If you could go back in time before male pattern baldness. AKA NW1 Days.

[SayifDoit]

The good old days.
I would tell myself to cherish my hair, grow it out long, very long! Have fun with your hair and ****ing style it at least!!!! Because when it's gone, it's gone and nothing is going to bring it back.
finasteride and minoxidil are a fools game.

Honestly though, what would you say to your past self?

 

[Agustin Araujo]

I would say to my past self, "Your male pattern baldness is going to strike in July 2009. Be prepared for it so it doesn't shock you when it comes!". :freaked:

I wouldn't say treatments aren't worth it, they've helped me a lot. I've been on Ketoconazole, Minoxidil, and LLLT and have had great results, better than what I expected. I actually plan on adding Dutasteride to my regimen because I'm still losing a little bit of hair. I'm looking forward to it.

 

[Quantum Cat]

If I could go back in time I would tell my young self:

• Don't complain about being unable to make your hair look good, or that maintaining your hair is annoying, just be thankful you even have hair!

• Finding hairs on your pillow/comb/shower etc is NOT a sign that you have male pattern baldness, so don't freak out about it.

• If you think you might be balding, don't bury your head in the sand in denial. Act.

• Educate yourself about male pattern baldness and the treatments from trusted, impartial, expert sources and don't believe that your doctor will know everything (or even anything) about male pattern baldness

• If you're unsure whether you're actually balding or just paranoid, then keep meticulous photographic records of your hair, particularly your crown. Or even get a professional to

• IF you are genuinely balding and serioulsy want to do something about it DON'T WASTE YOUR PRECIOUS TIME ON VITAMINS/LIFESTYLE CHANGES/ OR ANY OTHER UNPROVEN REMEDY in the vain hope that they might stop or reverse Androgenetic Alopecia. research the proven treatments and rationally weigh up the pros and cons of these treatments.

• If you do decide to start Finasteride get a full bloodwork done first

I might have saved myself a full Norwood if I'd done some of those things, particularly points 3 and 6 :ermm:

 

[Fena2000]

I would tell myself, enjoy life , don't stress about little unimportant things. Oh and if you hear about possible hair loss cures within 5 years , don't believe it!

 

[Notcoolanymore]

I would tell myself to get on real treatments as soon as possible. My hair could have been in much better shape if I knew then what I know today.

 

[massa]

Definitely start the meds the day I realised I was receding back in 2010 instead if listening to anti finasteride propaganda which cost me a few norwoods which ill never get back... sucks

 

[SayifDoit]

I would just tell my past self to get a license earlier, get a job as a waiter and stop working at a building site, start working out and go study IT after high school, AND don't do stupid things when you are drunk, because you might and up in jail. Your life will be ALOT worse at age 20.

I wouldnt tell anything about male pattern baldness, because there is nothing I could do anyway. Finasteride grows me boobs.

Hey dude how long was it before you experiencing gyno?
I stopped propecia after only just two weeks after experiencing watery semen and a slight hit to the sex drive and no more morning wood. But the fact you mention Gyno, It might just be my imagination but I definitely have noticed a change to my breast tissue and I guess just a slight change in mass. Probably just propecia illusions, but what did your chest feel like?

 

[Cincinnati Kid]

It's cliched as Hell, but true nonetheless... you never really appreciate something until it's gone. I used to slick my hair back like Charlie Hunnam on Sons of Anarchy back in the day when my hair got really long, and it looked pretty good when I had hair covering my temples and corners. My morning boner is another example of something I never truly appreciated. It used to be a nuisance, but now I'm waiting for that magical week where I wake up every morning with the little man saluting. I used to poke my previous girlfriend with it in the morning, and most of the time I would at least get a tug. I'm still confident it will return seeing as how my finasteride side effects are slowly starting to get better in the few weeks I've been off the meds. My endocrine system hasn't yet crashed or anything other PFS sufferers say happened to them after a few weeks of quitting...knock on wood.

 

[ssjpotato]

I've always suffered from pretty bad social anxiety. I think i would go back and tell 15 year old me to stop letting it control me and try to get out and actually do things. I wish I had been motivated to lose weight sooner, wish i had decided to go to uni sooner. I think if i had gotten my anxiety under control sooner my hair loss wouldn't have the impact on me that it has. But now i've put a lot of the weight back on, stopped taking finasteride due to sides and i'm depressed as ****. I just wish i had properly lived as a teenager and been happy because now it's going to be harder than ever.

 

[Cincinnati Kid]

I've always suffered from pretty bad social anxiety. I think i would go back and tell 15 year old me to stop letting it control me and try to get out and actually do things. I wish I had been motivated to lose weight sooner, wish i had decided to go to uni sooner. I think if i had gotten my anxiety under control sooner my hair loss wouldn't have the impact on me that it has. But now i've put a lot of the weight back on, stopped taking finasteride due to sides and i'm depressed as ****. I just wish i had properly lived as a teenager and been happy because now it's going to be harder than ever.

**** sucks dude. I was chubby way back when too, so I endured my share of fat jokes in school despite the fact that I was actually an exceptional athlete. I always had beautiful hair though. As I got older I played football (American football, not soccer), basketball, and baseball for the school teams and I fit in pretty well. I was overweight but not a lard ***, so even tho I had a lot of friends and people knew who I was, I was never the "hot" guy so I didn't exactly slay the women in high school like some of my friends. I had a few girlfriends and that was it. I started lifting and working out a lot more in college and got in good shape. I have come to the conclusion that I was never meant to be really lean and cut like all these other tools I see at the gym, but I still got myself in good shape and my confidence was boosted exponentially.

As I started to realize I was balding though, I had a few panic attacks. I don't know why I was all that surprised seeing as how every man in my extended family is balding in some form. I guess it was because I was only 24 years old at the time, and that's too soon for any man to start losing the crown jewel of his youth. I'm 26 now, and I find myself hating any person I see that's got great hair, particularly other young guys. I guess it's because I spent so much time building my body up for a confidence boost so I could just be a normal guy, but nature seemed to course correct itself and knock me down a peg by making my hair get thinner. I'm just mad I never truly got to enjoy being part of the "club" where I wasn't the DUFF (designated ugly fat friend). Louis CK pretty much says it best about how unfair life can be

[video=youtube;-nRb9-12Qig]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nRb9-12Qig[/video]

 

[abcdefg]

Really male pattern baldness is still a long term game most people are losing still. Unless you went with RU and like dutasteride at the first sign of loss I dont think you can stop it.

 

[biddybomb]

Really male pattern baldness is still a long term game most people are losing still. Unless you went with RU and like dutasteride at the first sign of loss I dont think you can stop it.

unless you are someone who has extremely mild male pattern baldness and finasteride is the difference between a full head of hair and a slightly thinning NW2.

 

[Quantum Cat]

Really male pattern baldness is still a long term game most people are losing still. Unless you went with RU and like dutasteride at the first sign of loss I dont think you can stop it.

problem is the 'first sign of loss' can be very difficult to accurately pin down. That's why I would recommend every man (or at least those who don't want to go bald) when he hits 18 to keep accurate photographic records, especially of the crown, since most people never see their crown and it's the most obvious indicator of male pattern baldness.

If I could go back to 18, that's what I'd do