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Concerns about arm hair growth (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 5 days ago by birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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See title. I'm on HRT for over 11 months now, thoroughly enjoying it. I've a hunch the dose is a bit low, though. I get androgen blockers every 2-3 months, my last one was one month ago.

Normally my arm hairs aren't very visible, so I didn't have much dysphoria from that. However, recently my arm hair seems to be growing a lot and thicker, and I'm concerned. Is this normal?

My mum doesn't really have a lot of arm hair, nor do other gals in my family.

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[–] thadah@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Hey, I have used Lenzetto 3 sprays with 12.5mg of CPA every day for around six months, as per the indication of the endocrinologist. The 3 pumps are usually not enough for proper feminization. Estradiol levels with Lenzetto fluctuated a lot and usually stayed below 100pg/mL (<365pmol/l). It is the only treatment that is given officially in our territory, so after talking to some other transfems in my area and looking at their analysis, they all had the same problem. Some were even taking 4 pumps without much better results. Lenzetto is just not very strong as an estradiol delivery mechanism, some of us went DIY after realizing that. Antiandrogen seems to be working fine although like it has been pointed out it's still pretty high.