Having a bad day. Advice please.

[cook'n'milkies]

Everything is slowly responding to treatment except my temples. I know I'm still early in my treatment, but I'm so afraid they (and my hairline) wont respond. Can anybody recommend anything that works on temples. Anybody personally have any success with anything? my left is considerably worse than my right, especially since my scalp injury.

 

[Deaner]

What are you on and for how long? I'm seeing response from my temples on purely Propecia after nearly 20 months on treatment.

 

[cook'n'milkies]

What are you on and for how long? I'm seeing response from my temples on purely Propecia after nearly 20 months on treatment.

all my treatments and start dates are in my regimen tab. finasteride since Nov 20 and minoxidil a few weeks later.

 

[Z]

What are you on and for how long? I'm seeing response from my temples on purely Propecia after nearly 20 months on treatment.

all my treatments and start dates are in my regimen tab. finasteride since Nov 20 and minoxidil a few weeks later.

sh*t. You've gotta long way to go yet, son.

Either shave it off, or try to forget about it for a while as you are likely to be going on the hair rollercoaster for many months to come.

 

[Deaner]

Yea bud, honestly, ride it out. I haven't seen gains in thickness and temples like I have in the last 3 months the whole time I've been on it. Honestly, some people say give it a year to decide, I say give it two, because if I'd only given it 1 I'd have given up and never seen any serious gains.

 

[Axon]

Cook,

I did not see any change in my temples until month 10. I saw some improvement in the crown after about 14 weeks. Be patient. Hope that helps.

 

[Aplunk1]

It's difficult to get regrowth in the temples region.

Since taking Avodart and minoxidil, I've noticed substantial amounts of regrowth along the temples (especially) and some a long the hairline.

I've gone from about a NW2 to about a Norwood ~~~1.25... But I'm adding Dr. Lee's Topical spironolactone 5% to prevent any further loss and potentially have a bit more growth there.

Have you considered the topical spironolactone/antiandrogen route?

 

[gand]

Where is your scalp injury???

b/c I had injury on my forhead when I was a kid... so, my right temple is 'higher' than left... I saw that right temple is always bigger, but I'm asking, does my injoury has anything about my hairloss??


another q... does scul fractures have sometnig about hairloss??

 

[ShedMaster]

It's difficult to get regrowth in the temples region.

Since taking Avodart and minoxidil, I've noticed substantial amounts of regrowth along the temples (especially) and some a long the hairline.

I've gone from about a NW2 to about a Norwood ~~~1.25... But I'm adding Dr. Lee's Topical spironolactone 5% to prevent any further loss and potentially have a bit more growth there.

Have you considered the topical spironolactone/antiandrogen route?

you are at a Norwood 1.25 and you are always talking about how bad you have it and suicide and the such, aren't you? do you know how many people would kill to have that kind of hairline?!


perhaps I 'm thinking of someone else, I don't frequent the boards as much.

 

[StoptheMadness]

I have been in Propecia for 24 months. It truly works wonders......but NOT on the temples.....I repeat, it DOES NOT work on the temples. I never expected it too, I am not surprised it doesn't work on the temples. Maybe for the rarest of people on Propecia for over 2 years, it might do at most imperceptible gains in temples. But make no mistake, Propecia works best for the vertex and the midscalp.....I have also used minoxidil everyday on temples and hairline, at best it helps reduce the time it would have taken to recede or disappear. I am guessing its a crap shoot as to whether anything else (i.e. tricomin, revivoden, spironolactone, etc) would work. There is no Proven Treatment (other than a few dinky trials of course) that can regrow or maintain temples or hairline. Just have to deal with it.

 

[cook'n'milkies]

Where is your scalp injury???

b/c I had injury on my forhead when I was a kid... so, my right temple is 'higher' than left... I saw that right temple is always bigger, but I'm asking, does my injoury has anything about my hairloss??


another q... does scul fractures have sometnig about hairloss??

This is a top view of my head. The red line shows where the scar on my head is. Thankfully, it seems lik emost of the hair is growing back on and around the scar and where the doctor had to cut off some hair. You can only see a very small portion of it near my part if you look really hard.

 

[Aplunk1]

It's difficult to get regrowth in the temples region.

Since taking Avodart and minoxidil, I've noticed substantial amounts of regrowth along the temples (especially) and some a long the hairline.

I've gone from about a NW2 to about a Norwood ~~~1.25... But I'm adding Dr. Lee's Topical spironolactone 5% to prevent any further loss and potentially have a bit more growth there.

Have you considered the topical spironolactone/antiandrogen route?

you are at a Norwood 1.25 and you are always talking about how bad you have it and suicide and the such, aren't you? do you know how many people would kill to have that kind of hairline?!


perhaps I 'm thinking of someone else, I don't frequent the boards as much.

Hairloss isn't the most disconcerting situation in my life. I unfortunately have a lot of obstacles for which I still much overcome.

Having a decent hairline is a positive, but not if you're severe diffuse pattern 5. Damn... In any light, anyone can see my scalp... And it's not even... I have a thicker patch in the front (Where the landing strip is supposed to form) and I have uneven thinning throughout the rest of my hair.

I keep it short to eliminate more obviousness, but it still doesn't cut it.

Slowly, but surely, it's thickening up. I do have a case of trichtolomania, which I am also trying to recover from... I try to cope with my limitations in life, but it's difficult. I try to help others where I can, too. So please, don't think I'm trying to purposely invite attention from everyone else. I am looking for genuine help with coping with some very disparaging problems.

 

[Aplunk1]

Where is your scalp injury???

b/c I had injury on my forhead when I was a kid... so, my right temple is 'higher' than left... I saw that right temple is always bigger, but I'm asking, does my injoury has anything about my hairloss??


another q... does scul fractures have sometnig about hairloss??

This is a top view of my head. The red line shows where the scar on my head is. Thankfully, it seems lik emost of the hair is growing back on and around the scar and where the doctor had to cut off some hair. You can only see a very small portion of it near my part if you look really hard.

C'n'M', is that an accurate photo of your head? Does your left temple recede higher than the right? Also, any diffuse thinning or scalp showing?

 

[ShedMaster]

It's difficult to get regrowth in the temples region.

Since taking Avodart and minoxidil, I've noticed substantial amounts of regrowth along the temples (especially) and some a long the hairline.

I've gone from about a NW2 to about a Norwood ~~~1.25... But I'm adding Dr. Lee's Topical spironolactone 5% to prevent any further loss and potentially have a bit more growth there.

Have you considered the topical spironolactone/antiandrogen route?

you are at a Norwood 1.25 and you are always talking about how bad you have it and suicide and the such, aren't you? do you know how many people would kill to have that kind of hairline?!


perhaps I 'm thinking of someone else, I don't frequent the boards as much.

Hairloss isn't the most disconcerting situation in my life. I unfortunately have a lot of obstacles for which I still much overcome.

Having a decent hairline is a positive, but not if you're severe diffuse pattern 5. Damn... In any light, anyone can see my scalp... And it's not even... I have a thicker patch in the front (Where the landing strip is supposed to form) and I have uneven thinning throughout the rest of my hair.

I keep it short to eliminate more obviousness, but it still doesn't cut it.

Slowly, but surely, it's thickening up. I do have a case of trichtolomania, which I am also trying to recover from... I try to cope with my limitations in life, but it's difficult. I try to help others where I can, too. So please, don't think I'm trying to purposely invite attention from everyone else. I am looking for genuine help with coping with some very disparaging problems.

I apologize, I misunderstood. good luck.

 

[cook'n'milkies]

Where is your scalp injury???

b/c I had injury on my forhead when I was a kid... so, my right temple is 'higher' than left... I saw that right temple is always bigger, but I'm asking, does my injoury has anything about my hairloss??


another q... does scul fractures have sometnig about hairloss??

This is a top view of my head. The red line shows where the scar on my head is. Thankfully, it seems lik emost of the hair is growing back on and around the scar and where the doctor had to cut off some hair. You can only see a very small portion of it near my part if you look really hard.

C'n'M', is that an accurate photo of your head? Does your left temple recede higher than the right? Also, any diffuse thinning or scalp showing?

Yeah, my left temple is receded higher than my right and i'm diffusing in certain places on top. Lately I'm pretty sure I've receded from a Norwood 2 to somewhere closer to a 3. My vertex is only a tiny bit thin.