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I'm 20 and just graduated college. I used to have nice full hair around 6 months ago, and then I started noticing some hairline receding, so I started using Nizoral, but that ended up making my hair super stringy so I stopped (This was ~4 months ago). My donor regions have never been thinning so I was not too concerned. However, 2 days ago, I noticed some thinning on my sides, some SEVERE thinning so I went to the doctor and he said it's because of stress. I've seen some pictures online and stress related hairloss looks different than mine. Here is a picture of my hair loss: (imgur.com/a/HIAc6XU). The other reason I'm concerned about the diagnosis is that although I was pretty stressed in college, I was not really that stressed this past year, and given that Telogen Effluvium hits at most 3 months after stressful periods, I'm not sure why things have only gotten progressively worse in the past 3-4 months (When my stress levels were low). Now, does this look like DUPA or Diffuse Areata Alopecia? My Doctor prescribed finasteride but I'm too scared to use it. Any help is appreciated!
I'm 20 and just graduated college. I used to have nice full hair around 6 months ago, and then I started noticing some hairline receding, so I started using Nizoral, but that ended up making my hair super stringy so I stopped (This was ~4 months ago). My donor regions have never been thinning so I was not too concerned. However, 2 days ago, I noticed some thinning on my sides, some SEVERE thinning so I went to the doctor and he said it's because of stress. I've seen some pictures online and stress related hairloss looks different than mine. Here is a picture of my hair loss: (imgur.com/a/HIAc6XU). The other reason I'm concerned about the diagnosis is that although I was pretty stressed in college, I was not really that stressed this past year, and given that Telogen Effluvium hits at most 3 months after stressful periods, I'm not sure why things have only gotten progressively worse in the past 3-4 months (When my stress levels were low). Now, does this look like DUPA or Diffuse Areata Alopecia? My Doctor prescribed finasteride but I'm too scared to use it. Any help is appreciated!