AussieExperiment
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A number of people on this forum have probably seen my posts, and many people have helped me along the way.
I have just turned 28 and I probably noticed minor thinning of the vertex about 4 years ago. However, last year it suddenly got really bad. I believe that 12 months of very high stress may have contributed to the accelerated rate of hairloss.
I have no history of hairloss in my family on either side.
After finally deciding that I had to do something I visited the doctor. Thankfully he prescribed Finasteride. I started Finasteride approx 4 months ago in late September 06.
After discovering Hairlosstalk.com I added a number of additional topicals and supplements to my regime. I started Minoxidol and Tricomin about 2.5 months ago in November 06.
For more details of my regime please see my profile.
I am very lucky to have a caring hairdresser who is quite interested in my situation. I got my hair cut on the weekend and she said that there were a number of new hairs coming through and she thought it had improved since my last visit.
I know it is still early days, as most benefit is normally achieved at least 4-6 months into treatment. However, I believe that I may have had some minor improvement. At the very least it does not seem to be any worse.
I was hesitant about posting my story as I am afraid of jinxing what could be favorable results. However, I feel that with the help I have received from this site it is the least I can do.
I will post further images at the 4month and 6month marks.
I know I will get questions regarding shedding so here it is. Yes I did get shedding which lasted for the first 6-8 weeks. I was probably losing up to 100 - 150 hairs per day. I am now losing approx 50-60 hairs per day. Who knows when the next shed will happen. Hopefully when it does it won't be too bad.
6 November 2006
14 January 2007
I have just turned 28 and I probably noticed minor thinning of the vertex about 4 years ago. However, last year it suddenly got really bad. I believe that 12 months of very high stress may have contributed to the accelerated rate of hairloss.
I have no history of hairloss in my family on either side.
After finally deciding that I had to do something I visited the doctor. Thankfully he prescribed Finasteride. I started Finasteride approx 4 months ago in late September 06.
After discovering Hairlosstalk.com I added a number of additional topicals and supplements to my regime. I started Minoxidol and Tricomin about 2.5 months ago in November 06.
For more details of my regime please see my profile.
I am very lucky to have a caring hairdresser who is quite interested in my situation. I got my hair cut on the weekend and she said that there were a number of new hairs coming through and she thought it had improved since my last visit.
I know it is still early days, as most benefit is normally achieved at least 4-6 months into treatment. However, I believe that I may have had some minor improvement. At the very least it does not seem to be any worse.
I was hesitant about posting my story as I am afraid of jinxing what could be favorable results. However, I feel that with the help I have received from this site it is the least I can do.
I will post further images at the 4month and 6month marks.
I know I will get questions regarding shedding so here it is. Yes I did get shedding which lasted for the first 6-8 weeks. I was probably losing up to 100 - 150 hairs per day. I am now losing approx 50-60 hairs per day. Who knows when the next shed will happen. Hopefully when it does it won't be too bad.
6 November 2006
14 January 2007
