23m With Receding Temple, Looking For Advice

[drakeznathan]

Hi,

I have recently started receding hair from temples like and thinning crown. I am planning to start finasteride 0.5mg once I get prescription from the Doctor. I have few questions though. I posted earlier without a single response, looks like new members are kind of get ignored or something.

1. Minoxidil, heard that it causes more hair loss and can accelerate the balding process altogether. If it works it works maximum for 2 years. Is this true ?
2. I want to apply minoxidil on my temples only where I use to have hair like 3 weeks ago but there are small hair left and looks clean if not seen very closely. So applying minoxidil here only, but can applying only in this area affect other areas as well ? (As I am trying to avoid losing hair from other parts)
3. Read finasteride horror stories but I am willing to take the risk since hair is important to me. Ignoring the negatives and plan to start with positive intent.
4. I had blood work done and comes out that I have Vitamin D deficiency and now on a 2000mcg Vitamin D supplement by the Doctor.
5. Is there any way to grow my lose hair in the temple area ?

Thanks in advance

 

[Alle Kosten]

If you look around you will see the one common recommendation is not delay. You will also see that what some love others hate and that nothing works universally for everyone. Whatever you choose to start remember that starting a treatment (regardless of what you choose to proceed with) is likely to cause a shed. Another piece of advice you will find here (with some exception) is stay the course. Stopping because of a shed and then starting again can do a lot of damage to the harmony of your hair growth cycle. I have used minoxidil on my left temple in conjunction with dutasteride for more than 3 months now. Within this last month a bunch of fine hairs showed up which are growing in length and number. Bottom line people are being honest when they say expect 6 months to pass before real improvement notably occurs. Good luck.