Autumn Sundown
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Here is a quick bit of family history...
My father is bald as are the rest of the men on that side of the family. I asked my mother when he started losing his hair and she said she didn't remember and that he always had really thin, straight, stringy hair so it was kind of hard to tell. I've seen some their wedding photos though (he was 27 at the time) and he is pretty much completely bald, so my guess is he started pretty early.
No one on my mom's side of the family ever lost any hair. My grandfather died with a NW2 hairline and all his brother's have the same hairline as him, along with the same thick, wavey hair.
All the genes I can see and think of seem to come from my maternal grandfather (height, weight, eye color, hair color, wavey hair, acne, semi-oily hair, very thick nails, very thick hair, facial shape, thick eyebrows, facial hair appearing at an early age, etc.) I'm praying that my male pattern baldness genes came from that side too and I can show off a dignified NW2. :ermm:
I'm 17 and my hairline is pretty straight. Even if it's wet and I pull it back it still appears to only be a slightly high NW1 (which is what I think it always has been.) I wouldn't even suspect that I was losing my hair except that I shed like crazy. I would estimate that I lose about 500 hairs a day, almost all of which seem to come from the front and top. This may sound like an exaggeration, but I assure you, it's not. I can't even eat a meal without having SEVERAL of my own hairs fall out into my own food. My hair has been shedding like this since I was at least 14, it makes me wonder how my hair could have possibly stayed this thick for so long. My mom says her hair sheds the same way, she has always complained that she sheds an incredible amount of hair (she has the same wavey, dark hair that I do) but I always figured this was because she dyed her hair once a month.
Basically, to sum everything up, if I decide to start using finasteride when I'm 18.5 is there a good chance that I will be able to keep my hair?
Would it keep my hair as it is, or would it only slow down the process?
Is there any truth to the "weathering the storm" theory? For example, if I genetically start losing my hair at 18, but my hair loss is destined to stabalize at 28, would using meds to keep my hair strong during that time period stop my hairloss forever? If I come off meds after this "storm" period would I lose the hair I kept and end up with the hairline I would normally have at that age?
I plan to talk to a dermatologist and find out whether it is or isn't male pattern baldness before I start anything. My hairline is straight and my hair is thick, so I don't plan on doing treatments for the purpose of regaining hair, I simply want to keep what I have.
My father is bald as are the rest of the men on that side of the family. I asked my mother when he started losing his hair and she said she didn't remember and that he always had really thin, straight, stringy hair so it was kind of hard to tell. I've seen some their wedding photos though (he was 27 at the time) and he is pretty much completely bald, so my guess is he started pretty early.
No one on my mom's side of the family ever lost any hair. My grandfather died with a NW2 hairline and all his brother's have the same hairline as him, along with the same thick, wavey hair.
All the genes I can see and think of seem to come from my maternal grandfather (height, weight, eye color, hair color, wavey hair, acne, semi-oily hair, very thick nails, very thick hair, facial shape, thick eyebrows, facial hair appearing at an early age, etc.) I'm praying that my male pattern baldness genes came from that side too and I can show off a dignified NW2. :ermm:
I'm 17 and my hairline is pretty straight. Even if it's wet and I pull it back it still appears to only be a slightly high NW1 (which is what I think it always has been.) I wouldn't even suspect that I was losing my hair except that I shed like crazy. I would estimate that I lose about 500 hairs a day, almost all of which seem to come from the front and top. This may sound like an exaggeration, but I assure you, it's not. I can't even eat a meal without having SEVERAL of my own hairs fall out into my own food. My hair has been shedding like this since I was at least 14, it makes me wonder how my hair could have possibly stayed this thick for so long. My mom says her hair sheds the same way, she has always complained that she sheds an incredible amount of hair (she has the same wavey, dark hair that I do) but I always figured this was because she dyed her hair once a month.
Basically, to sum everything up, if I decide to start using finasteride when I'm 18.5 is there a good chance that I will be able to keep my hair?
Would it keep my hair as it is, or would it only slow down the process?
Is there any truth to the "weathering the storm" theory? For example, if I genetically start losing my hair at 18, but my hair loss is destined to stabalize at 28, would using meds to keep my hair strong during that time period stop my hairloss forever? If I come off meds after this "storm" period would I lose the hair I kept and end up with the hairline I would normally have at that age?
I plan to talk to a dermatologist and find out whether it is or isn't male pattern baldness before I start anything. My hairline is straight and my hair is thick, so I don't plan on doing treatments for the purpose of regaining hair, I simply want to keep what I have.
