Any Young Norwood 2's out there? Who are beggining battle?

[Jm0311]

lets hear some insight for us who are new to all this. Your Regime. Your Norwood. when you started.

Me 23 yrs old. Norwood 1.75 or so no crown thinning. Temples receding Right worse than left. currently looking for treatments just started on this 2 months ago.

currently use
Revita
Tricomin

 

[Jm0311]

will be adding in FOAM on my right temple. and spironolactone Cream

 

[Lorenzo_91]

Me and I am still figuring all out but I do believe I am in the top 1% in knowledge for this subject now.

I fucked up plenty by making the wrong decisions and not being able to tell I was balding.

 

[Jm0311]

can you ellaborate on your wrong decisions....i dont wanna make them...before you were saying something about NOT to get on foam...can you reiterate

 

[Lorenzo_91]

Well one year wasted on Nioxin for one.

I guess minoxidil is not for me. It's a personal decision but I tried it on my temples and when I quit I lost tons of hair on the area off and around where I was putting my application. that's another bad move right there.


I just do believe that once you put it on you better keep it on for life or attain to the consequences.

Also not taking my finasteride on an empty stomach for almost a year was stupid.

Not enough nizoral for my first year on Propecia

Simple stuff I wish I would of done differently. All in all I am very happy though and will get FUE to get a perfect hairline because I am lucky that I am not a diffuse thinner.

 

[dietcola]

i am 21 and i was NW3 receeding but now i am NW2 , after 3 months of treatments. hoping to make my way up to NW1 again, looks like it could happen.

i have pics and stuff in my story (link below)

 

[barcafan]

18 here and a Norwood 2. (Maybe less).

On finasteride and minoxidil and nizoral. Hope to either get back to 1.5 OR at least keep my hair for 5-10 years.

 

[Jm0311]

this may be a stupid question...but do you guys think it would be ok to be on finasteride 5-7 yrs? is there anyone around here that has been? or tests done like that?

 

[Jojje]

i remember reading a post about a guy going on 8 years with no sides and no problem.
Im about nw2, 23 year`s old. And on the big 3.
heading to a nw1.5 and thickening on topp

 

[Letsget2thepoint-51]

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I dont really know how to classify my hair, but im diffuse thinning on crown, throught head, with only mild temp recession. SO like..........a norwood 2 thin if that makes any sense. But im 21 and on nizoral/propecia and consdiering adding rogain after i give propecia at least 8-10 months on its own. Im 21 also

 

[Lorenzo_91]

I think once you hormone profile is like that for that long you would hurt by changing it again.

I feel it when I forget just one dose.

 

[barcafan]

I'm pretty sure you're like Norwood 2.25.

 

[pologuy514]

I'm around a Norwood 1.5-2 with slight recession in my temples. I started noticing I was thinning around the age of 21 and i'm almost 23 in a few months. I stopped rogaine foam after 2 months because it was such a hassle for me. I haven't lost any hair yet but I dont believe I grew any from it. I've been on Propecia for 10 months and am sticking with it. I dont think minoxidil is for me either at this time.

 

[RadioRaheem]

I'm around a Norwood 1.5-2 with slight recession in my temples. I started noticing I was thinning around the age of 21 and i'm almost 23 in a few months. I stopped rogaine foam after 2 months because it was such a hassle for me. I haven't lost any hair yet but I dont believe I grew any from it. I've been on Propecia for 10 months and am sticking with it. I dont think minoxidil is for me either at this time.

Were you using Rogaine Foam? If not, you should DEFINITELY try that out. It's far better than the liquid version (which is quite a hassle to use). The foam dries way faster (literally in minutes) and leaves no residue, much easier to apply, etc.

 

[Balding_1]

Well one year wasted on Nioxin for one.

I guess minoxidil is not for me. It's a personal decision but I tried it on my temples and when I quit I lost tons of hair on the area off and around where I was putting my application. that's another bad move right there.


I just do believe that once you put it on you better keep it on for life or attain to the consequences.

Also not taking my finasteride on an empty stomach for almost a year was stupid.

Not enough nizoral for my first year on Propecia

Simple stuff I wish I would of done differently. All in all I am very happy though and will get FUE to get a perfect hairline because I am lucky that I am not a diffuse thinner.

Finasteride can be taken with or without food.

 

[Jm0311]

yes i second that...says so on bottle

 

[Nathaniel]

I'm 24 Norwood 2....Started treating a year ago (check my regimen) and I was heading VERY fast to a Norwood 3. Things have gone great so far, have thickened considerably on the top and have regained some growth on the hairline. Wish my left temple was like my right but oh well....I'm happy with my results.

 

[Jm0311]

any finasteride sides?

 

[Jm0311]

why cant there be a god damn drug that doesnt f*** with my damn sex organs

 

[hairisthinning]

17, NW3