I want to move on but I don't know how.

[Helel]

Hello everyone,

So I've been coming here for the past 3 weeks now ever since I officially found out that I am losing my hair. I turned 25 in May and ever since I turned 25, it seems like my body has decided to stop producing hair. Every time I go into the shower, I see more hair fall out. It won't stop. I don't understand why my head won't stop shedding but it keeps on shedding. I've decided to use Rogaine on my temples and my crown area and I am hoping that I see some results soon. I've been on it for 4 days now (I think).


Ever since I found out that I am losing hair, my outlook on life has changed dramatically. All I have been doing these past couple of days have been eating and sleeping. I've done nothing else as I have no energy or motivation to do anything else. I want to start working out again but in my mind and heart I tell myself, "What's the point?".

I don't have friends. I have plenty of acquaintances but no real friends. Nobody likes me and I'm usually the butt of the joke. People like picking on me. I don't know why. I don't know why I can't make friends. I try and it just doesn't happen. This summer, things were going to be different. I was going to get in shape and I was going to continue school and start a new and great life. I wanted to prove to everyone and myself that things were going to change. I was going to live a long and happy life. Until this happened.....Now I don't know what to do.

What does a person do from here? What do I do from here? I have decided not to get finasteride as I feel like that will do more harm to me that good. I think the side effects will worsen my depression. I'm 25 and I know that I may become bald by august. How does someone move on from this?

 

[SDK]

There's only two ways to move on.

Fight it or accept it. If you fight it and it doesn't work, accepting it is easier knowing at least you tried.

 

[reckless]

First of all if it just started then it's not too bad. Some people get it in their teenage years.

I really recommend you try finasteride, start with a low dose and work your way up.

Do you have a job?

 

[Helel]

I don't have a job but I have money to buy finasteride online. I might not get it after all as I don't think the side effects are worth it. Would it solve my problem? Yes. More than likely in one fell swoop. I honestly think that it would help my temple recession, crown recession, and my diffuse thinning over-all but I don't know. I read threads about how it has given some of the other people here weak erections and numbing.

I'm still on Rogaine (I rub it on my temples and crown) and my dad has told me to relax and just put my faith in it as I've only been on it for little over a week.

Are there other products other than finasteride that I could try?

 

[ChrisW1980uk]

Helel, just remember, those who have had sides real or imagined are VERY vocal about it. I've taken finasteride for 4.5 years and don't have any sexual sides whatsoever.

 

[medilook]

Helel, just remember, those who have had sides real or imagined are VERY vocal about it. I've taken finasteride for 4.5 years and don't have any sexual sides whatsoever.

Do you have b**ch tits tho?

 

[Helel]

Really? No smaller erections, numbing, low sex drive, etc? It's my biggest concern as I am very self-conscious about that part of me as well.

It's strange. I hear some people say how terrible it is and then I hear others say that they've felt nothing.

 

[ChrisW1980uk]

In answer to both questions, no, no b**ch tits and no sexual sides. It has worked fine for me

 

[medilook]

Everyone has different response to meds. Try it out and decide urself whether its worth taking or not

 

[Helel]

Either way I see it, I'm screwed. My temples are receding (aside from my crown and diffuse) and I have a large forehead. People made fun of me when I would cut my hair so being bald is worse.

If I take finasteride, what will it do? Are the good effects immediate or am I going to shed more? I just don't want to lose what few temple hairs I have remaining that I am trying to save with rogaine.

 

[meetjoeblack]

I got banned sherdog and on bodybuilding.com but, my story can be found there. Lost family in drunk driving accident, acne my whole life, cystic acne in my 20s, acne scars despite diets, sugar free, no diary or gluten. I even saw a natural path before doing accutane which caused hairloss though it rid acne.

I resorted back to the healthy holistic way of things i did before. Its not perfect but accutane is poison. I've dated a fair bit, i pulled a girl a couple weeks ago, i got several messages from girls to hangout. Strange enough, i am the same man.

I accept that i was handed some tough cards. I choose to not victmize myself or start a pitty party. This describes most users here. I was like that once, black out drunk, snorting cocaine, and bar fighting. I didnt care if i got beat up or died.i had nothing left to lose. We are going to die one day. So be it. I say **** it. Lets get on with it. Nothing can break me or stop me from living the life i want.

 

[Helel]

Even going bald? Looking like an ugly 60 year old man even in your twenties? I've actually thought about all these things. I'm ugly. I don't get girls and friends for that matter. I'm a lonely person. All I want is the ability to say **** it. Whether I stay on rogaine or if i choose to get finasteride......I just want to be able to move past this phase where I can say **** it, i'm ugly and I know it but Im going to be happy.

 

[medilook]

If hair is affecting u that much, what do u have to lose by taking propecia.