Hey Guys,
After much denial, I must admit I'm losing it. Started off noticing my temple recession about 3 years ago (sophmore year in college) but I let it go because the middle was still very thick and i had longer hair which mostly covered my temples when styled.
I've been lurking on here for a few years, so I had already obtained Fincar but I definitely felt sides when i first started taking 1.25mg a day. I discontinued use but saved the stuff incase I decided that hair > sides.
Fast forward to now. My hair is pretty brittle, can't style it worth sh*t, and everyone asks me if i dye it blonde because I've lost a lot of density and color. I still thought I would be fine because I kept it longer and what grew in from the back covered my temples... but after this haircut I just don't know anymore. I can see my scalp through the hair pretty much everywhere except in the vertex, back, and sides.
Could this all be due to starting a new job in a new city, having a lot of stress for about 8 months of my life due to the job and my old living situation? Having a somewhat poor diet (i was vegetarian for about a year, 2010-2011). Drinking moderately and often with new friends? I definitely don't drink as much as I did in college though. Coffee?
Its hard to say, but what I do know is that if I don't get a jump on this thing I may not have anything left to save. After going through these stories, there are so many threads with obvious success I would be a fool not to try. I'm 1/2 a month away from turning 23, but I feel/look like i'm 50 because of balding.
I've been taking 1.25mg fincar per day for about two weeks now with no noticed sides. I guess my body is making more DHT now than earlier when I tried to take the stuff?
Should I get on minoxidil, and if so, should I only apply it to the temples (which have completely lost hair) or would you recommend doing it to the entire scalp? I don't mind waiting for the finasteride to do its job on the middle part of my scalp, but I think i might need help on the temples. Is it normal just to put it on part of scalp? Or will that make a noticble difference?
After much denial, I must admit I'm losing it. Started off noticing my temple recession about 3 years ago (sophmore year in college) but I let it go because the middle was still very thick and i had longer hair which mostly covered my temples when styled.
I've been lurking on here for a few years, so I had already obtained Fincar but I definitely felt sides when i first started taking 1.25mg a day. I discontinued use but saved the stuff incase I decided that hair > sides.
Fast forward to now. My hair is pretty brittle, can't style it worth sh*t, and everyone asks me if i dye it blonde because I've lost a lot of density and color. I still thought I would be fine because I kept it longer and what grew in from the back covered my temples... but after this haircut I just don't know anymore. I can see my scalp through the hair pretty much everywhere except in the vertex, back, and sides.
Could this all be due to starting a new job in a new city, having a lot of stress for about 8 months of my life due to the job and my old living situation? Having a somewhat poor diet (i was vegetarian for about a year, 2010-2011). Drinking moderately and often with new friends? I definitely don't drink as much as I did in college though. Coffee?
Its hard to say, but what I do know is that if I don't get a jump on this thing I may not have anything left to save. After going through these stories, there are so many threads with obvious success I would be a fool not to try. I'm 1/2 a month away from turning 23, but I feel/look like i'm 50 because of balding.
I've been taking 1.25mg fincar per day for about two weeks now with no noticed sides. I guess my body is making more DHT now than earlier when I tried to take the stuff?
Should I get on minoxidil, and if so, should I only apply it to the temples (which have completely lost hair) or would you recommend doing it to the entire scalp? I don't mind waiting for the finasteride to do its job on the middle part of my scalp, but I think i might need help on the temples. Is it normal just to put it on part of scalp? Or will that make a noticble difference?