Hello guys,
Let me introduce myself since I am new to this forum! My name is Samuel Song and I just recently joined the forum because of hair loss related issues! The past couple of months, I have been diffusing around the scalp. Not only am I showing the signs of typical male baldness, I am showing diffusing thinning all over my scalp. Hairs have been faling in the back, temple, vertex, crown, and frontal region. I have done a lot of research and based on my symptoms, I believe that this is not a typical male pattern baldness and could be signs of Telogen effluvium. Well during my senior year in undergrad as a biology students, I have been in a toughful situation. I have been not sleeping for couple days straight due to studying and when I had the time to sleep, I would sleep for about 1-2 hours daily. During this time, my diet was poor, drinking around 6 cups of coffee and 2 bottles of daily 5 hour energy drink. I was constantly stressed for 2 whole semesters and my diet was very poor! So I was stress from 2010 August to May 14, 2011 (last semester of school). Signs of hairloss started during the month of February 2011. I was shedding quite a bit and have loss around 20% of hair as of now (Sep 2011). I wanted to know if I was suffering from Telogen Effluvium or male pattern baldness? As of now, my hairloss has been completed halted and see regrowth (using propecia and monxodil for about 5 months). My hair is growing fuller and fuller everyday. I also did some research on DUPA. DUPA is a rare genetic hairloss pattern that effects both side and back of the head. This genetic disorder does not respond very well to finasteride or monoxidil. Well, I only applied monxodil to the temple and crown but not the back, but the back is becoming very thick.
So, am I suffering from male pattern baldness or Telogen Effluvium. I do see some minaturization but I also believe that minaturaization is a symptom of Telogen Effluvium. Please let me know what you think!
Let me introduce myself since I am new to this forum! My name is Samuel Song and I just recently joined the forum because of hair loss related issues! The past couple of months, I have been diffusing around the scalp. Not only am I showing the signs of typical male baldness, I am showing diffusing thinning all over my scalp. Hairs have been faling in the back, temple, vertex, crown, and frontal region. I have done a lot of research and based on my symptoms, I believe that this is not a typical male pattern baldness and could be signs of Telogen effluvium. Well during my senior year in undergrad as a biology students, I have been in a toughful situation. I have been not sleeping for couple days straight due to studying and when I had the time to sleep, I would sleep for about 1-2 hours daily. During this time, my diet was poor, drinking around 6 cups of coffee and 2 bottles of daily 5 hour energy drink. I was constantly stressed for 2 whole semesters and my diet was very poor! So I was stress from 2010 August to May 14, 2011 (last semester of school). Signs of hairloss started during the month of February 2011. I was shedding quite a bit and have loss around 20% of hair as of now (Sep 2011). I wanted to know if I was suffering from Telogen Effluvium or male pattern baldness? As of now, my hairloss has been completed halted and see regrowth (using propecia and monxodil for about 5 months). My hair is growing fuller and fuller everyday. I also did some research on DUPA. DUPA is a rare genetic hairloss pattern that effects both side and back of the head. This genetic disorder does not respond very well to finasteride or monoxidil. Well, I only applied monxodil to the temple and crown but not the back, but the back is becoming very thick.
So, am I suffering from male pattern baldness or Telogen Effluvium. I do see some minaturization but I also believe that minaturaization is a symptom of Telogen Effluvium. Please let me know what you think!