How to tell if my hairline is receding? Should I start using Rogaine?

[sanzz18]

Hey all. I am not sure if I am just really paranoid, but figured I can get some advice on here. I am 25 years old. I always had a sort of high hair line (4 fingers from my eyebrows to my hairline) with the temple area a little further back and always had thin/medium hair thickness. My question is I have been fixated on my hair line this past year and really can't tell if my hairline is receding or not. I feel like it has definitely receded a little bit over the past few years but can't tell if it is normal or male pattern baldness?

I have started using Nizoral 1% ketoconazole shampoo and an organic hair loss prevention shampoo on the days I do not use the Nizoral, it is called Pura d'or Hair Loss Prevention Premium Organic Shampoo (Brown and Blue bottle). It has awesome reviews on amazon (over 4,000 of them). I started that over a month ago. I want to say I noticed less shedding but really don't know.

I am seriously just trying to avoid going bald for as long as possible. It has always been a fear of mine. I hear great reviews on here and other forums and sites of using Rogaine. I will never try finasteride though because my hair is not worth risking libido and masculine features.

Should I start using Rogaine now? Or should I wait to see if I really am receding?

 

[TD500]

Hey all. I am not sure if I am just really paranoid, but figured I can get some advice on here. I am 25 years old. I always had a sort of high hair line (4 fingers from my eyebrows to my hairline) with the temple area a little further back and always had thin/medium hair thickness. My question is I have been fixated on my hair line this past year and really can't tell if my hairline is receding or not. I feel like it has definitely receded a little bit over the past few years but can't tell if it is normal or male pattern baldness?

I have started using Nizoral 1% ketoconazole shampoo and an organic hair loss prevention shampoo on the days I do not use the Nizoral, it is called Pura d'or Hair Loss Prevention Premium Organic Shampoo (Brown and Blue bottle). It has awesome reviews on amazon (over 4,000 of them). I started that over a month ago. I want to say I noticed less shedding but really don't know.

I am seriously just trying to avoid going bald for as long as possible. It has always been a fear of mine. I hear great reviews on here and other forums and sites of using Rogaine. I will never try finasteride though because my hair is not worth risking libido and masculine features.

Should I start using Rogaine now? Or should I wait to see if I really am receding?

pray you dont have male pattern baldness then otherwise your SOL.

 

[sanzz18]

Why is that? From what other people say Rogaine can still help male pattern baldness?

 

[TD500]

Rogaine does nothing to stop DHT.

 

[sanzz18]

Yeah I know that but if you are using other things in combination like shampoos that help block or remove DHT in your sclalp and then using Rogaine to help stimulate the follicles. Won't that help?

 

[Wolf Pack]

Why is that? From what other people say Rogaine can still help male pattern baldness?

If it's not too much of an aggressive pattern, if you're a good responder to Minoxidil, you can stay above baseline for quite a while. It's not as good as finasteride though when it went head to head in a trial. In the longest clinical trial for Minoxidil, patients were still 2.3 times over baseline at the 5 year mark. 2.7 I think near the 2 year mark. Probably get back to baseline at 10 years.

It might not to anything to DHT but does increase good prostaglandins to combat male pattern baldness.

Be warned though, a lot of aggressive hair loss sufferers continue to lose hair on minoxidil from the onset.

 

[sanzz18]

Thanks for the info. Can you clarify the last sentence you stated? Do you mean they start to lose even more hair when aggressive hair loss sufferers start minoxidil?