hi my beautiful trans comrades!

so im pretty set on using bica, ive researched thoroughly and know the risks. but i am curious abt finasteride. do any mtf people use finasteride or is the mechanism completely different from bica, spiro, and cypro

just curious, i dont think im gonna change my decision to use bica unless my liver panel shows its causing damage

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    (I think mainly hair follicles, but I’m sure other stuff too)

    it’s skin generally including oil-producing glands. also includes some internal stuff like gonads and prostate.

    spiro is also speculated to bond to estrogen receptors so it’s thought to have a weak anti-estrogenic effect by occupying some receptors in the place of estradiol. last I checked the science was still out on this though. iirc it mimics a progestin, which is how it downregulates testosterone production. it’s just not very good at it relative to estrogen itself or any other AA. and it also has a much stronger effect as a potassium-sparing dieuretic. I wish they’d stop prescribing it.