'm trying my best to place my fringes over the bald patches. They go farther back than it looks in the video!

[@NickUncommon]

@@searchingforwhatever Doing a darn good job, then ;) I also lose hair in clumps over all my body parts and hope, it is reversible once the hyper active parathyroid nodule is removed. Else, short hair and showing the big head scar will be a new way of life. Can never afford hair transplant or artful wigs.

[@searchingforwhatever]

@@NickUncommon Uh, this doesn't sound like fun. I wish you all the best!

[@user-rs1wc9qs3n]

Very late to this but maybe try finesteride to help your hair or maybe even consider lower dose T

[@searchingforwhatever]

The interval of my injections is pretty large, so my T dose is not superhigh anyway (just so it stays in the right range). I've thought about finasteride and also talked to my endo about it. He's not too enthusiastic about the idea of "taking away" some of the hormones that I get on purpose...if you know what I mean. Also there's this known side effect of depression. I'm not prone to that but you never know. However, I might give it a shot.

[@foregroundeclispeleon6223]

I'd love to bake you a T cake my dude! Congratulations! :) 🎂🍰

[@searchingforwhatever]

That's very sweet of you!

[@marcosnomad]

Handsome 🔥

[@travis3624]

Tattoo isn't a bad option brother :)

[@searchingforwhatever]

Need to find something I can imagine to live my whole life with on my chest, though. Not that easy...

[@nonkdonk5896]

"ftm" >wouldn't pay for an Adam's apple yea calling BS

[@marcb.4401]

?

[@KingOfNothingLR]

I wouldn't either