Hi all,
My first post. Been lurking for a few weeks and you guys seem like a friendly bunch.
I am now 19 years old. When I was 17 I did a sixth month long course of isotretonin/accutane/roaccutane to treat acne. 60mg a day if I remember correctly since 40mg wasn't cutting it. Towards the end of the treatment I noticed the structure of my hair change completely. It became very thin, weedy and very dry, especially when I would just come out of the shower. I assured that this was a normal temporary side effect due to lack of sebum. I think my hair started receding at the temples at this stage but it's hard for me to pinpoint exactly when since I've never had any shedding phases, hair on pillows/shower floor etc.
"Isotretonin is a safe drug" - bull****. That's what I was told by my dermatologists. Please nobody take this unless your acne is making you suicidal. Not only will it do your hair no good, it will make your lips crack and bleed, your eyes extremely sore, your face as red as a tomato it really can have psychoactive effects. It made me feel very fatigued. I went from being a straight A student to getting Es in my final year. I lost my university offers and it's set back my life 4/5 years which I am only now getting back on track.
Anyway, two years down the line and I've just noticed that I am definitely receding. My hair is still thin and dry. Basically nothing has changed since I was on my course of accutane two years ago except that I may have potentially receded slightly more. Hairline has receded 5/6cm at the sides of the forehead and maybe 1cm right at the front. Thinning at the back slightly. Would say I am a NW2.5
To be honest, since the realisation of having a receding hairline at 19 I've been distraught. I expected it at some point in my life, since my father started losing his rapidly in his thirties, but not this early.
It terms of outcomes all I want is to stop the progression of my hairloss. I wear my hair quite long and so no one really knows about my receding hair other than myself and so I'm not too bothered in needing anything to grow back. I don't mind letting my hair take it's natural course in maybe ten years, but I feel like I'm just too young at the moment.
I have a few questions:
1. Has anyone hear also taken accutane? Did it effect your hair? Was is temporary/permanent?
2. I'm going to a dermo soon. I want to be prescribed for some proprecia. Are there any questions I should ask or anything I should know before I go? I've lost my faith in dermatologists and to be honest this time I am going to do my upmost to be more educated this time.
3. Mioxidil really doesn't fit into my routine. Is it possible to just take propecia and will it potentially stop me from losing more hair?
If anyone can help at all I'd be very grateful and would feel a lot less alone. No one around me seems to understand/give a **** about my hair loss until I turn into a cue ball.
My first post. Been lurking for a few weeks and you guys seem like a friendly bunch.
I am now 19 years old. When I was 17 I did a sixth month long course of isotretonin/accutane/roaccutane to treat acne. 60mg a day if I remember correctly since 40mg wasn't cutting it. Towards the end of the treatment I noticed the structure of my hair change completely. It became very thin, weedy and very dry, especially when I would just come out of the shower. I assured that this was a normal temporary side effect due to lack of sebum. I think my hair started receding at the temples at this stage but it's hard for me to pinpoint exactly when since I've never had any shedding phases, hair on pillows/shower floor etc.
"Isotretonin is a safe drug" - bull****. That's what I was told by my dermatologists. Please nobody take this unless your acne is making you suicidal. Not only will it do your hair no good, it will make your lips crack and bleed, your eyes extremely sore, your face as red as a tomato it really can have psychoactive effects. It made me feel very fatigued. I went from being a straight A student to getting Es in my final year. I lost my university offers and it's set back my life 4/5 years which I am only now getting back on track.
Anyway, two years down the line and I've just noticed that I am definitely receding. My hair is still thin and dry. Basically nothing has changed since I was on my course of accutane two years ago except that I may have potentially receded slightly more. Hairline has receded 5/6cm at the sides of the forehead and maybe 1cm right at the front. Thinning at the back slightly. Would say I am a NW2.5
To be honest, since the realisation of having a receding hairline at 19 I've been distraught. I expected it at some point in my life, since my father started losing his rapidly in his thirties, but not this early.
It terms of outcomes all I want is to stop the progression of my hairloss. I wear my hair quite long and so no one really knows about my receding hair other than myself and so I'm not too bothered in needing anything to grow back. I don't mind letting my hair take it's natural course in maybe ten years, but I feel like I'm just too young at the moment.
I have a few questions:
1. Has anyone hear also taken accutane? Did it effect your hair? Was is temporary/permanent?
2. I'm going to a dermo soon. I want to be prescribed for some proprecia. Are there any questions I should ask or anything I should know before I go? I've lost my faith in dermatologists and to be honest this time I am going to do my upmost to be more educated this time.
3. Mioxidil really doesn't fit into my routine. Is it possible to just take propecia and will it potentially stop me from losing more hair?
If anyone can help at all I'd be very grateful and would feel a lot less alone. No one around me seems to understand/give a **** about my hair loss until I turn into a cue ball.
