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Hello everyone,
I'm 19 years old and hair loss has really bothered me so much as of today. I started receding around 17 but at the time, I didn't even notice a change despite it being noticeable as I always worn hats since I was 15 (mainly since my hairline sucked as it is and my forehead). No hair loss that I know of has happened on my dad's side, but my mom's side, most males have lost their hair and ended up at an NW4 pattern. My uncles lost their hair but they were closer or already in their 40s by the time it happened. I also been tested for having really high DHT and I have symptoms (acne, excess body hair, high sex drive) of it.
The recession seem to have gotten worse mostly through my senior year but it slowed down somewhat right when I got to college. I didn't notice anything until around January of this year when my left hairline looked receded compared to the rest. I freaked out and tried to tell my mom, but she thought it looked fine and it was just my "high hairline". I start being paranoid about it for some time and when I got home, I started freaking out more because I felt like I loss more ground, and despite telling my mom of treatments, she believes it's all "fake" and there's nothing I can do and simply get over it, but it's hard when you're so young going through this. I wouldn't care if I was in my late 30s/early 40s, but this hurts when you're young. Luckily, I have no crown/vertex thinning.
My left side has receded far worse than the right, and admittedly, I haven't been washing my hair frequently in the past year which may have furthered the lost. I'm forced to grow my hair out so it doesn't look as bad to cover it up, but it bothers me to where I'm wearing hats in my own home.
The first two photos are showing my original hairline and temples from 2014.
The next is my hairline as of last year in May.
The rest are my current hairline.
I plan on starting finasteride and minioxdill within a few weeks and I might add other things into my regime, but I honestly lost all hope in getting any hair back because of how much I lost and I'll doubt that I'll get back any ground if I do.
I'm 19 years old and hair loss has really bothered me so much as of today. I started receding around 17 but at the time, I didn't even notice a change despite it being noticeable as I always worn hats since I was 15 (mainly since my hairline sucked as it is and my forehead). No hair loss that I know of has happened on my dad's side, but my mom's side, most males have lost their hair and ended up at an NW4 pattern. My uncles lost their hair but they were closer or already in their 40s by the time it happened. I also been tested for having really high DHT and I have symptoms (acne, excess body hair, high sex drive) of it.
The recession seem to have gotten worse mostly through my senior year but it slowed down somewhat right when I got to college. I didn't notice anything until around January of this year when my left hairline looked receded compared to the rest. I freaked out and tried to tell my mom, but she thought it looked fine and it was just my "high hairline". I start being paranoid about it for some time and when I got home, I started freaking out more because I felt like I loss more ground, and despite telling my mom of treatments, she believes it's all "fake" and there's nothing I can do and simply get over it, but it's hard when you're so young going through this. I wouldn't care if I was in my late 30s/early 40s, but this hurts when you're young. Luckily, I have no crown/vertex thinning.
My left side has receded far worse than the right, and admittedly, I haven't been washing my hair frequently in the past year which may have furthered the lost. I'm forced to grow my hair out so it doesn't look as bad to cover it up, but it bothers me to where I'm wearing hats in my own home.
The first two photos are showing my original hairline and temples from 2014.
The next is my hairline as of last year in May.
The rest are my current hairline.
I plan on starting finasteride and minioxdill within a few weeks and I might add other things into my regime, but I honestly lost all hope in getting any hair back because of how much I lost and I'll doubt that I'll get back any ground if I do.
