dablackman
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What up dudes. I am only 20 years old and I start losing my hair when I was 18 years old (obvious at 19). This was by far the hardest thing I have ever been through in my life. My hair loss was drastic, I lost a lot of hair (diffused thinning) in my frontal area in a short amount of time. I used to be able to get away with it earlier in 2005 because someone would have to look very closely to be able to tell. But by August 2005, it was obvious. I went through the denial stage at first, but in August (around the time college started back) I was in a deep depression.
I shed a lot of tears and had many sleepless nights. I honestly didn't enjoy life anymore and would have felt better ending up dead in a car accident or something like that. I didn't get to the point of suicide though. I guess it affected me so badly because I really wasn't a bad looking guy. Actually that semester Aug-Dec 2005 was my lowest GPA level in my live. It was HORRIBLE. Some of the people I considered my friends laughed behind my back. I guess because I am still a tough looking dude. Every conversation with someone was them talking to my frontal hair loss.
After hours of research on the internet, especially, Hairlosstalk.com I found info on the only 2 FDA approved medications proven to stop hair loss and regrow a significant amount of hair, Propecia and Rogaine. So, I build up enough courage, talked to my parents and went to a General Doctor to treat my hair loss. Man, my hairloss was so bad that when I took off my du-rag for the nurse to see it she almost started laughing. Thus, I started Propecia on September 7, 2005. Realizing I wanted the quickest regrowth results, I started Rogaine a week after. From today, it has been about 5 months since treatment. I went to my doctor two weeks ago and he couldn’t believe it. The nurses were all going crazy when they looked at my baseline picture and my recent picture. I was one of the few good respondents because I have visible regrown all of my lost hair. I didn’t notice any shedding because I only had a few strands of hair from my hairline to my mid scalp. I feel ALOT better about my live and I don't have to wear a hat everywhere I go now.
I look a lot like my old self again. Going through this experience has really humbled me as far a looking at physical appearances. Even though I have regrown my lost hair, I realize this is a battle I will fight until I die. I know it is hard to understand the sensitivity of going through hair loss if someone hasn’t been effective by it, but for us who have or are still going through it, this will encourage them a little bit. Hang in there buddies.
I shed a lot of tears and had many sleepless nights. I honestly didn't enjoy life anymore and would have felt better ending up dead in a car accident or something like that. I didn't get to the point of suicide though. I guess it affected me so badly because I really wasn't a bad looking guy. Actually that semester Aug-Dec 2005 was my lowest GPA level in my live. It was HORRIBLE. Some of the people I considered my friends laughed behind my back. I guess because I am still a tough looking dude. Every conversation with someone was them talking to my frontal hair loss.
After hours of research on the internet, especially, Hairlosstalk.com I found info on the only 2 FDA approved medications proven to stop hair loss and regrow a significant amount of hair, Propecia and Rogaine. So, I build up enough courage, talked to my parents and went to a General Doctor to treat my hair loss. Man, my hairloss was so bad that when I took off my du-rag for the nurse to see it she almost started laughing. Thus, I started Propecia on September 7, 2005. Realizing I wanted the quickest regrowth results, I started Rogaine a week after. From today, it has been about 5 months since treatment. I went to my doctor two weeks ago and he couldn’t believe it. The nurses were all going crazy when they looked at my baseline picture and my recent picture. I was one of the few good respondents because I have visible regrown all of my lost hair. I didn’t notice any shedding because I only had a few strands of hair from my hairline to my mid scalp. I feel ALOT better about my live and I don't have to wear a hat everywhere I go now.
I look a lot like my old self again. Going through this experience has really humbled me as far a looking at physical appearances. Even though I have regrown my lost hair, I realize this is a battle I will fight until I die. I know it is hard to understand the sensitivity of going through hair loss if someone hasn’t been effective by it, but for us who have or are still going through it, this will encourage them a little bit. Hang in there buddies.
