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Re: fireman's story - (21 yr old NW7 destined) fireman: It looks to me as though you've thickened a bit from your baseline. I would not quit finasteride after four months as that could have really dramatic and disastrous results. People harp on this all the time here, but I'll say it again, if...

Agreed Harold. Seems strange to me that everyone seems to discount Nizoral as not being able to do anything. For starters, ketoconazole is a DHT inhibitor - sure, it may not be as potent as taking finasteride orally, but then again you don't have to worry about growing tits. Second...

Gotta agree with some of the previous posters on here... your hair loss seems very minor. Minor to the point that the average person is never going to notice it. The only people that will probably notice it is 1. You, and 2. people like those in this forum that scrutinize everyone's head for any...

Like you said, it's a big IF, but yes, if those treatments pan out you'd probably be a fine candidate for those procedures. You may want to look into a product called Acell. It's supposed to hit the market anytime now (like, in the next week) and there's a lot of people theorizing that it could...

Re: Ian Curtis's story - (Pics inside,age 18 and on finasteride) I don't think your hair looks that bad at all. In public, most people probably would not think of you as balding. Those last two pictures especially look pretty good. If all this loss has happened in one year, then yes, it might be...

Re: Looking for help. Pics posted. You seem to be thinning, but I would recommend against a hair transplant. For starters, you are too young and you don't know how aggressive your hair loss will be. You still have a good amount of hair and with treatment you can probably keep most of it for the foreseeable...

Re: How Seborrheic Dermatitis has ruined my life..well sort of ! Sounds similar to me. My hair loss (sheds) first started right after I grew my hair out longer than it had ever been previously. My hair went from straight to VERY curly and I also developed some scalp problems. Been shedding ever...

Re: New Member, Questions. Pictures. Tough to say Billy. Overall, you still have a good amount of hair, but it is clear you are thinning out near the crown/down the middle of your scalp. Probably diffuse hair loss. I agree with previous poster that treatments will probably work, you've caught...

I only use Nizoral on a daily basis if my scalp has become inflamed for whatever reason. Otherwise, I'd use it every third day or so. On other days, I use baby shampoo. After hearing your family history, our situations sound even more similar. I have minimal hairloss in my family tree. One bald...

I don't blame you for worrying about Propecia. When I was desperate - thinking that my hair loss was going to be really bad - I actually went so far as to order the pills, but I could never bring myself to take them. Like I said I started noticing huge shedding right before my 19th birthday...

Your hair loss looks very, very similar to my own. Your temples look fine, no signs of loss there, but it does look like your crown is getting a little bit thin. Overall though, you've still got a great head of hair. I first started noticing my hair loss right before my 19th birthday (massive...

Lupus?

Transplants work because of "donor dominance". Yes - there's still DHT in the areas where you had hair transplanted, but the follicles that got put there are immune to it, because they are from the "safe zone". Donor dominance means that it doesn't matter where your hair is on the scalp - what...

Actually, I think it could. If you are using minoxidil it's possibly that you are stimulating hairs that have always been vellus and making them terminal. If you look at your forehead, it's covered in tiny vellus hairs. If you're some incredible responder to minoxidil, maybe you could turn your whole...

That definitely doesn't look like male pattern baldness to me. It looks exactly like female pattern baldness. I'd get everything checked out (iron, thyroid, etc.) and maybe you'll find some reason for the strange pattern.