I guess I started losing my hair at least a couple of years ago but I remained in denial about it and I was also uneducated regarding male pattern baldness. I thought it was true it came from your mothers side and that my hair would follow the path of her brother. He thined over the years and had a receding hairline but basically still had a pretty good head of hair at 65. So when my hairline receded and the hair thinned a didn't jump on treatment like I should have because it comes from your mother's side after all?
My fathers side has horrible male pattern baldness on the other hand. My dad lost a ton of hair in his 20's and is a norwood 6. His brother started losing his hair when he was 17 and is the worst norwood 7 I have ever seen. I mean he barley has any horseshoe left. Two cousins from my fathers side are norwood 6/7s but one is in his mid thirties and last time I saw him he didn't have any sign of male pattern baldness.
A little more than a year ago my hair was pretty thick and my only problem was a receding hairline but I lost a ton of hair in 2007. I have posted pics below to display my current situation. I started propecia/nizoral 1% 4 months ago. In the first two months I started it I lost the most hair ever. This could have been shedding or just aggressive male pattern baldness progressing or a combination.
So my basic question is this. If I am destined to become a norwood 6/7 is it more likely my male pattern baldness will only consider propecia a small bump in the road putting me in the small percentage of non responders? Maybe I should just shave my head and spend the money on a good psychologist instead? (joking but not really Or is it still a possible in theory that a could turn out to be good responder to the treatment?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
My fathers side has horrible male pattern baldness on the other hand. My dad lost a ton of hair in his 20's and is a norwood 6. His brother started losing his hair when he was 17 and is the worst norwood 7 I have ever seen. I mean he barley has any horseshoe left. Two cousins from my fathers side are norwood 6/7s but one is in his mid thirties and last time I saw him he didn't have any sign of male pattern baldness.
A little more than a year ago my hair was pretty thick and my only problem was a receding hairline but I lost a ton of hair in 2007. I have posted pics below to display my current situation. I started propecia/nizoral 1% 4 months ago. In the first two months I started it I lost the most hair ever. This could have been shedding or just aggressive male pattern baldness progressing or a combination.
So my basic question is this. If I am destined to become a norwood 6/7 is it more likely my male pattern baldness will only consider propecia a small bump in the road putting me in the small percentage of non responders? Maybe I should just shave my head and spend the money on a good psychologist instead? (joking but not really Or is it still a possible in theory that a could turn out to be good responder to the treatment?
Thanks in advance for any advice.