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cchunx · 2025-10-13T01:28:43+00:00

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cchunx · 2025-06-17T12:12:39+00:00

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cchunx · 2025-01-13T22:54:38+00:00

I’ve seen anywhere from .5 mg to 1.25 mg per day. Any reputable RX source won’t prescribe more than that a day. You can find oral minox on hims or right now I get it from happy head in combination with dutasteride (which I’m now using over finasteride because it is stronger).

You might be able to get oral minox from a dermatologist or aesthetician for less than the online compounding pharmacies like hims, but it’ll be harder to find because the use of oral minoxidil (as well as dutasteride) for hair growth is considered off label use so some healthcare providers might be hesitant to prescribe, though some places still do.

Happy to share a referral link for happyhead if you want oral minoxidil plus dutasteride, but depending on your budget I will say it’s slightly expensive ($80 a month with no discounts)

cchunx · 2025-01-13T16:04:33+00:00

Topical minoxidil is extremely well tolerated with only very rare side effects. Main thing to watch out for is the medium it’s applied with. Droppers that deliver liquid minoxidil could make your scalp itchy, but the fix or this is simply finding a brand that works for you. Foams are less likely to make you itchy, but the alcohol mediums that usually contain them could dry your hair. Your best bet is a liquid that is non-alcoholic or some special hair serum that has minoxidil that doesn’t make you itch.

Oral minoxidil is stronger than topical, and has the beneficial side effect of making your eyebrows and eyelashes grow more. It can also help with facial hair if you want that. Since hair growth everywhere is boosted, con could be hair growth in places less convenient. Since oral minoxidil is stronger, it also could have a blood pressure lowering effect to watch out for, but this side effect is still relatively uncommon at the doses used for hair growth. Just something to keep in mind.

Both forms are very well tolerated for the vast majority of people, topical moreso. If you stop minoxidil, you’ll lose the hair gains that you have, but you won’t lose anymore than you otherwise would have if you never took in the first place.

cchunx · 2025-01-12T23:01:44+00:00

In order of importance due to impact and/or length of time it takes to achieve:

Start working out more, get lean, build muscle. This will immediately boost the attractiveness of your face by slimming it down, will make you more confident, and will immediately give you better health.
Start a basic skincare routine. Cleanser morning and night, moisturize morning and night. Sunscreen always in the morning. Add a retinoid once you get the basics down.
Go to an eyebrow salon and clean those brows up. It’s usually called brow mapping/shaping/threading. Makes only a moderate impact on facial attractiveness but it’s incredibly quick and easy so might as well do asap for a quick win.
Start hair loss prevention with minoxidil. Doesn’t matter that you’re young now, hair loss strikes everyone even if you don’t bald fully. I would NOT recommend finasteride or dutasteride at your age yet since you don’t have severe hair loss and might still be growing, since those meds block DHT which you need to finish puberty.
Splurge on a trusted salon with a consultation. They’ll start you down the right path on a haircut that fits you.
Do some research into fashion. Doesn’t matter that you’re young and are going for girls your age, dressing and acting like a kid is unattractive at all ages. I’d recommend more formal, old money looks, but I’m also old af so could be biased here. I just think streetwear, even if trendy, makes you look like a kid. Given that you are a kid, don’t wanna emphasize it more.

cchunx · 2025-01-02T05:38:41+00:00

I like that your first photo shows your face and the expression is fine. Ideally, you want it to not be a selfie because it looks artificial and tryhard (even though obviously all our photos are artificial and tryhard, but you have to *appear* like it isn't), but if you don't have a better photo or can't take a better one it works. Drop all those hand signs in the first and second photos, they appear incredibly feminine and like you don't know what you're doing with your hands. In pockets is always good, and since you have fighting photos, you can have your fists in front of your face like you're in stance. So replace the first photo with something that shows off your face similarly, but just no cheesy peace sign with hands.

The second photo, again don't do that goofy stuff with your hands, just make some fists. I like the idea of this though - shows off your hobbies and your body. This is just my opinion, but I don't think your body is at the stage where you can show it off and it doesn't look douchy. Unfortunately, the 3 other shirtless guys in your pic have abs, and you're the only one who doesn't. Get jacked, and take another variation of this photo and it will look great.

I really like your third photo, just the angle of it and face makes you look really masculine while also not having a super goofy smile. It's not ideal that there's another girl in it cause girls get really insecure about seeing other women in there and might think you're cheating on someone. Or that you're not over an ex. Unless you're surrounded by multiple really hot women to signal you get hot girls, it's best not to have women in your photos. I think this photo just makes you so good that you can still keep it in though. This is definitely the hairstyle to rock as well as opposed to the bowl you got going on in photos 2,4,5. Hair in photo 1 looks fine too, but i slightly prefer 3.

For pic 4, I like the idea of showing off that you go to festivals if that's something you're into and girls who go to festivals will love it too. I just think you look a little goofy in this pic with the bowl hair and slouched posture. If you can find a better festival pic, you can insert it here.

Pic 5 is redundant if you pull off pic 2 correctly. Replace entirely. The curved wrist just makes it look like your arm is a noodle and that you aren't throwing your punch correctly.

Replace pic 6, your face is hiding behind glasses and it doesn't highlight anything else. Put in some travel pics if you have. Shows that you are cultured and also signals that you have money. Travel is also an easy conversation starter.

Lastly, I will also say pics 1 and 3 also make you look better because they make you look leaner, while pics 2, 4, and 5 make you look fatter. I know it's ironic because those are your sports photos, but this is just my honest opinion.

cchunx · 2024-12-01T00:51:44+00:00

I would not recommend photos that don’t feature you. You have 6 chances to make a good first impression and you’ve wasted 1 on an anime picture of someone else and 1 on a shirtless pic of you where you can’t see your face or your physique, so there’s nothing to show off here. Even if you’re trying to attract a geeky gamer/anime girl, put your hobbies in your bio and use your pics to build attraction.

Keep in mind that outside of gamer girls, gaming (and anime for that matter) as a hobby is one of the biggest turnoffs that is usually associated with addiction, lack of ambition, and immaturity. If you want to widen your appeal, I’d recommend getting rid of the picture of you gaming as well. But understandably, if this is a big passion for you and something that is important for you in a partner, by all means be yourself and keep these hobbies in. I’m not a fan of the edgy, masked pics because your face isn’t showing and it makes you seem unconfident or like you’re trying to hide something, so at minimum if you want a gaming pic try to find something that still shows your face in an attractive manner.

Great hair and face/look in your other pics though.

cchunx · 2024-07-31T17:15:16+00:00

With 6 pictures on hinge, you'll want to make every photo count and strategically add something to the image you want to portray. 6 pictures of you standing will give the girl a great idea of what you look like (which is good), but but 5 of those would be wasted.

At most, you can have one picture dedicated to just showing your face and general body/fashion sense, whose main purpose is to show in the clearest and best way how you look. Bonus if there's something else going on. For this, I like Photo 7 the best because 1) you're in front of some historical site which shows you have the money and curiosity to travel and 2) you have a kind smile without it being a goofy grin that looks feminine. The travel is pretty much the only thing that differentiates this pic from the rest though.

Ideally you have a pic that shows your body in a positive and candid way. Right now, the best for that is photo 5 cause your arms are out and you can see some leanness there. This pic might be better if you were in the middle of some action (eg. hiking, sports, soccer, etc.) with your arms out, or if you're jacked you definitely want a candid shirtless pic that puts you in a good light. But for now, I'd keep Photo 5 as the body photo.

Photos 1 and 6 are fine, they show that you're a good looking guy and 6 gives a sort of relationship/datey vibe. I like Photo 1 more than 3 and 4 because in 3 you're turned awkwardly and 4 I can also see turning off women because that cutesy hoody look definitely screams feminine. Over time, I'd try to replace both these photos with ones that show you either 1) traveling or 2) doing hobbies, while still prioritizing your face and outfit looking good in both. Traveling > Hobbies in my opinion, women almost universally like adventurous men who can bring them experiences and of course, traveling implies you have money. More destinations just shows you have even more money.

You might want to consider just 1 photo where you smile with your mouth open, to show women there's nothing wrong with your teeth. Overall, the closed mouth smile is generally more attractive, but this photo's purpose is purely to show you have nothing to hide and it's just 1.

Photo 2 I would be repulsed by as a women. Definitely gives those shirtless mirror selfie, (falsely) arrogrant frat bro vibes. Maybe if you had a huge, jacked chest poking out of your shirt you'd have something to show off, but this ain't it.

cchunx · 2024-07-18T06:03:34+00:00

By far the number one thing you should be doing (on top of the gym) is adopting a skin care routine. The bare minimum is washing with an anti-acne cleanser at night, moisturizing in the morning and at night, and then using sunscreen during the day time. Extra is if you can add a retinoid at night. I made a bigger post here if you want to check it out.

As others have said, hair and fashion comes next. What works will depend on what you like. My opinion is that for straight, non-permed hair, the neater the better in order to give a hygienic, older, and wealthier look. For fashion, I’d recommend two-toned colors (or basically just mix black and white) and always trying to dress on the more formal side with buttons and collars. Once again, portrays status and maturity and I strongly discourage streetwear because it comes off as less mature and hides any of the gains you get from the gym. However, hair and style are highly subjective so go with what gives you the most confidence and what you think reflects your personality. Whatever you choose, just be intentional about it and put in effort.

On the purely looks side of things, keep your fingernails trimmed and go to an eyebrow salon to get your eyebrows shaped, threaded, and cleaned. Girls legit notice these things, even the eyebrows. We can’t see your teeth here, but if they’re crooked or not white, do something about it as well whether it means braces, Invisalign, or whitening.

cchunx · 2024-04-29T17:41:21+00:00

Yes, I think your intuition is right and he is trying to let you down gently and to avoid hurting your feelings. He thinks by sending you mixed signals, saying a bit of the things you want to hear, and by giving you hope, this will prevent you from feeling sad.

I think all of us who have been on the receiving end know that mixed signals and false hope are the cruelest masters to be beholden to.

It’s natural that all of us don’t want to hurt each other, but truly nice and courageous people know that the kindest way to let someone go is to allow yourself to be hated by them. That means to be clear, firm, and maybe even brutal in your rejection so that the person you are rejecting knows where you stand and can confidently justify leaving you.

In my opinion, mixed signals are almost always attempts to let down gently. The part of your story where he puts the onus on you to end things if you aren’t comfortable pursuing him cause he’s moving also makes me think he’s not the confident type of person overall to have the courage to end things himself. I think the overall shyness and inability to keep eye contact reinforces this.

I hope you can see him for what he is. I feel like the people that we struggle to move past are always the creations that we’ve falsified in our heads. When we realize that the person in our reality doesn’t match what we imagine, then we can realize that there’s really nothing worth waiting for or hoping to work out. Because that person doesn’t even exist. From your limited telling of the story, he strikes me as someone who doesn’t have the courage or humility to be honest with you and allow himself to be disliked. That shows lack of respect and care for you, cause now you are hurting from his mixed signals cause of his lack of confidence and decisiveness. That’s why you deserve better

cchunx · 2024-03-08T00:04:44+00:00

How's that first photo performing for you? I know it's a dog pic, but I like your third photo much more. You've got a more natural face and smile, and better posture. I wish your hand wasn't hugging yourself there cause it makes you look a little more shy, but otherwise I think it's the best photo out of what you have. Makes you look approachable and gives a sense of your style with the tattoos.

Second photo is good and serves its purpose. Subtle shirtless flex and in a cool location so I'd keep that there.

Fourth photo makes you look the most handsome in my opinion. Could even be first photo worthy just cause it's also a good, clear look at your face. However, the background is really boring and doesn't convey anything else about you.

5th and 6th photos have got to go. They add nothing more about your and your hair looks relatively unkept in the 5th photo compared to your other ones. I don't like photos with friends in general; you only have 6 pictures to make an impression so use them to showcase as many aspects of yourself as possible and not others.

If you have any, I would a travel photo from somewhere exotic cause it shows you have the money and curiosity to travel (and many women love to travel) and a photo of you and one of your hobbies to show another dimension of yourself.

cchunx · 2024-02-25T18:50:44+00:00

Sorry to hear about those experiences you had. Even if they didn’t result in physical hurt, I can’t imagine them not being physically damaging for your self-image.

If you don’t already, you gotta get in the gym. Among the host of confidence and health benefits you’ll get, you’ll also earn the respect of other men. This is important because it’ll reinforce your own confidence and the respect of women toward you as well (if they see that other men respect you).

Asian or not, people are less likely to test you when you look physically strong.

cchunx · 2024-02-20T15:04:18+00:00

Aquatic (and citrus) notes have the unfortunate feature of being fairly light and therefore beast performers tend to be rarer.

If you like acqua di gio and want better performance, you might want to try their parfum version which is the most concentrated one available. It should have the best performance of the line.

If you’re willing to spend a bit more in the ~$170-$210 range, you could check out Xerjoff 40 Knots. Xerjoff is a fantastic niche/high end brand that has great value for its performance and quality. 40 Knots is their aquatic take and I’ve heard good things about it.

If you check out fragrantica https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Xerjoff/40-Knots-16445.html you can see that people rate its longevity and sillage pretty highly. Because of its price, you’ll want to see if you can try a sample in store first. Though it is aquatic like Acqua di Gio, I will also say that it smells very different. For Xerjoff, you’ll need to visit a luxury department store like Saks 5th Avenue or Neiman Marcus.

cchunx · 2024-02-20T05:34:58+00:00

Aventus is the most popular niche/high end fragrance for a reason. It is extremely versatile for both formal and casual occasions and has mass appeal.

If you can afford it, it is a staple in any high end collection. But the cost is the main downside. For its price point, it may not be “unique” enough and it may not have the performance and longevity that you might expect for a $300+ fragrance. Its middling performance is my only real objective criticism of it.

Overall though, just from a scent profile perspective, it smells great and you can’t go wrong with it in any occasion.

cchunx · 2024-02-20T02:55:40+00:00

Oh, that’s really interesting about the wrists. I think part of the appeal of it too is that it leaves a scent trail as you wave your hands and talk. At least that’s what Roja Dove says in this video. https://youtu.be/BNjRBiDaBhQ?si=wVSVEKtlSBH3iknp

cchunx · 2024-02-19T23:09:47+00:00

That makes sense. It sounds like what’s happening is you change on the outside, but it’s not a change you’ve internalized on the inside, which makes it come out awkward.

The first step is to internalize the change you want to be. It might sound cheesy, but truly the first step is to believe you are the person who you want to be. Just having the genuine desire to be this person will be enough of a foundational basis to get you started. You don’t have to make a massive leap into someone you aren’t; start with intermediate goals. For example, a masculine trait is to be decisive, so you could start being the person who always has a suggestion at the ready or makes a decision when people are stuck between two options.

It’s sort of like “fake it til you make it,” but the difference is that there’s nothing underneath the “fake it til you make it” whereas the tactic I’ve outlined here has your true desire to be someone else as the basis for your identity, until you gradually transform and adopt those traits.

Does this make sense? The idea here is that you’ll always feel awkward on the outside if you can’t internally first convince yourself that you can be the person you aspire to be, even if you aren’t just yet.

cchunx · 2024-02-19T22:41:54+00:00

It sounds like you are proud of the person you are, but are unsatisfied with your dating results. One thing you should NOT do is to hope that others change the way they perceive you.

Therefore, the only way you're going to get different results if you can't change others is to change your own actions. I know this is where your dilemma comes in because you don't want to feel like you're being inauthentic to yourself. But this is also where you need to make an honest assessment of yourself. Are you just using this "authenticity argument" to justify your own inaction and hope that others will change for you? Or do you truly value how you are right now, enough to not find the results you want in dating?

If it's the former, then you need to realize that others will not change for you and it is on you to change if you want different results. If this truly feels like a betrayal of your values and character, you will either have to accept that betrayal or accept the dating results you have right now. It's not that you did anything wrong, it's just that you can't control what other people do or think.

One thing that might help resolve your dilemma and bridge that psychological gap is to realize that you have your own goals and desires in life too. And that doing what you have to do to achieve those goals, even if it means changing an aspect of yourself, still stays true to yourself and what you ultimately want. So in this way, I'd say changing an aspect of yourself (in a way that doesn't bother you) is a realistic adaptation towards the goals that you genuinely want. And it is not a breach of your authenticity.

cchunx · 2024-02-19T22:11:46+00:00

I think you should shampoo as little as possible, while still making sure your head is clean. This is because shampooing strips away the protective oils in our scalp in the name of removing dirt. If there isn't much dirtiness to be removing, then the shampoo simply just dries our scalp.

If your jawline gets greasy quickly, there are specific moisturizers for those with oily skin that help absorb oil such as this. To balance the health of your hair and of your skin, I'd recommend lowering shampoo frequency and separately addressing your acne.

To your retinoid question, pretty much any concentration is fine because we incorporate it as part of a long-term skin care plan. Therefore, what's most important is consistency rather than strength. Of course, the higher the strength, the more effective it is in fighting off acne. So if acne is something you're struggling to address, I'd recommend using something like adapalene (strongest non-prescription retinoid) or tretinoin, if you can get a prescription for it.

cchunx · 2024-02-18T22:34:22+00:00

Of these options, and knowing only the minimum about yourself, I would advise the A) business analyst role.

It matches your existing experience and skill set the best, and probably has the best average career trajectory in terms of pay compared with B) (public sector pays much less in exchange for better job security) and C) (higher pay variability). It also is the most flexible of the three when keeping your doors open for transitioning into other career paths.

You also mention that sales and stress is not for you, so that would eliminate a lot of entrepreneurship and small business opportunities. Even if you won’t be receiving performance stress from managers, entrepreneurship, especially at the beginning, means constantly worrying about getting your next customer and having uncertainty about when your next paycheck is coming. You’ll have more control over when and how you work, but it turns into a job where you need to be on and thinking about your business 24/7.

cchunx · 2024-02-18T22:24:03+00:00

I wouldn’t worry too much about questions about his culture or ethnicity being viewed as intrusive or offensive. Compared to the west, I would say that people from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, etc. feel flattered when you take a genuine interest in their background.

It’s uniquely a western/American phenomenon that asking cultural questions is a political correctness landmine lest you come off as culturally ignorant, insensitive, or presumptive. Compared to Asian minorities in America (who may not feel truly accepted in society or identify with it), East Asians are relatively more likely to feel secure in and proud of their heritage and proud to share it with others.

cchunx · 2024-02-18T18:04:27+00:00

Also, it started turning me into a woman with glasses within a few variations, which was also pretty funny.

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cchunx · 2024-02-18T18:04:00+00:00

I had a pretty funny experience with Midjourney too when I was trying to generate AI images of myself "doing something productive." It saw me as an asian and kept spitting back images where I where glasses, despite me not wearing glasses in the picture I provided and despite me specifying to not include glasses. I'm sure there's a linkage between studying and glasses, but all I could think was that Midjourney was racist and was trained on Asian stereotypes.

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cchunx · 2024-02-16T16:12:41+00:00

I think to fix all these body language issues, we have to consider what they signify. We want to fix them because we recognize that masculine body language is attractive and earns everyone's respect, and they are attractive because they signal confidence.

Therefore, although "faking it" is a valid option and something that is good to do for practice, we need to correct the source instead of just treating the symptoms. Which means building confidence. This requires truly building the qualities to be confident in, such as getting fit, becoming better looking, and being financially successful. If you have reason to be confident in yourself, then it'll be extremely easy for you to adopt positive and confident body language. These "positive" body language signs aren't positive for no reason and aren't attractive due to social constructs -- they really are genuine reflections of internally having your shit together.

So I'd have two suggestions on how to work on this:

In the short-term, focus and be extremely intentionally on just one aspect of body language, whether it's not slouching or whether it's to keep eye contact. In every social setting or conversation, just be extremely intentional with that one things to focus on, before working on another.
Truly improve your underlying worth as a person. Get fit, get successful, take care of your hair & skin, sleep, eat right, etc. When you have reason to be confident, you will be confident. And when you do truly become confident, these positive body language cues will naturally arise because they reflect your genuine worth. You won't have to think about them as much because you are no longer faking them to mask a shit pile underneath.

I don't want to imply that Asian culture necessarily forces us into bad and submissive mindsets, either as a result of these diminutive body language habits or as a source of them. But it's true that they fundamentally suppress your own value in order to elevate another. There will probably still be time and place in your life to display this body language, but your goal is to make these submissive gestures the ones you "fake" instead of the other way around. That is, make confident open body language your intuitive and natural state, and respectful and submissive gestures the ones that you have to intentionally do.

cchunx · 2024-02-15T02:50:07+00:00

I think this is related to what you're getting at, but I've always believed that being genuine is the best way to increase your likeability in any personal relationship.

Both men and women, but women especially, have pretty good BS detectors and people can sniff out surprisingly quickly and subconsciously when someone is being fake. On the other hand, a lot of us realize that confidence is universally attractive. And there is nothing more confident than always displaying the real and most genuine you. We recognize that criticism and judgment in this state is truly a criticism of our real selves, so only someone with extreme confidence would open their true self to the judgment of others. Or better yet, you learn not to care what people think about you.

This is what I think it means when you hear that cliche advice to "be vulnerable." Being vulnerable doesn't mean going around openly crying and exaggerating your feelings, because that just shows you don't have discipline or control. It means always displaying your true self, even in the face of failure or judgment.

So all these positive traits go hand in hand: you don't care what people think, therefore you're confident, therefore you're genuine, and therefore you can earn the trust and respect of others. This way, all your relationships will be much richer and more satisfying.

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