I am 23 years old . Mixed ethnicity (don't know if that has anything to do with it). Around 3 years ago(20 years old) I noticed hair coming out. It was nothing major just a couple of hair follicles coming out in the shower. I did my research, read that it was normal to lose 50-100 hair follicles a day . That wasn't good enough for me to believe. So I went to a dermatologist. He checked out my hair and told me I was fine and that it was normal to lose hair. So I payed no mind to it thinking it was normal, even tho when I'd drink a lot the night before the next morning I'd wake up losing more hair then usual. Now I'm 23 years old and notice my crown area thinning and I'm losing more hair than I was before.i see multiple hair follicles when I shower, dry my hair, run my fingers threw my hair, and on my pillow.
I ask 2 dermatologist to rate my thinning from a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being the least worse 10 being horrible) one dermatologist said it was a 1 the other said a 2-2 and a half . In my eyes it is dramatic. It makes me depressed, and self conscious!! They both gave me 2 overall opinions: propecia or rogaine . I am afraid of propecia because of the side effects it has on the sexual side. I don't want to lose my sex drive ! I especially don't want to lose it permanently! Even tho they say it's a rare side effect I'm not sure if I really want to take that risk . If anyone would make me feel better about taking propecia it would be someone who already has taken it . Now rogaine, I don't want to take it for several months and happen to miss a day or two and see my hair falling out like crazy.
I'm really scared of losing my hair . I went from someone who had the most confidence and very happy to a person who is self conscious and thinking about my hair so much that it makes me depressed at times. Even my girlfriend is getting tired of me talking and complaining about my hair.
Can someone who has taken both or knows someone who has taken both (propecia and rogaine) please give me some advice on both of these item?and which one to take? Or if anyone has home methods that really work? Please help!!!!!!
I ask 2 dermatologist to rate my thinning from a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being the least worse 10 being horrible) one dermatologist said it was a 1 the other said a 2-2 and a half . In my eyes it is dramatic. It makes me depressed, and self conscious!! They both gave me 2 overall opinions: propecia or rogaine . I am afraid of propecia because of the side effects it has on the sexual side. I don't want to lose my sex drive ! I especially don't want to lose it permanently! Even tho they say it's a rare side effect I'm not sure if I really want to take that risk . If anyone would make me feel better about taking propecia it would be someone who already has taken it . Now rogaine, I don't want to take it for several months and happen to miss a day or two and see my hair falling out like crazy.
I'm really scared of losing my hair . I went from someone who had the most confidence and very happy to a person who is self conscious and thinking about my hair so much that it makes me depressed at times. Even my girlfriend is getting tired of me talking and complaining about my hair.
Can someone who has taken both or knows someone who has taken both (propecia and rogaine) please give me some advice on both of these item?and which one to take? Or if anyone has home methods that really work? Please help!!!!!!
