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

[welshman123]

2nd microneedle session tomorrow =] hoping the right side temple starts picking up

 

[welshman123]

current regimen:
1x finasteride 1mg every 2 days
minoxidil 5% liquid 2x daily
microneedling 1.5mm 1x weekly
ketoconazole shampoo once every 2 days

takes barely any time to do, worth a try.

 

[welshman123]

Update - i know it's a bit early to see any major improvements, keen to see improvements though!

 

[Jeju]

Update - i know it's a bit early to see any major improvements, keen to see improvements though!

What age did you start losing your hair?

 

[welshman123]

What age did you start losing your hair?

probably late teens early 20s it began receding, more noticeably thinning last two years.

 

[John Difool]

Don't forget microneedling to get those new follicles. The foliica thread in the science and study section explains it all.

 

[welshman123]

yeah i posted that i'm doing that already, thank you john

 

[welshman123]

added 10000ug daily biotin

 

[Chill dude]

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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but unless you are a great responder to Dutasteride, which won’t regrow the hairline, I would suggest saving up for a hair transplant. Look at the bright side, you are still young and in your prime, you don’t have to wait for hair loss to affect your scalp and lose more time, as it’s already happened so you can go ahead with the transplant.

 

[thetdog666]

current regimen:
1x finasteride 1mg every 2 days
minoxidil 5% liquid 2x daily
microneedling 1.5mm 1x weekly
ketoconazole shampoo once every 2 days

takes barely any time to do, worth a try.

Routine looks good, maybe keto every 2 days is a bit much. Give it a year and see where you are. There is always avodart / dutastride to try later on

 

[welshman123]

Thanks for your message. I've seen some people show pretty drastic results and i think with moderate growth i could pull the look off with longer hair

 

[welshman123]

Okay, twice a week then?

 

[thetdog666]

Okay, twice a week then?

Yeah sounds good to me.

 

[welshman123]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but unless you are a great responder to Dutasteride, which won’t regrow the hairline, I would suggest saving up for a hair transplant. Look at the bright side, you are still young and in your prime, you don’t have to wait for hair loss to affect your scalp and lose more time, as it’s already happened so you can go ahead with the transplant.

is it really really unlikely that i'll grow it back to anything semi decent then? ill post a pic of what its like when it was longer

 

[welshman123]

Photos

 

[Will Be an Egg in 5 years]

Don't forget microneedling to get those new follicles. The foliica thread in the science and study section explains it all.

I don't understand the mechanics of it. It re-opens the folicles or randomly generate new ones by wounding?

 

[Will Be an Egg in 5 years]

Photos

decent results, you still have a lot of active folicles. The temples won't come back though

 

[welshman123]

Those photos are old photos with baseline hair but longer

 

[John Difool]

I don't understand the mechanics of it. It re-opens the folicles or randomly generate new ones by wounding?

A Randomized Evaluator Blinded Study of Effect of Microneedling in Androgenetic Alopecia: A Pilot Study

Dermal papilla (DP) is the site of expression of various hair growth related genes. Various researches have demonstrated the underlying importance of Wnt proteins and wound growth factors in stimulating DP associated stem cells. Microneedling works by ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Jeju]

is it really really unlikely that i'll grow it back to anything semi decent then? ill post a pic of what its like when it was longer

I’ll bet it’s likely you will.