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(I'm attaching a photo from 7 months ago to one I took yesterday below and two close ups of my hairline as of late. The blonder hair photo is from 7 months ago. I know the lighting is different, sorry.)
long story short: I can't tell if it's working but I'm going to stick with it for at least another year.
I'm around a Norwood 1.5 I think? I started finasteride (1mg) a day a little over two months ago per my dermatologists recommendation after using Minoxidil for about a year before that. I started Nizoral shampoo about a month ago. I'm now 7 months, 1 week, and few days in and some days I think it's working then other's I feel like it's doing nothing at all and in fact worsening. If I'm going to bald as quickly as I think I am going to then I want to just shave my head before it gets bad and be done with my hair now and forever.
I shed normally (I THINK! Please let me know if it sounds like too much) around 10-30 hairs when I get ready in the morning and maybe another 10-20 throughout the day and maybe a few I can't count at night.
It sickens me to see my hairline as I literally can't tell if I've receded further. I went to two doctors a month ago and they said to keep it up and I am, every day. I feel like it looks much worse. I can't tell if shed hairs are growing back along my hairline (I went through a shed that lasted about a month but wasn't too severe and has since gotten better) or if there is further miniaturization. The shorter hairs are growing but I can't tell if it's finasteride working. I also can't even tell if it's KEEPING the hair I have/had as I literally can't tell if it's better. The derm and my gp both said to keep going but I couldn't tell if that meant I wasn't responding or if that meant I was and should be encouraged to continue. I asked about duasteride and they said not yet...
Advice would be awesome. I scower these forums almost every night and get very anxious all the time. It's kind of all consuming because I'd rather just know now if I should do the big shave. Help, please, lol.
(I'm attaching a photo from 7 months ago to one I took yesterday below and two close ups of my hairline as of late. The blonder hair photo is from 7 months ago. I know the lighting is different, sorry.)
long story short: I can't tell if it's working but I'm going to stick with it for at least another year.
I'm around a Norwood 1.5 I think? I started finasteride (1mg) a day a little over two months ago per my dermatologists recommendation after using Minoxidil for about a year before that. I started Nizoral shampoo about a month ago. I'm now 7 months, 1 week, and few days in and some days I think it's working then other's I feel like it's doing nothing at all and in fact worsening. If I'm going to bald as quickly as I think I am going to then I want to just shave my head before it gets bad and be done with my hair now and forever.
I shed normally (I THINK! Please let me know if it sounds like too much) around 10-30 hairs when I get ready in the morning and maybe another 10-20 throughout the day and maybe a few I can't count at night.
It sickens me to see my hairline as I literally can't tell if I've receded further. I went to two doctors a month ago and they said to keep it up and I am, every day. I feel like it looks much worse. I can't tell if shed hairs are growing back along my hairline (I went through a shed that lasted about a month but wasn't too severe and has since gotten better) or if there is further miniaturization. The shorter hairs are growing but I can't tell if it's finasteride working. I also can't even tell if it's KEEPING the hair I have/had as I literally can't tell if it's better. The derm and my gp both said to keep going but I couldn't tell if that meant I wasn't responding or if that meant I was and should be encouraged to continue. I asked about duasteride and they said not yet...
Advice would be awesome. I scower these forums almost every night and get very anxious all the time. It's kind of all consuming because I'd rather just know now if I should do the big shave. Help, please, lol.
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