Recent content by GhostKoi

Yeah I think I’m going to start. If I experience any shedding of things like that I’ll stop because I don’t want to destroy my hair. Seeing the uneven hairline and more aggressive curve from the side just has me worried Can anyone explain those? They look really bad to me

Hey guys, this in an update. The issue has been on my mind for about 4 months now. I have visited two different highly rated dermatologists and they both said I wasn't balding and that going on finasteride would be extreme, especially since I have no shedding. However, I have noticed recently that my...

Thanks man! It means a lot. Yeah it’s frusterating because it seems like even my dermatologist doesn’t really believe that I have it yet I know the longer I wait the worse it’s going to get... my parents the same way. I’ll get a second opinion and beg to go on finasteride so maybe I don’t continue to loose.

Yeah that’s honestly what I’m worried about. I don’t think I can live through the shedding period on finasteride, esp when my hair doesn’t look too bad now. I also know it will take a while to regrow from there and continue to shed in cycles. That’s my biggest concern. Honestly a lot of me wants to...

Thanks... do you think there is value to just jumping on it now? Even if I haven’t seen any recession yet (just some miniaturization). I can’t bear to actually loose hair and I really don’t want to risk it at all. I am fully willing to deal with any sides that come so that’s not an issue. I just...

I’m well past this. My hair is miniaturizing. The process has begun. I’m trying to know how finasteride would impact me if I’m not actually suffering from male pattern baldness. Can miniaturization happen outside of male pattern baldness?

Could it potentially hurt to go on finasteride even if I’m not actually balding? (I.e. say my derm is right and that this is temporary caused by stress etc... if I went on finasteride could that cause shedding and ultimately hurt my hair?).

Their comment was that since my hairline hasn’t moved (which it hasn’t since I could check so about two years ago) and since I am not shedding at all, that I shouldn’t jump to finasteride yet. Appearently Real male pattern baldness usually has a lot of shedding along with it? I still can’t believe this. I used to look...

I’m confused do you agree or disagree? This whole thing is really freaking me out

I just got back from my dermatologist who examined my hairline and said that I have miniaturization and that it was was “uncovered” by inflammation in my scalp and stressful living conditions (I had been working 85 hour weeks for two months straight however I never mentioned this fact to him)...

Anyone? I’m pretty worried

Here are some pictures from about a year ago. Has it gotten worse?

Hey Guys, I wanted to post an update. I am seeing my dermatologist in a week but I thought I would ask here again and get a more definite sense. Here are recent pictures that show the hairline And how it’s progressed. It’s really hard to tell if it’s always been like this and it’s jus mature or...

Fair. So my appointment is in a month which was the earliest anyone can do. Are there any non-prescription things I can start on now? Also - since I don’t have an official diagnosis from an MD... are there any risks to starting any of these treatments now (I.e. problems if I start doing this...

Hey guys - one last thing. So I’ve been working at a job for the past 4.5 weeks where I’ve only been getting (this is not an exaggeration) roughly 3 to 5 hours of sleep per night. Could this be playing a role in the thinning? Once I got back on a normal schedule could my hair return thicker? Or...