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This forum seems to mostly be full of teenagers who effectively have a full head of hair complaining about the fact they have the minutest amount of recession or thinning, and many of these cases are not conclusive. Unfortunately I do not have that luxury.
I am 30 and have been using finasteride and minoxidil regularly since May 2016. Before then, I had dabbled with minoxidil as early as 20, and did seem to get positive results, but it wasn't doing anything for my hairline — and that was the obsession back then. Between ages 24 and 26 I wasn't using anything, so my hair got worse in that period.
I've attached a number of photos to show you what my hair looked like as far back as 2011, when I was 22. Compared to the September 2011, you will see how my hair looks thicker in the December 2011 picture, and I'm assuming this is the result of several months of minoxidil usage.
Jump to 2016 and there's a few that were taken in May showing how bad my hair was. The 2nd and 19th May ones shocked me a bit, as I never quite realised how bad my hair had become. I certainly couldn't tell by looking at myself in the mirror. This is when I decided I needed to take action again, so on 25th May 2016 I started a long-term hair loss regime.
The 2019 and 2020 ones show how my hair is today. I've taken them in different lighting just to show the variation in how much scalp exposure there is.
Have I responded to finasteride and minoxidil? It may well have prevented further hair loss, but in terms of regrowth, there is nothing more than a negligible difference.
The only option left now is a hair transplant. I'm interested in hearing people's opinions about things like how many grafts I would need, and the kind of results I should realistically expect.
I am 30 and have been using finasteride and minoxidil regularly since May 2016. Before then, I had dabbled with minoxidil as early as 20, and did seem to get positive results, but it wasn't doing anything for my hairline — and that was the obsession back then. Between ages 24 and 26 I wasn't using anything, so my hair got worse in that period.
I've attached a number of photos to show you what my hair looked like as far back as 2011, when I was 22. Compared to the September 2011, you will see how my hair looks thicker in the December 2011 picture, and I'm assuming this is the result of several months of minoxidil usage.
Jump to 2016 and there's a few that were taken in May showing how bad my hair was. The 2nd and 19th May ones shocked me a bit, as I never quite realised how bad my hair had become. I certainly couldn't tell by looking at myself in the mirror. This is when I decided I needed to take action again, so on 25th May 2016 I started a long-term hair loss regime.
The 2019 and 2020 ones show how my hair is today. I've taken them in different lighting just to show the variation in how much scalp exposure there is.
Have I responded to finasteride and minoxidil? It may well have prevented further hair loss, but in terms of regrowth, there is nothing more than a negligible difference.
The only option left now is a hair transplant. I'm interested in hearing people's opinions about things like how many grafts I would need, and the kind of results I should realistically expect.
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