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Hey there,
Ive just turned 19 and i am pretty certain im in the early stages of male pattern baldness. I have had relatively thin hair since 17 and started noticing alot more hair on my pillow, and hair falling out as i run my hands through my hair. You cant really notice any hairloss when my hair is dry, but when its wet it looks pretty bad. I wasnt convinced that i was balding so i took pictures about 6 moths ago to track my progress:
My brother who is 12 has the same kind of crown as me i.e it is visible, but mine is a tad bit worse. Basically my questions are:
-Am i balding, or possibly just developing a mature hairline?
-If i am in the early stages of male pattern baldness what treatments should i start?
-Where am i on the Norwood scale?
Here are some pictures of me now (6months later), Has my hair gotten worse?
Thank's
--------------------------------------------------------UPDATE----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As of now I will be starting 0.5mg of propecia EOD, my hair has not changed since these photos so i will be using them as a base-line guidance. I will be updating the thread every so often detailing whether i have experienced any sides or regrowth ETC. Basically i will use this as a log of my progress with Propecia
Day 1- No sides
Month 4- Coming to month 4 of .5mg EOD. I have noticed no visible sides, but no change in my hair? It seems to have thinned out more infact
The one positive is that to begin with i was shedding 50-100 every day now its more like 10-30 hairs but thats still shedding isnt it? I am thinking of upping the dose to .5mg ED since maybe im taking an ineffective dose? Advice would be appreciated please...
Month 6- in a weeks time i would of hit 6months of .5mg Propecia EOD. What can i say... shedding still continues, there was a month where i had no shedding at all but now it is again pretty bad. I will post pictures when i hit the 6 month mark but it is not looking good as i have continued to thin, in all honesty things could be worse as it is only a slight worsening and still no one can detect i am balding. My question is that if i was to get regrowth surely i would be noticing thin hairs popping up by now, but there is absolutely none...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHOTO UPDATE OF 6MONTHS CAN BE SEEN ON PAGE 4---------------------------------------------------------------
Ive just turned 19 and i am pretty certain im in the early stages of male pattern baldness. I have had relatively thin hair since 17 and started noticing alot more hair on my pillow, and hair falling out as i run my hands through my hair. You cant really notice any hairloss when my hair is dry, but when its wet it looks pretty bad. I wasnt convinced that i was balding so i took pictures about 6 moths ago to track my progress:
My brother who is 12 has the same kind of crown as me i.e it is visible, but mine is a tad bit worse. Basically my questions are:
-Am i balding, or possibly just developing a mature hairline?
-If i am in the early stages of male pattern baldness what treatments should i start?
-Where am i on the Norwood scale?
Here are some pictures of me now (6months later), Has my hair gotten worse?
Thank's
--------------------------------------------------------UPDATE----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As of now I will be starting 0.5mg of propecia EOD, my hair has not changed since these photos so i will be using them as a base-line guidance. I will be updating the thread every so often detailing whether i have experienced any sides or regrowth ETC. Basically i will use this as a log of my progress with Propecia
Day 1- No sides
Month 4- Coming to month 4 of .5mg EOD. I have noticed no visible sides, but no change in my hair? It seems to have thinned out more infact
Month 6- in a weeks time i would of hit 6months of .5mg Propecia EOD. What can i say... shedding still continues, there was a month where i had no shedding at all but now it is again pretty bad. I will post pictures when i hit the 6 month mark but it is not looking good as i have continued to thin, in all honesty things could be worse as it is only a slight worsening and still no one can detect i am balding. My question is that if i was to get regrowth surely i would be noticing thin hairs popping up by now, but there is absolutely none...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHOTO UPDATE OF 6MONTHS CAN BE SEEN ON PAGE 4---------------------------------------------------------------