jeffm81
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Background:
I had skull surgery as a baby, so I have a big scar across my whole scalp and some weird bumps in the bone. They stay hidden fine under my hair, but I'd like to keep it that way, if possible.
My hair started to thin when I was about 19, but I guess it wasn't really noticeable to the average person until maybe 23.
I'd been meaning to do something about it, but kept procrastinating over and over, mostly because I have some kind of social anxiety and am afraid to go to doctors for a cosmetic issue like this. :-/ I'm afraid of being judged or something. I got up my nerve at one point I think when I was 24, and went to a doctor. I was going to ask him about two or three health things, including the hair. He turned out to be bald! So I didn't ask.
Now I'm 25 and in December I finally forced myself to call a local dermatologist. She looked at my scalp and said I have dermatitis and male pattern baldness. She prescribed Propecia, as I was kind of hoping she would do, and some dermatitis stuff. So I took the first three months worth, though not consistently. I think I have two pills left, so I've taken it about 6 days a week on average. I think I see some improvement already, and I haven't had any side effects, so I'd like to keep taking it, but I'm all anxiously avoidant of calling up the doctor again for a follow-up. I was supposed to call a while ago, and I kept avoiding it and procrastinating, and now I'm avoiding it because I procrastinated so long and am embarrassed.
Is there an easier way to get it? I don't want to put my health at risk, though. She had them take a PSA level test before I started taking it. What should I be looking out for? Could another doctor get the original PSA results if needed?
You have to take it forever, right? I get the impression that the hair does eventually fall out, but the Propecia postpones it a few decades? That would still be great. How do prescriptions work for something that you take forever, though? She gave me a prescription for 90 days, which I picked up in three refills. Do I have to go back to the doctor every three months?
It's super expensive, and I was told I could get a generic instead. When I went to get the second refill, I asked if they could substitute it with the generic, and they said they couldn't unless the prescription said so. How do I get her (or someone else) to write a prescription for the generic?
Is the only option for generic a 5 mg pill that needs to be split, or do they make a 1 mg generic now?
I had skull surgery as a baby, so I have a big scar across my whole scalp and some weird bumps in the bone. They stay hidden fine under my hair, but I'd like to keep it that way, if possible.
My hair started to thin when I was about 19, but I guess it wasn't really noticeable to the average person until maybe 23.
I'd been meaning to do something about it, but kept procrastinating over and over, mostly because I have some kind of social anxiety and am afraid to go to doctors for a cosmetic issue like this. :-/ I'm afraid of being judged or something. I got up my nerve at one point I think when I was 24, and went to a doctor. I was going to ask him about two or three health things, including the hair. He turned out to be bald! So I didn't ask.
Now I'm 25 and in December I finally forced myself to call a local dermatologist. She looked at my scalp and said I have dermatitis and male pattern baldness. She prescribed Propecia, as I was kind of hoping she would do, and some dermatitis stuff. So I took the first three months worth, though not consistently. I think I have two pills left, so I've taken it about 6 days a week on average. I think I see some improvement already, and I haven't had any side effects, so I'd like to keep taking it, but I'm all anxiously avoidant of calling up the doctor again for a follow-up. I was supposed to call a while ago, and I kept avoiding it and procrastinating, and now I'm avoiding it because I procrastinated so long and am embarrassed.
Is there an easier way to get it? I don't want to put my health at risk, though. She had them take a PSA level test before I started taking it. What should I be looking out for? Could another doctor get the original PSA results if needed?
You have to take it forever, right? I get the impression that the hair does eventually fall out, but the Propecia postpones it a few decades? That would still be great. How do prescriptions work for something that you take forever, though? She gave me a prescription for 90 days, which I picked up in three refills. Do I have to go back to the doctor every three months?
It's super expensive, and I was told I could get a generic instead. When I went to get the second refill, I asked if they could substitute it with the generic, and they said they couldn't unless the prescription said so. How do I get her (or someone else) to write a prescription for the generic?
Is the only option for generic a 5 mg pill that needs to be split, or do they make a 1 mg generic now?
, but as far as I know, gynecomastia can't be removed without surgery, so I'll be keeping a close eye on it. Any suggestions?
