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Do anti-androgens reduce facial hair growth on an AMAB? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
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My health care provider most likely won't prescribe any kind of estrogen, but it just hit me that they probably don't even know what testosterone blockers are. So...

Would a monotherapy with only anti-androgens help with reducing facial hair growth?

I'm quite tired of spending a fortune on IPL and my threshold for pain is so ridiculously low that it's a hell every time. They have had to order an opioid cream just for me...

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[–] 4 points 15 hours ago* (4 children)

Minoxidil doesn't block or inhibit production of DHT, afaik. Are you sure you're not thinking of finasteride? They're often prescribed together for hair loss.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

    Thanks for this! I immediately sent an email to my physician to ask their opinion on finasteride(for hair loss reasons).

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  • [–] 3 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

    quick heads up: your doctor will probably warn you that one of the reported side effects of DHT blockers is "depression". i say that in quotes because these medications are generally given to men, and from what i've pieced together, the "depressive symptoms" seem to basically be symptoms of biochemical dysphoria. in other words, if feminizing HRT is something you wish to pursue in the future anyway, you probably won't be getting any depression dysphoria from taking a DHT blocker :)

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