fallenfeather
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Hi chaps.
I thought I'd let you all know how my treatment is going so far. I'm 25 and started noticing a receeding hairline and slight thinning on top at age 19. I'd guess I'm a norwood 2.5 with no bald spot on the vertex.
I'm on 0.5mg generic dutasteride, minoxidil twice daily and nizoral 1% 3 times per week.
I shave my head with an electic razor every day so it's harder to nitice shedding and vellous hair, but I've noticed some big changes none the less.
The first thing I noticed was the bald spot (about a 10 pence sized area) at the very front of my hairline filling in and the hairline at this very frontal area lowering a bit. The hairs were dark but not as close together as on non male pattern baldness areas of my head. This happenes around the 6 week point.
The next thing I noticed was a shed starting at 8 weeks. My peaks ( the corner areas) receded noticibly and the front of my hairline started to think a bit again. I basically went back to where I started, only a bit worse in my peak areas. I didn't worry too much as I thought this was normal.
By 12 weeks the shed had stopped nd after skipping shaving for about 5 days I saw some little vellous hairs at the front and in the peak areas.
It's now been 4 months and the very front has filled in again, maybe slightly better than when it first filled in before my shed. However, my peaks have remaind unchanged. Overall thickness on the top of my head ha simproved. I can tell by how prickly my stubble feels compared to before starting treatment.
I'm very pleased so far and hope to see some more progress by the time I reach the 1 year point.
Side effects:
I can't complain too much as I've had nothing serious so far, like gyno or heart problems. I have had some sides that have bothered me. The biggest problem is the fatigue I get every day which I assume is from the dutasteride. I've also noticed weight gain or water retention. I had a pretty uscly and toned body before treatment and have become soft and pudgy around my tummy and I think I'm holding water on my chest anf arms and anywhere fat is stored. My flesh feels softer and I look much less defined.
I've also noticed strange thing going on with my body hair. My leg hair grows longer, my lower wyelashes grow longer and are slightle curly rather than dead straight. My eyebrows have become longer and I'm finding stray hairs between my temples and my eysbrows. Also the backs of my fingers have sprouted more hair.
Building muscle is now harder and I'm weaker in my workouts. The tiredness and body softness are the two biggest issues for me but if I get most of my hair back I won't mind too much and will be able to work around these problems.
No gyno so far thanfully.
My libido is down to about 70% of my usual at the moment and erections are at about 80% as firm as usual which I don't midn all that much as I can still sleep with my GF any time really, though it's not as much fun as I'm less in the mood.
I'll update again when I notice significant change.
Thanks
I thought I'd let you all know how my treatment is going so far. I'm 25 and started noticing a receeding hairline and slight thinning on top at age 19. I'd guess I'm a norwood 2.5 with no bald spot on the vertex.
I'm on 0.5mg generic dutasteride, minoxidil twice daily and nizoral 1% 3 times per week.
I shave my head with an electic razor every day so it's harder to nitice shedding and vellous hair, but I've noticed some big changes none the less.
The first thing I noticed was the bald spot (about a 10 pence sized area) at the very front of my hairline filling in and the hairline at this very frontal area lowering a bit. The hairs were dark but not as close together as on non male pattern baldness areas of my head. This happenes around the 6 week point.
The next thing I noticed was a shed starting at 8 weeks. My peaks ( the corner areas) receded noticibly and the front of my hairline started to think a bit again. I basically went back to where I started, only a bit worse in my peak areas. I didn't worry too much as I thought this was normal.
By 12 weeks the shed had stopped nd after skipping shaving for about 5 days I saw some little vellous hairs at the front and in the peak areas.
It's now been 4 months and the very front has filled in again, maybe slightly better than when it first filled in before my shed. However, my peaks have remaind unchanged. Overall thickness on the top of my head ha simproved. I can tell by how prickly my stubble feels compared to before starting treatment.
I'm very pleased so far and hope to see some more progress by the time I reach the 1 year point.
Side effects:
I can't complain too much as I've had nothing serious so far, like gyno or heart problems. I have had some sides that have bothered me. The biggest problem is the fatigue I get every day which I assume is from the dutasteride. I've also noticed weight gain or water retention. I had a pretty uscly and toned body before treatment and have become soft and pudgy around my tummy and I think I'm holding water on my chest anf arms and anywhere fat is stored. My flesh feels softer and I look much less defined.
I've also noticed strange thing going on with my body hair. My leg hair grows longer, my lower wyelashes grow longer and are slightle curly rather than dead straight. My eyebrows have become longer and I'm finding stray hairs between my temples and my eysbrows. Also the backs of my fingers have sprouted more hair.
Building muscle is now harder and I'm weaker in my workouts. The tiredness and body softness are the two biggest issues for me but if I get most of my hair back I won't mind too much and will be able to work around these problems.
No gyno so far thanfully.
My libido is down to about 70% of my usual at the moment and erections are at about 80% as firm as usual which I don't midn all that much as I can still sleep with my GF any time really, though it's not as much fun as I'm less in the mood.
I'll update again when I notice significant change.
Thanks
