HairCome2Me
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Hello everyone. Long time lurker but first time poster here. As the title suggests, I am an unfortunate sufferer of male hair loss. To make matters worse, this is happening to me at a young age. The fear of the inevitable was always there ever since I started losing hair at 17. But college was just so damn fun that, aside from a handful of depressive bouts, I never really worried too much about my hair loss. All I knew at the time was that it is a slow process and I shouldn't waste my precious youth being tormented by this demon known as male pattern baldness. And to be completely honest, my hair was not bad at all in my college years. Yes the shedding occurred throughout, and I did notice the gradual thinning of my hair, but I always told myself "I still got hair".
However, I can only carry that mentality for so long before hair loss catches up to me. So here I am today, 1 year removed from college, sinking into the biggest bout of depression I've ever experienced regarding my hair loss...
Even though I was somewhat care free about hair loss in college, I did do my fair share of research on male hair loss and the treatment options I have. I actually started taking finpecia from InHousePharmacy starting spring of 2013 on a daily basis. Also got on minoxidil shortly after that. But unfortunately I was not persistent with my regimen, skipping days here and there, and skipping a whole month from May to June as I vacationed post graduation. Starting July of 2013 I continued on with minoxidil (once a day mainly) but still skipping days here and there. I stopped finpecia, not trusting its legitimacy. Needless to say my treatment up to that point was ineffective. I carried on with this somewhat careless attitude until October, and like many of us here, I looked at myself in the mirror one day and the alarm went off. My hairline is finally showing visual signs of years after years of hair loss. Instantly, I scheduled an appointment with a dermatologist for the sake of getting a prescription for finasteride, and then it began the journal, for real.
Since October of 2013, my regimen has been:
1.25MG Finasteride Daily (Generic Proscar from Target Pharmacy split into 1/4, manufacturer is Camber)
5% Kirkland Minoxidil Twice a Day
Nizoral 1% 3-4 Times/Week
7 Months later (And if my sporadic treatment prior to 10/2013 counts, it's more like a year now), the results are not satisfying, AT ALL. My hairline and front is still losing ground while maintaining the top and the crown, or at least I think the top and the crown has not worsened. Hair loss did not cease and if I am not mistaken, it has actually accelerated in the past couple of months in the hairline and front region.
As it currently stands, I am a NW3 and I will do EVERYTHING in my power to keep it at that. But I guess it's only natural for me to have doubts if things will ever improve since nothing has gone right thus far...
Thanks for reading my rant/story and I will continually update this thread as the days go by to track my progress, or lack of. First thing I am going to do, Getting myself some genuine finasteride. My generic finasteride is almost done with and I plan to give brand name Proscar a try. Perhaps it's stupid of me to spend additional money on a pill that contains the same ingredient, but desperate times calls for desperate measures.
Any feedback, suggestions, and thoughts will be much appreciated.
Thanks once again and may we all come out on top against the male pattern baldness demon =)
However, I can only carry that mentality for so long before hair loss catches up to me. So here I am today, 1 year removed from college, sinking into the biggest bout of depression I've ever experienced regarding my hair loss...
Even though I was somewhat care free about hair loss in college, I did do my fair share of research on male hair loss and the treatment options I have. I actually started taking finpecia from InHousePharmacy starting spring of 2013 on a daily basis. Also got on minoxidil shortly after that. But unfortunately I was not persistent with my regimen, skipping days here and there, and skipping a whole month from May to June as I vacationed post graduation. Starting July of 2013 I continued on with minoxidil (once a day mainly) but still skipping days here and there. I stopped finpecia, not trusting its legitimacy. Needless to say my treatment up to that point was ineffective. I carried on with this somewhat careless attitude until October, and like many of us here, I looked at myself in the mirror one day and the alarm went off. My hairline is finally showing visual signs of years after years of hair loss. Instantly, I scheduled an appointment with a dermatologist for the sake of getting a prescription for finasteride, and then it began the journal, for real.
Since October of 2013, my regimen has been:
1.25MG Finasteride Daily (Generic Proscar from Target Pharmacy split into 1/4, manufacturer is Camber)
5% Kirkland Minoxidil Twice a Day
Nizoral 1% 3-4 Times/Week
7 Months later (And if my sporadic treatment prior to 10/2013 counts, it's more like a year now), the results are not satisfying, AT ALL. My hairline and front is still losing ground while maintaining the top and the crown, or at least I think the top and the crown has not worsened. Hair loss did not cease and if I am not mistaken, it has actually accelerated in the past couple of months in the hairline and front region.
As it currently stands, I am a NW3 and I will do EVERYTHING in my power to keep it at that. But I guess it's only natural for me to have doubts if things will ever improve since nothing has gone right thus far...
Thanks for reading my rant/story and I will continually update this thread as the days go by to track my progress, or lack of. First thing I am going to do, Getting myself some genuine finasteride. My generic finasteride is almost done with and I plan to give brand name Proscar a try. Perhaps it's stupid of me to spend additional money on a pill that contains the same ingredient, but desperate times calls for desperate measures.
Any feedback, suggestions, and thoughts will be much appreciated.
Thanks once again and may we all come out on top against the male pattern baldness demon =)