Hi, i'm a 22 years old Portuguese male and I have been losing my hair since 19. I had terrific amazing thick shiny hair, now its thinning and falling a lot. Since my 19'th it started and stopped, started and stopped, but now its worse then ever. The thing is, i have male pattern baldness but i have no bald/limp hair people in my family! Everyone has hair, my father has fair (a little thin but he has a LOT) and my mother has hair (though its a little thin but she also has a LOT and she also suffered from hair loss my age). All of my grandparents have hair, my mothers side grandfather is 80 and still has a lot of hair.
I used minoxidil last year, and I think it worked, but its said to cause left ventricular hypertrophy with chronic use so discontinued treatment (also, in Portugal its terribly expensive). I started to use aminexil but don't think its gonna do anything, since its an analogous molecule and probably works the same way as minoxidil and has much less of it.
I also have terribly oily hair and oily skin, I have to wash it every 2 days so it stays clean. Sometimes a hair comes out with a little ball of solidified sebum on its end.
Despite my oily hair problems, I do have male pattern baldness, and if you put a light over my head you can see the whole scalp.
So my question is, what do you suggest? Should I go back to minoxidil and stay with it for ever? I also do body-building (absolutely no steroids) and workout a lot, and I'm afraid that my naturally engorged left heart will hypertrophy because of minoxidil.
Thanks for your patience.
PS: I'm seeing last years pictures, and i cant imagine how much hair i had comparing to how much i have now
PS2: Dermatologists here don't care about hair loss, they just tell you to accept it, the health system here sucks so, its kinda useless to seek medical help for baldness
I used minoxidil last year, and I think it worked, but its said to cause left ventricular hypertrophy with chronic use so discontinued treatment (also, in Portugal its terribly expensive). I started to use aminexil but don't think its gonna do anything, since its an analogous molecule and probably works the same way as minoxidil and has much less of it.
I also have terribly oily hair and oily skin, I have to wash it every 2 days so it stays clean. Sometimes a hair comes out with a little ball of solidified sebum on its end.
Despite my oily hair problems, I do have male pattern baldness, and if you put a light over my head you can see the whole scalp.
So my question is, what do you suggest? Should I go back to minoxidil and stay with it for ever? I also do body-building (absolutely no steroids) and workout a lot, and I'm afraid that my naturally engorged left heart will hypertrophy because of minoxidil.
Thanks for your patience.
PS: I'm seeing last years pictures, and i cant imagine how much hair i had comparing to how much i have now
PS2: Dermatologists here don't care about hair loss, they just tell you to accept it, the health system here sucks so, its kinda useless to seek medical help for baldness
