21 and loosing hair, need advice

[muffin21]

Hi Everyone,

I am new here and really appreciate all the helpful info that can be found on this site. I recently noticed that I am beggining go lose hair, however this is not yet something someone else can notice. I could be overreacting, but I went out and bought Nizoral yesterday.
I notice some of you guys said that you'd like it if you weren't in the denial state and started your treatment earlier. I am wondering since I hope I cought this early enough, what it is I can do to keep what I have for at least few more years? I mean will Nizoral alone help me, or do I need to consider seeing my doctor and getting a prescription for something more serious?

Any advice is helpful since this is really starting to worry me.

 

[silkeysmooth]

Many people believe Nizoral would be most beneficial as a part of a threefold regimen people term as "the Big 3": Propecia (Finasteride), Minoxidil, and Nizoral. However, if you're looking to maintain only, then propecia and Nizoral are probably your best bet, since minoxidil is a regrowth treatment, and is in general a pain in the *** to use every day.

I'm not entirely sure whether Nizoral is an anti-androgen or an anti-fungal medication, but I do know that Propecia inhibits DHT production in the body, thus reducing the amount of follicles that bind to it. You need a script for Propecia BTW so you would have to go to your Doctor to get it.

Best of luck.

 

[Monkey]

i'm 26 now and started noticing hairloss round my temples age 23 - nothing too bad. I didn't do much about it until recently when I thought it was becoming more visible and I was becoming a little thinner on top.

I'd just like to warn you that if you go and buy some special treatments you might experience severe shedding like I have that has made my hair appearance a million times worse in the few weeks i've been using it (Revivogen). Now I wish i'd never touched it, but who knows, this is supposedly a sign that it is working and you have to keep going with it.

Just giving you my experience there - there are many more educated people on here who could give better advice. But from my hair not looking too bad, it now looks pretty bad - and I was not mentally prepared for that! I wish i'd just bought some decent shampoo.

 

[ACT10Npack]

minoxidil is a pain to use