19 years old, early signs of male pattern baldness.

Digidako

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Hey everyone, i'm new to this forum and hairloss alike.It never really crossed my mind that I could lose my hair this young and I must admit I was little reckless with some of the workout supps I was taking. After taking DHEA, a test booster banned in canada I noticed my temples thinning a little bit but it never really occured to me that it could be AA. A month later I shaved my hair down to the #1 I usually do and noticed that my forehead had gotten bigger. It was after this it really started to worry me. Its been about 2 months since then and from my perspective (everyon. I ask says its all in my head) I do believe that I am starting to bald. All the man on my mothers side have a full head of thick hair, but all the men on my fathers side are bald/or nearly there. My father didn't start losing his hair until his early 30's, I wish I could say the same. I feel ashamed in myself knowing that I could have potentially kick started the DHT conversion process by supplementing with testosterone products, even though it was probably only a matter of time before my hair loss started anyways. None the less, when I started to panic about it I went pretty wild and ordered 1 years worth of folligain and a few months worth of s5 cream. Ive been using both together with nizoral for about a month now and have not seen anything. I noticed my hair is shedding which could either be good or bad, but my pesimistic nature assumes the worst 90% of the time. I made an appt. With my GP to see if he can write me an Rx for finasteride, as right now I believe my male pattern baldness is at its earliest stages and I have the best chance of preventing more hair to be lost. Most of it i'm sure is psychological but when I look at myself in the mirror I can see my temples thinning and my crown as well. I beat myself up about it everyday which i'm sure doesnt help the situation. All I can think about is what good looking girl would want to be with a qball for the rest of her life and it really hurts my confidence. Up until this point I was probably the most confident person ever, playing varisty football and getting into med school after only 2 years of undergrad made it seem like I really had nothing to worry about. I know its childish to think that a women wouldnt want to be with me if im bald (although I did shave my head to a #1 for 3 years and had no trouble with women at all; but im sure that was due to my hubris) but at this day and age it seems that to most girls thats all they care about. As I digress, I want to make it clear that i'm not looking for sympathy of any kind; just some other people who have similar stories because right now I feel like im the only one. Thank you
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talmoode

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hi just wanted to say that you are not the only one and we are all here to help you through hard times. I have nothing further to comment on your battle plan. It seems like you already know what to do. Good on you for catching it so early and I am confident that you will be just fine. Good luck!
 

XXXXXXX

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Dat dem dere going bald.
 

Da Crow

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Get finasteride a.s.a.p, with the loss being recent you'll have greater chances to recover everything... when your dht stays low enough you could maintain forever. Simple mathematics for a complex process... if your interested in neurochemical effects the research is out there.
 

Digidako

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I plan to start finasteride next week. I've read a lot about side effects but I think I'll just play it by day. Start out small (0.5mg/day to start) and work my way up from there. The only thing I'm worried about it the 'shed' I've been reading about everywhere. The last thing I want to do is make the problem worse than it already is ...
 

abcdefg

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Almost every guy out there that lost hair has been worried about it. Who isnt concerned at all about their appearance? I will say that hair is important in regards to how old you look because Norwood 0 can pass for 18 at like 40 and it works opposite too just because its so common most people judge men by their hair to gauge how old they are. I do it a lot myself because usually its right.
Anyhow seeing a doctor or derm and getting propecia is the only step there is. Only thing that works the spironolactone and all that is comforting but probably not stopping it.
 
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