Guys HELP, depression got me ;-(

[DaPlaya]

Hi there, I need help... here's my story: I'm 27 years old, and i started diffuse thining at the age of 22... I never bothered because I always felt secure and didn't mind loosing my hair at all. The fact is I now changed my mind, but i'm scared it's too late. my balding process went very fast at the beginning so by the age of 24 i was already cutting my hair too short in order not to show too much. about 3 months ago i started changing my opinion, and wanted to do something about my hairloss, I started propecia and minoxidil about 5 weeks ago. This has unfortunately made it worseeeeeeee, I lost much hair since i started the treatment and i don't understand why. my scalp is doooo obvious now and there's not much hair left :cry:. The bad thing besides that is that my scalp is flaky, and it looks like dundruff and since i cut my hair far too short, it looks really bad.

my questions are, should i stop the treatment? am i late? what shall i do about the dundruff resulting out of dried minoxidil? PLEASE TELL ME what you think... because I'm going through a phase of depression :cry:

 

[SE-freak]

I do not personally use these drugs, but I know there is a possibility of a shedding phase. This usually means that treatments are working and your hair will be replaced by thicker healthier hair. Dont jump on and off-since you started treatments stay on the train.

Results,if any, always take time.

best of luck.

 

[eduardmc]

for flaking scalp get on nizoral right away and a conditional. after 2 week of use your scalp should be fine, and about you hairloss getting worse, this is the process "is gonna get worse before it get better" about 80% of us when start using minoxidil we shed a lot of hair, this happened to me as well, i lost so much hair withing the first month than i thought i was gonna be completly bald in another month if this kept going, i'm glad that i didn't stop because my hair grew back AND MUCH MORE, i thought for a moment that i was completly cure because 90% of my hair that i have lost since male pattern baldness grew back. now after 1year and 7 month, things are not going well for me, i had a lot of irritation with minoxidil and i switch to minoxidil no pg which was the worst mistake ever because i lost a lot of my hair when i used it for 2 month, i started using minoxidil regular from mr lee again (no irritation with it) and thing has been stable but not better, i'm cutting back on wacking and having to much sex to see if this improve cause if things keeps going like this for me i'll be expending christmans with a shave bald head.

 

[DaPlaya]

guys thanks a lot for your posts,... that gives me more motivation to carry on. does anyone know where to get nizoral online??

 

[Guest]

guys thanks a lot for your posts,... that gives me more motivation to carry on. does anyone know where to get nizoral online??

Just keep with it. It can take 3 to 6 months before you know it's working. I have been through this before. You have to lose hair before it can grow back thicker.

 

[DaPlaya]

guys thanks a lot for your posts,... that gives me more motivation to carry on. does anyone know where to get nizoral online??

Just keep with it. It can take 3 to 6 months before you know it's working. I have been through this before. You have to lose hair before it can grow back thicker.

yes thanks but my problem is the following, i started my treatment late so i already didn't have much hair then, if i go through a shed like i did in the last couple of weeks (and still going on), i'll have nothing left... :cry:

 

[md2002]

eduardmc -

Why do people keep mentioning hair loss and wacking off, if there any proof that wacking off and sex cause hair loss? I don't mean to hijack the post but..... People keep saying this so I wonder if there are any studies or if you guys are just talking to talk.

Daplaya -

I haven't taken Miinox but took Propecia. When I started, about 23 years old, I never noticed a shed because I had alot of hair left. I was shedding everyday before Propecia and that STOPPED and still has stopped. My advice to you is that from what I understand Monix will knock your hair out but that is good news because it means it's working. Secondly, you would probably have more hair right now if you started finasteride a little earlier. Should you have started earlier - YES. You would have probably saved more of your hair.

 

[jfrank]

somebody on hairlosshelp siad that propecia, when it reactivates the hair follicle, it causes it to shed at first.. however, he further said that if the hair regrows, it could be thinner (cauase it was hit by DHT) so pretty much, propecia will make u go bald faster if that was meant to be... is he full of it?

 

[md2002]

So what our saying is that if Propecia makes your hair grow back, the hair that grew back will make the rest of your hair go bald???

Your question is confusing...

 

[jfrank]

i'm just repeating what he said... he said the hair will regrow thinner..... if it regrows at all... i dont think he knows what he is talking about..

 

[arya]

I have seen some thin hair on my scalp. My question is , does the thinning always caused by DHT , or there could be some other reasons too??

 

[Melbs]

No he probably doesent... but whatever, its some blokes theory on balding and chances are he's wrong.

Propecia works for most... end of story. For the guy who started this thread, stick on Proscar/Propecia and have a bit of faith in the fact your doing something about it. Never lose sight of the fact that if you dont take anything for it, you WILL go bald anyway... minoxidil... i have mixed feelings for it, but alot of people love it.

 

[ShedMaster]

guys thanks a lot for your posts,... that gives me more motivation to carry on. does anyone know where to get nizoral online??

if you live in the US or canada you can get it in any drugstore. 1% or 2% should be fine.