Alright so here goes...
First a little about me....
I am currently 20 years old, turning 21 this year. My father is a Norwood 6. I first noticed my hairloss in November of 2003, basically i was takin a shower and noticed that my hands were covered with hair. At first thought is was just a one time thing, but to my horror it wasnt. One day I decided to count how many hairs i lost by washing my hair in the sink (with the drain closed) and scooping all the hair out afterwards. Yes this was a painstaking process but i had to know. Well the count came out to over 200 hairs. I went to a hair specialist (not a stupid derm) and he confirmed that I had male pattern baldness, more specifically diffuse loss and hairline recession .
So on apri 22 2004 I started on Propecia 1mg, the real sh*t not the generic. I also started applying minoxidil 5% 1x a day to my right temple. Also i started nizoral 2% every other day..
3 months later.. my right temple had regrowth, but every other area was the same if not worse. shedding the same amount as b4 treatment
6 months..my right temple still was improving and the rest of my hair was the same if not worse...shedding the same amount as b4 treatment..At this point i was sick of waiting for propecia to work so i started using minoxidil 5% all over 2x a day since i was actually responding to it..
7 1/2 months... my shedding had finnally stopped (i am 100% about this)! I was estatic.. I was getting extreme peeling from minoxidil so i ordered Dr.Lees and started using that...
9 months... hair had improved all over, hairline pretty much the same but hair was thicker all over.. still no shedding......
10 1/2 months....right temple starts to fade back to baseline..extremly upsetting, thought maybe it was just the shed...hair shedding minimal
11months...right temple basically back to baseline...hair shedding back to over 200 each day...at this point im completly depressed...didnt understand y hair shedding started again and y my temple would fade if i was still using minoxidil and even 2x a day instead of 1.. I found it weird that exaclty 3months after i started dr.lees minoxidil my results dissapeared so i started applying kirkland minoxidil on the right temple 1x a day and dr.lees 1x a day.
12 month(now) Hair shedding is still the same...right temple has improved eversince i started kirkland minoxidil again but not to the same level as b4...rest of hair is basically the same if not worse than baseline...all hairs that i shed are thinner at the root, zero, I repeat 0 have ever been thicker at the root...in the entire time of propecia i have probably seen 3 shed hairs in total from my head that were thicker at the root.. and that was between month 7-10...
So all in all it has been a roller coaster ride but it looks as if i reached my peak in month 9 which doesnt make any sense to me......... I dont understand y my result would fade after adding dr.lees and upping the dosage to 2x a day...i should add that I have always been using 3-4ml for each application with no hearts problems or anything...thats prolly y i saw improvement with minoxidil so fast... I dont feel like propecia has doen anything for me cause my shedding is extreme...and I took it religiously everyday...i was also consistant with the minoxidil....
I am thinking that I may have developed reflex hyperandrogenicity with propecia..the reason i think this is because my face is so oily that I cant even beleive it..its seriously sick...i have also had uncontrollable acne the entire time on propecia...i have always had an oily face and acne my entire life but ever since i started propecia oil production is even worse and my acne is resistant to everything...
And since minoxidil was working for me and then all of a sudden stopped makes me think that maybe the reflex hyperandrogenicity effect from propecia was counteracting its effects and is making the minoxidil useless...
I am getting a blood test done this week and I am measuring my DHT, Testosterone, Estrogen levels.. I will let u know the results...
Can this blood test tell me if I have developed reflex hyperandrogenicity from propecia? I have testosterone and estrogen levels from b4 propecia but not DHT...
Has anybody else expericend this? minoxidil working great for a couple of months and then just stopping??
Damn this sucks..........
First a little about me....
I am currently 20 years old, turning 21 this year. My father is a Norwood 6. I first noticed my hairloss in November of 2003, basically i was takin a shower and noticed that my hands were covered with hair. At first thought is was just a one time thing, but to my horror it wasnt. One day I decided to count how many hairs i lost by washing my hair in the sink (with the drain closed) and scooping all the hair out afterwards. Yes this was a painstaking process but i had to know. Well the count came out to over 200 hairs. I went to a hair specialist (not a stupid derm) and he confirmed that I had male pattern baldness, more specifically diffuse loss and hairline recession .
So on apri 22 2004 I started on Propecia 1mg, the real sh*t not the generic. I also started applying minoxidil 5% 1x a day to my right temple. Also i started nizoral 2% every other day..
3 months later.. my right temple had regrowth, but every other area was the same if not worse. shedding the same amount as b4 treatment
6 months..my right temple still was improving and the rest of my hair was the same if not worse...shedding the same amount as b4 treatment..At this point i was sick of waiting for propecia to work so i started using minoxidil 5% all over 2x a day since i was actually responding to it..
7 1/2 months... my shedding had finnally stopped (i am 100% about this)! I was estatic.. I was getting extreme peeling from minoxidil so i ordered Dr.Lees and started using that...
9 months... hair had improved all over, hairline pretty much the same but hair was thicker all over.. still no shedding......
10 1/2 months....right temple starts to fade back to baseline..extremly upsetting, thought maybe it was just the shed...hair shedding minimal
11months...right temple basically back to baseline...hair shedding back to over 200 each day...at this point im completly depressed...didnt understand y hair shedding started again and y my temple would fade if i was still using minoxidil and even 2x a day instead of 1.. I found it weird that exaclty 3months after i started dr.lees minoxidil my results dissapeared so i started applying kirkland minoxidil on the right temple 1x a day and dr.lees 1x a day.
12 month(now) Hair shedding is still the same...right temple has improved eversince i started kirkland minoxidil again but not to the same level as b4...rest of hair is basically the same if not worse than baseline...all hairs that i shed are thinner at the root, zero, I repeat 0 have ever been thicker at the root...in the entire time of propecia i have probably seen 3 shed hairs in total from my head that were thicker at the root.. and that was between month 7-10...
So all in all it has been a roller coaster ride but it looks as if i reached my peak in month 9 which doesnt make any sense to me......... I dont understand y my result would fade after adding dr.lees and upping the dosage to 2x a day...i should add that I have always been using 3-4ml for each application with no hearts problems or anything...thats prolly y i saw improvement with minoxidil so fast... I dont feel like propecia has doen anything for me cause my shedding is extreme...and I took it religiously everyday...i was also consistant with the minoxidil....
I am thinking that I may have developed reflex hyperandrogenicity with propecia..the reason i think this is because my face is so oily that I cant even beleive it..its seriously sick...i have also had uncontrollable acne the entire time on propecia...i have always had an oily face and acne my entire life but ever since i started propecia oil production is even worse and my acne is resistant to everything...
And since minoxidil was working for me and then all of a sudden stopped makes me think that maybe the reflex hyperandrogenicity effect from propecia was counteracting its effects and is making the minoxidil useless...
I am getting a blood test done this week and I am measuring my DHT, Testosterone, Estrogen levels.. I will let u know the results...
Can this blood test tell me if I have developed reflex hyperandrogenicity from propecia? I have testosterone and estrogen levels from b4 propecia but not DHT...
Has anybody else expericend this? minoxidil working great for a couple of months and then just stopping??
Damn this sucks..........
