Buzzed my hair(Two week pics on last page)

[Angie #7]

I think it looks good combed forward, in the pic you can't tell you are loosing hair. The only time you can tell its thinning is when its wet. So I say keep the long hair if you liked it for the winter months, (I'm not sure where you're from, if you get winter), and then when its summer cut it into the short combed forward version, with the shorter sides and back, this way if you swim and your hair is wet you won't feel self conscious about it. Tyler this summer was afraid to swim with his longer hair because it showed his thinning and it dried funny. Also your hair will grow faster in the spring and summer months so if you again hate the really short hair it will grow back in no time.

 

[s.a.f]

in the pic you can't tell you are loosing hair. The only time you can tell its thinning is when its wet.

This is the truth Jayman. You seem to be seeing things much worse than they actualy are. Nobody would look at you and think that you had a problem. If you're getting this stressed now what would you be like if you were actualy a Norwood 3/4+?

 

[TheGlamorous]

[quote="Angie #7":52e98] in the pic you can't tell you are loosing hair. The only time you can tell its thinning is when its wet.

This is the truth Jayman. You seem to be seeing things much worse than they actualy are. Nobody would look at you and think that you had a problem. If you're getting this stressed now what would you be like if you were actualy a Norwood 3/4+?[/quote:52e98]

Your wet pics do expose a lot of thin-ness, but you are lucky to have awesome looking dry hair. I guess we can't have it all the way we like it though.

 

[Guest]

I am repeating myself: Up to a certain point a buzz cut looks worse than long hair. Like that your hair loss has become much more noticeable. Sorry you had to learn it like this.

 

[Guest]

[quote="Angie #7":0fef6] in the pic you can't tell you are loosing hair. The only time you can tell its thinning is when its wet.

This is the truth Jayman. You seem to be seeing things much worse than they actualy are. Nobody would look at you and think that you had a problem. If you're getting this stressed now what would you be like if you were actualy a Norwood 3/4+?[/quote:0fef6]

i don't even want to think about that. if the drugs keep me from getting to NW3 till i'm in my forties i'll be fine. i won't care. what makes me upset now is the young age i have hair loss at.

 

[Guest]

I am repeating myself: Up to a certain point a buzz cut looks worse than long hair. Like that your hair loss has become much more noticeable. Sorry you had to learn it like this.

so you disagree with the others who say it's less noticeable or not at all?

 

[Guest]

New buzz pictures

Well it's been two weeks since the buzz. I know people on here said it would look good two weeks in but I'm not sure it does.

Here are some new buzz pictures I took just now. The difference with flash and without and with dim lighting the difference between night and day. I wonder which one is the closest to my real situation. I think it's clear now that I'm diffuse because in all these pics my hairline isn't receding. Instead I am thinning across the entire top of my head. What do you guys think? It looks to me that even in the no-flash picture, I am diffusing to a Norwood 6 pattern. The sides and back look and feel a lot thicker than the top. When I look at the flash picture it looks like I have maybe 500 hairs on the whole top of my head.

I know people say that you see a lot of scalp with a buzz cut but why is it that all the scalp I see is on the top of the head, and the Norwood 6 pattern is still super thick with no scalp showing through on the sides and back? I kinda wish I'd never done it, and if I could snap my fingers and have my hair back to the length before I did, I think I would.

With dim lights(no flash):



With all lights on(no flash):



With Flash:

 

[htownballa]

Jayman u r mos def a diffuse thinner, ur hairline looks good though still Norwood 1 maybe

How is the dutasteride working for you? Have u thought about trying any topicals yet?

 

[Guest]

Jayman u r mos def a diffuse thinner, ur hairline looks good though still Norwood 1 maybe

How is the dutasteride working for you? Have u thought about trying any topicals yet?

Well I've been on it 2 months and hair has gotten a bit worse from sheds. The shedding stopped a couple of weeks ago. I know regrowth probably won't come for a few more months but I'm hoping that the top will at least moderately improve. Does my top look too far gone to regrow on it with dutasteride? I hope not. I don't have any real bald spots, just thin across the top.

What I'm REALLY hoping for htownballa, is that my thin areas on top just contain hairs that are miniaturized and that are not completely gone. So maybe the dutasteride will thicken them up and maybe since some shed they will grow back in thicker.

I am going to add topicals after 1 yr on dutasteride if i don't see substantial regrowth.

 

[Angie #7]

Jayman: The hairloss (transplant specialist) I saw in September said that if you want to thicken up thinning areas of hair minoxidil will do this. As I know you already know, its suppose to thicken the hair shaft of new hairs, some by upto 50%. You also know I'm no expert, and its too early to tell you if I've seen anything happening yet, I thought propecia and avadart were meant to help you maintain your exsisting hair.

 

[Guest]

Jayman: The hairloss (transplant specialist) I saw in September said that if you want to thicken up thinning areas of hair minoxidil will do this. As I know you already know, its suppose to thicken the hair shaft of new hairs, some by upto 50%. You also know I'm no expert, and its too early to tell you if I've seen anything happening yet, I thought propecia and avadart were meant to help you maintain your exsisting hair.

hey ang. i am waiting on starting minoxidil until i've given the avodart a year to work. minoxidil does not work for some people and if i start it now and get regrowth i won't know which product to attribute it to.

propecia regrew hair in 66% of men in a 2 yr study. avodart is an even stronger drug, and it regrew an average of 50% more hair than propecia did. both are great maintenance drugs and can give regrowth too. i figure that since i am early in the balding process and my follicles are not dead that avodart stands a good chance of thickening them up and regrowing.

if i am not satisfied after 1 year on the avodart(only been on it 2 months) then I will add the minoxidil.

 

[bubka]

no, finasteride / dutasteride can reverse the miniaturization, as the dht that causes it is reduced

 

[Guest]

no, finasteride / dutasteride can reverse the miniaturization, as the dht that causes it is reduced

so are you agreeing with me or disagreeing?

 

[bubka]

totally agreeing

 

[TheGlamorous]

totally agreeing

Good! Hopefully some of my mini's will grow back a bit stronger :ideias:

 

[Guest]

yeah i hear you speculum. i really hope that my follicles are only say 60% miniaturized and not totally dead :cry:

 

[bubka]

totally agreeing

Good! Hopefully some of my mini's will grow back a bit stronger :ideias:

mine did, my crown was like white baby hair, finasteride and diffuse, now its no different from the rest...

 

[Guest]

that would be sweet

 

[powersam]

a 12 page thread on the buzzing of ones hair.

 

[Guest]

a 12 page thread on the buzzing of ones hair.

about to be longer.

pics taken just now, hair is at approximately 3/4ths of an inch all over

I can still see diffusion in front from up top, but if you look at it straight on iit is not that easy to tell.