Going Bald In Less Than A Year, Need Advice

[Selb]

Also throwing a ton of RU frkm
Chemyo on head 3 times a day

You might still be shedding but if you’re still losing density with that regimen you either have ultra sensitive follicles that can’t stop balding, or your problem isn’t androgens

 

[Norwoody]

Yes. Shed every where. Sides and back Thinner but no miniaturization unlike the hair and ve

4 months. 2x per week, I was also using .5 Propecia daily but had to stop because of sides. Trying to recover but know HCG or testosterone will destroy my hair.

My concern would be the increased T from dutasteride potentially causing further loss in that extra sensitive area.

 

[bluecyclone]

Occasional itch but no redness. The shedding has been steady since this started insane amount of hair from GOAT baseline

 

[bluecyclone]

My concern would be the increased T from dutasteride potentially causing further loss in that extra sensitive area.

I thought the ru would fight the increased T

 

[Norwoody]

I thought the ru would fight the increased T

It very well might. Other than that, I guess castor oil might be worth trying since your loss seems related to stress from other medications.

 

[bluecyclone]

Do you think any of this can be recovered? I mean all of the hair is thin compared to even a year ago, some falling at .5 inc 4 inch even 7. Before they were all long and healthy with heavy fall. The hairline got much worse over the last 8 months. Before it was diffuse vertex only.

 

[Norwoody]

I think you still have a fighting chance. I've seen people get regrowth from over a decade of slick bald areas. Don't give up!

 

[bluecyclone]

If you constantly shed it could be that you have a chronic Telogen Effluvium.In my case,minoxidil caused it.
I would stay away from RU and topical finasteride.Just add oral finasteride and stay on minoxidil.You are shedding a lot of hair for far too long.I don't think its normal male pattern baldness.
Do you feel some sort of inflammation or discomfort on your scalp(pimples,redness,itch)?

I had a horrible shed on minoxidil initially and switched to oral. Have continue to shed but was getting some regrowth for about a year. Starting AA’s is when the loss went from vertex to hairline.

 

[bluecyclone]

Losing my entire forelock and hairline in under a month. The front had remained solid until the Fall. I’m still thinning in entire NW7 area but now the front is dying. Could this be a result of Dutasteride? I’m fighting with scary amounts of RU. Any other ideas I might try? My shed is now short and miniaturized hair only. The days of long thick hairs falling is over, same amount but sad thin and curly. I don’t know where to turn.

 

[michel sapin]

bro you are still on oral minoxidil? no side effect such as nausea or diarhea from it?

 

[bluecyclone]

Still on it. No noticeable sides, no additional body hair growth, nothing. My PCP thinks it could cause ED at the 5mg dose. Basically too dialiated to hold blood flow. I wish I never fucked with minoxidil in any form, it accelerated this and now I’m fucked.

 

[Selb]

I think you have shedding from all the treatments and the thinning is normal age related thinning. Unless your ARs are crazy aggressive, which they aren’t since you only started thinning in your thirties, dutasteride should halt your hair loss.

 

[bluecyclone]

What are your thoughts on topical Dutasteride? Sides on Propecia lead me to think Avodart is a death sentence.

 

[Niki99]

Dude.. if you take pictures, show your entire hairline at once. These extremely close up shots are useless. Other than that your hair seems to look exactly the same as over one year ago when I first read your thread. But I can't tell for sure if you always take these shitty and useless pics.

 

[bluecyclone]

The hairline and over all hair look the same at a glance but the shedding is insane and non-stop. I have some better ones from the beginning of the month but I’ve lost a ton of ground. Washing every 3/4 days and this is the shed on top of a 200 or so daily...

 

[bluecyclone]

Post shower

 

[TDE97]

Your hairline still looks in the NW1-2 territory. I would say that is pretty good after 3 years. Have you really not tried assessing the problem from a different agle.

 

[bluecyclone]

What other angel? Hit oral minoxidil, topical Finasteride, topical Dutasteride, oral Propecia with sides. I have thought about zinc topical but the massive shedding has never slowed. It’s been 3 years but the hairline didn’t thin much until just a year ago and really go bad in April.

 

[Norwoody]

Estrogen

 

[centurie]

Your hairline still looks in the NW1-2 territory. I would say that is pretty good after 3 years. Have you really not tried assessing the problem from a different agle.

The different angle is that OP has BDD (Body dysmorphic disorder). He created this thread 3 years ago titled “Going bald in less than a year” yet he still has a perfectly intact hairline and hair that most of us would kill for.

The reason for the heavy shedding/ slight loss of density is most likely due to the fact that he has put his hair in a constant state of shedding/telogen effluvium by the amount he has chopped and changed his routine and messed with his hair over the years and also general thinning due to ageing.

I doubt OP will ever go bald (especially being on treatments) and I believe the most beneficial thing for him will be acceptance that his hair probably won’t ever be as thick and luscious as his younger years.