I was replying to @Quokka@quokk.au earlier but seemed to make sense to ask everyone here:

Is anyone on a hair regrowth journey here? Is anyone taking the combo in the title? I’m curious about a few things.

  1. Did you start finasteride at the same time as starting hrt? Given that I’m about to start HRT, I feel like i should wait to start fin for a few months ago I can tell what emotional changes come from HRT and what come from fin.

  2. Did you get the dreaded depression side effect from fin?

  3. How do you take them and how do you take your E? Is there any worry about hepatic stress from taking all of these orally?

  4. Any increased body hair growth? If so, even after laser / electro?

  5. How careful do you have you have to be with hair care? Are you sleeping in hair covers? Using expensive conditioners etc?

  6. Are you getting the results you want?

  • jadetoffee@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I am on all three.

    Started August 2025 on 2mg sublingual estradiol (low dose, ik) and 2.5mg oral minoxidil

    Added 1mg oral finasteride in December 2025

    Switched to 4mg / 5 days EV injections early April 2026

    Experienced massive shedding for a few months with noticable losses, has slowed down as of late and i hope to see progress soon

    I experienced depression and even suicidal ideation at times, BUT i have a history of this, so im unsure if it is related to meds

    Body hair growth seems about the same, idk. Maybe the loss from E is cancelling out the growth from Min. Currently doing IPL and hoping for the best

    I use nizoral shampoo as i have dermatitis on the scalp but other than that i dont do anything special

    I have seen some gains but nowhere near my goal. but it is still early

    here is my reddit thread on my hair journey so far