Anon123's Story , 5 Year finasteride update (24)
Hey everyone, thought I'd give a post, heres my story:
Turning 20 in about a month here, Probably first started taking notice of hairloss a year and a half ago. Theres history of male pattern baldness on my dad's side of the family, Brother is 28 and almost completely bald, dad is 52 and fairly bald, but no history on mothers side. My first tip off I guess was when my Hairdresser told me I was looking a bit thin on top, she just told me to start using nioxin, which I did. I had always lost a lot of hair when showering, probably 2 or 3 years now. I have naturally really thick and curly hair, so I don't shed all over the place as some people do, as it gets contained within the curls. So I never really took much notice about shedding until my Hairdresser said that. However, I continued with the nioxin and some conditions seemed to improve, But i didnt really notice any huge signs of balding, temples and hairline were fairly normal, especially to where my brother was when he was 20. So that was October of 2009 when I was told I was looking thin on top, and I guess I really didn't notice too much of anything until September of 2010. My hair is now pretty thin all over, It dosent curl like it used to, and my crown is noticeable. I don't know how this occured so quickly. My Brother had it bad, but at least he receded at the hairline and temples, and the rest of his head remained intact. With me Its definitley diffuse, which is odd because that dosent run in my family. My hair was longer than in these pics before I started propecia, and I noticed my hair was feeling lighter/thinner/not as curly as it was But i Didnt really expect progression of baldness. However, I cut my hair to my usual fro length and realized I could basically lift a curly and see through too the scalp, and a month later when seeing my vertex I really flipped ****. Needless to say, this has basically taken ahold of my life now.
So this January I started Propecia (been about a month and a half) along with other vitamins and such, Saw Palmetto, Vitamin E, Biotin, Pumpkin seed etc.
I'm going to just use the propecia for a while here and see if things stabalize, Im still losing as much hair as I always. I think if things don't stabalize by summer Im going to buzz it and start with the rogaine, cause with my hair as it is now itd be impossible to apply. No one really thinks I am balding, Ive told a few people and they've been like, really? But Im flipping ****.
Any comments, advice, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
Hey everyone, thought I'd give a post, heres my story:
Turning 20 in about a month here, Probably first started taking notice of hairloss a year and a half ago. Theres history of male pattern baldness on my dad's side of the family, Brother is 28 and almost completely bald, dad is 52 and fairly bald, but no history on mothers side. My first tip off I guess was when my Hairdresser told me I was looking a bit thin on top, she just told me to start using nioxin, which I did. I had always lost a lot of hair when showering, probably 2 or 3 years now. I have naturally really thick and curly hair, so I don't shed all over the place as some people do, as it gets contained within the curls. So I never really took much notice about shedding until my Hairdresser said that. However, I continued with the nioxin and some conditions seemed to improve, But i didnt really notice any huge signs of balding, temples and hairline were fairly normal, especially to where my brother was when he was 20. So that was October of 2009 when I was told I was looking thin on top, and I guess I really didn't notice too much of anything until September of 2010. My hair is now pretty thin all over, It dosent curl like it used to, and my crown is noticeable. I don't know how this occured so quickly. My Brother had it bad, but at least he receded at the hairline and temples, and the rest of his head remained intact. With me Its definitley diffuse, which is odd because that dosent run in my family. My hair was longer than in these pics before I started propecia, and I noticed my hair was feeling lighter/thinner/not as curly as it was But i Didnt really expect progression of baldness. However, I cut my hair to my usual fro length and realized I could basically lift a curly and see through too the scalp, and a month later when seeing my vertex I really flipped ****. Needless to say, this has basically taken ahold of my life now.
So this January I started Propecia (been about a month and a half) along with other vitamins and such, Saw Palmetto, Vitamin E, Biotin, Pumpkin seed etc.
I'm going to just use the propecia for a while here and see if things stabalize, Im still losing as much hair as I always. I think if things don't stabalize by summer Im going to buzz it and start with the rogaine, cause with my hair as it is now itd be impossible to apply. No one really thinks I am balding, Ive told a few people and they've been like, really? But Im flipping ****.
Any comments, advice, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
