24M, significant diffuse thinning and receding hairline - is this salvageable?

[Norwoody]

I'm not the one talking about dating trannies or transitioning. This is a hair loss forum, take that sh*t somewhere else. A majority of my posts are on the impact of hairloss section of the site, everything I post about relates to how hair loss. And I told you before, don't like what I post? Put me on ignore. You don't need people banned on this site to not see them anymore. I've already put about 6 people on ignore and I'm done dealing with you so you'll be number 7.

Dude if you think that was serious then you are retarded and deserve the mental illness that you have. Alternatively, if you are just trolling (which you probably are, let's be real) then you are still mentally ill and I am glad you are. You also don't even have hair loss, you have BDD, and I am glad that you are cursed with it. Assholes like you deserve it. Guess karma really is real haha. Yeah, go take your faggotass somewhere else. Oh, and I do what I want, b**ch lol.

 

[infamousrodi]

Leave my guy Norwoody alone he is a helpful person on this forum. Aside from this dumb drama.. awesome hair man! Makes me really hopeful if I ever start finasteride again.

 

[Jeju]

if I’m in my 30s and have a partner hopefully it won’t be so bad and I can stop taking finasteride then.

Stopping treatment and losing all your hair in one year will always be far more traumatic than gradually losing it over the years. Don’t delude yourself.

 

[welshman123]

Stopping treatment and losing all your hair in one year will always be far more traumatic than gradually losing it over the years. Don’t delude yourself.

I hear you but the way I lost my hair was perceived very suddenly in a way, with diffuse thinning

 

[welshman123]

December update.

Restarted finasteride 0.5 daily for the last 6 weeks, dick worked fine with 2 girls over the last 2 months. My concerns around sensitivity reducing I think were mostly placebo. I may have a slightly reduced libido but I still get morning wood 1-3 times a week which doesn’t seem less than pre-finasteride.


Hair is not far off the longest it’s been atm and the beard is coming through despite the DHT reduction! With flash you can still see areas of thinness and the hair styles I can pull off are limited, but I can’t complain.

Also, compare the hair on the back of my head to the first pictures, insane!

It may seem like doing all of this might make me forget about about my impending baldness, but in a way I see it as an extension to the time I have my youthful hair and therefore given me more time to accept balding. Though the effect of such a drastic, acute change in appearance on mental health cannot be understated, and ‘accepting’ hair loss can seem like a mountain that you just can’t climb. But with time, the pieces come together. My father lost his hair when he was younger than I was, but he still managed to get with some pretty good looking ladies. Just ranting at this point, but just know I feel you guys. Even doctors I work with are affected by this. Nobody is immune to the psychological implications, but like any pain, it gets better with time.

 

[Will Be an Egg in 5 years]

The barber trimmed the bottom of it, but I guess you mean the top?

I meant this. Some think it's DUPA or retrograde, but I don't think so. In the normal pattern this area also thins out

 

[fashy]

What dosage of finasteride did you find works best in terms of getting the least amount of sides? Did you get any other sides besides sexual ones, like foggy/cloudy thinking, gyno etc. ? Also, how's the morning wood?

 

[welshman123]

What dosage of finasteride did you find works best in terms of getting the least amount of sides? Did you get any other sides besides sexual ones, like foggy/cloudy thinking, gyno etc. ? Also, how's the morning wood?

0.5g a day atm, fine with it. No effect on my thinking and no gyno. Morning wood about the same as before.

 

[welshman123]

Have had a haircut and it looks a lot thinner than it did in my December post - lots of hairs being shed, hoping that it is just a finasteride shed (or it a result of me reintroducing liquid minoxidil on my temples?) as I’ve not been back on it for that long. Possibly will employ the buzz if I can’t get it to look any fuller (will be nice to see an updated buzz photo anyway!)

 

[michel sapin]

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Have had a haircut and it looks a lot thinner than it did in my December post - lots of hairs being shed, hoping that it is just a finasteride shed (or it a result of me reintroducing liquid minoxidil on my temples?) as I’ve not been back on it for that long. Possibly will employ the buzz if I can’t get it to look any fuller (will be nice to see an updated buzz photo anyway!)

wtf how can i miss this whole thread, insane result of peace brah! what is your regimen ? just topical min and finasteride?

 

[welshman123]

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wtf how can i miss this whole thread, insane result of peace brah! what is your regimen ? just topical min and finasteride?

topical min, 0.5 finasteride daily, needle 1.5mm once a week

 

[welshman123]

is finasteride shedding really a thing? i read on reddit about it being a thing after say 2-3 months, i'm hoping this is the cause of it because my hair is really quite thin atm, gonna try to be more strict with the 2x daily minoxidil but my hair just looks so sh*t with it in it.

 

[losingbattle88]

is finasteride shedding really a thing? i read on reddit about it being a thing after say 2-3 months, i'm hoping this is the cause of it because my hair is really quite thin atm, gonna try to be more strict with the 2x daily minoxidil but my hair just looks so sh*t with it in it.

topical min, 0.5 finasteride daily, needle 1.5mm once a week

I did the 1.5mm all over the scalp with a derma stamp, and next Day I had more shedding than usual. Tbh it just causes breakage in the Long run and hair falls easier. The needles Will hit the hair despite parting the hair. And a guy said he did a biopsy and it showed minor scarring in skin.

 

[losingbattle88]

is finasteride shedding really a thing? i read on reddit about it being a thing after say 2-3 months, i'm hoping this is the cause of it because my hair is really quite thin atm, gonna try to be more strict with the 2x daily minoxidil but my hair just looks so sh*t with it in it.

Use oral minoxidill instead. More powerful even.

 

[welshman123]

hairs still shedding/falling like a mother f**ker!

 

[losingbattle88]

hairs still shedding/falling like a mother f**ker!

How long u been shedding?

 

[infamousrodi]

Shedding but does it look noticeably thinner then last year v

 

[welshman123]

How long u been shedding?

probably the last 2-3 weeks

 

[welshman123]

Shedding but does it look noticeably thinner then last year v

nah not quite, have to stay positive eh

 

[welshman123]

Use oral minoxidill instead. More powerful even.

how long have you been on oral min and how is your progress compared to topical?