My derm has been trying to push it on me for almost a year. It’s like she’s a programmed robot who forgets the 20 times I’ve already told her I’m not interested. I guess she’s preying on the fact that I’ll be so desperate that I’ll eventually say yes.
Going Bald In Less Than A Year, Need Advice
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I went down to see Greco for it. I was skeptical and by the time I had gone over the situation with him he recommended that I don’t have the procedure. I think he mostly saw that I was scared/skeptical and knew I wouldn’t be a please customer. I agree I think it is too invasive without any real data.
he did tell me I had a serious, chronic Telogen Effluvium to go with my age related male pattern baldness... my donor area also thinning so...
he did tell me I had a serious, chronic Telogen Effluvium to go with my age related male pattern baldness... my donor area also thinning so...
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What do you think could happen with a switch to topcial minoxidil?
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I realize I have a full head of decent hair. But when I think about what’s been lost and how fast despite doctors, a ton of $ and years wasted life fixated on this I sink deeper into depression. I know this nightmare would be far worse as a young man. Even now the surprise and speed is daunting.
I wish I could give up on this. I probably have done more harm than good.
I wish I could give up on this. I probably have done more harm than good.
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I don’t know what the f*** to do. My hairline is eroding daily. All the caveats of having good hair for my age etc. aside I’m losing ground fast despite a ridiculous amount of topical Finasteride daily and a high dose oral Minoxidil. I am already fighting through sides on these to the point where I might need to hit the HCG to get right and kill more hair. If Finasteride showed any progress I’d consider Dutasteride but right now with the hope of starting a family and rapid decline...
issue is it’s not just the hairline, the entire crown and vertex are worse but in the last two months the hairline thinned the f*** out. I realize no one gives a f*** but any look at my photos from year 1, year 2 verus today would be helpful. In retrospect I see how the decline wasn’t as noticeable before, most loss was on the top covered by long hair. My hair is light brown now.
are the small hairs on my forelock miniaturized?
issue is it’s not just the hairline, the entire crown and vertex are worse but in the last two months the hairline thinned the f*** out. I realize no one gives a f*** but any look at my photos from year 1, year 2 verus today would be helpful. In retrospect I see how the decline wasn’t as noticeable before, most loss was on the top covered by long hair. My hair is light brown now.
are the small hairs on my forelock miniaturized?
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The shedding has made me insane. It is constant 600 hundred 1000 hairs in covered in hair my bathrooms and bed are covered in hair. I can’t eat or work anymore. I don’t even care about the balding, the shed has made me crazy. No one gives a f***. I’ve filled gallon bags full of hair In The last 6 months. I n drinking like crazy. Using 20 ml a day topical Finasteride pill too and it gets worse worse
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Second this, if hair shedding is keeping you from going to work than there's a serious problem.
He says no one gives a f*** that his hair is shedding, but why should they? I mean yeah it sucks but why should anyone else give a f*** if you're shedding hair lol
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Yeah good point. I guess it’s just normal to go bald in a year. I’ll be dead before that happens.
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lmao dude, you are nw1 with good density, you are another paranoid kid on this forum
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If I’m a shedding thinning NW1 from god hair 3 years ago and I’m trying all but Dutasteride and it’s getting worse I’ll be a diffuse NW2 mess by March or dead because at this point that’s where I’m leaning. Don’t expect any sympathy trust me.
Take a few deep breaths. The amount of anxiety you are having over this is almost certainly contributing to the problem. Have you considered anti anxiety medication? I’d guess that your mental state is causing constant stress to your hair and might be playing a large role in this.
whatintheworld
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Saying you would rather be dead than deal with this is asinine. There are people who went to Norwood 5 in their early 20's. I understand this is stressful for you, but frankly, you are being a pu$$y. If this disease caught you when you were twenty I don't even know how you would respond, you'd be in a psych ward.
It's time to talk some deep breaths and calm down, the stress is certainly not helping your hair at all.
It's time to talk some deep breaths and calm down, the stress is certainly not helping your hair at all.
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Bann this clown asap.
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Yeah I realize I’m losing my mind and I don’t know what I would have done if this happened when J was young. I’m not making sh*t up on the shed volume. I could shake my head an drop 50 hairs. f***.
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I am using a 1% compounded by a pharmacy no minoxidil. Probably 4-5ml daily for coverage. I have recently been using twice a day.
I am using a 1% lipsomal gel from Italy twice daily on my hairline.
I tend to take a few have doses of Propecia during the week.
I take 5mg oral minoxidil daily.
I take viviscal pro daily, zinc, iron (now getting iron infusions starting next week due to ferritin of 20).
* Because of side’s urologist has me on 50 units of HCG three times a week. I have started and stopped this over the course of the year. Panicked after starting oral Propecia in October and have been using since but tapering off as I have far less noticeable sides with the topical. Worst side is depression.
The shedding never slows down. I am diffuse thinning in the entire Norwood region and my hair quality and color has changed dramatically for the worst. Please keep in mind I was an extremely dense NW0 with long jet black ropes of hair when this started in late 2016.
My Forelock is thinning at the fastest rate.
I am using a 1% lipsomal gel from Italy twice daily on my hairline.
I tend to take a few have doses of Propecia during the week.
I take 5mg oral minoxidil daily.
I take viviscal pro daily, zinc, iron (now getting iron infusions starting next week due to ferritin of 20).
* Because of side’s urologist has me on 50 units of HCG three times a week. I have started and stopped this over the course of the year. Panicked after starting oral Propecia in October and have been using since but tapering off as I have far less noticeable sides with the topical. Worst side is depression.
The shedding never slows down. I am diffuse thinning in the entire Norwood region and my hair quality and color has changed dramatically for the worst. Please keep in mind I was an extremely dense NW0 with long jet black ropes of hair when this started in late 2016.
My Forelock is thinning at the fastest rate.
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Yes I know. It really hasn’t done anything for me. The HCG raises LH and in doing so testosterone without shutting down testes like Androgel. Fertility is a big concern and didn’t want Finasteride to ruin my chances. Definitely has some sides though serum DHT never changed. Has to even indirectly be bad for hair.
whatintheworld
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Bro, why don't you just buzz your head to see if you are actually thinning, and the extent of it? With so much hair combed like you style it, it's hard to make any conclusions.