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Hi guys ! This thread is for my case of Androgenetic Alopecia. So you guys can see the effects of hair treatments on one more person
Background: Dad went bald on the span of 4 years when he was 21. I always had high hairline.
Regime
4 months of finasteride + 6 months of dutasteride 0,5mg/day, minoxidil everyday, Nizoral
Timeline
Summer 2019- I'm 19. Huge hair shedding starts, probably Telogen Effluvium. I notice how receded my temples are, and how my crown is thinning. I worry everyday and develop Body dismorphia disorder (which I'm still struggling with)
September 2019 - I 'm professionally diagnosed with Androgenetic Alopecia and Sebborheic Dermatitis. I start finasteride 1mg a day, minoxidil and Nizoral+steroid cream.
January 2020: Shedding won't stop. Hairloss is consuming me mentally. I want to step it up so I swap finasteride for Dutasteride, 0,5mg/day.
March 2020: I have to move to another country and change minoxidil brand. I have to stop corticosteroid treatment for sebbhoreic dermatitis... BIG mistake.
April 2020: Dandruff gradually come back. Shedding more and more, 150-200 hairs per day at least.
May 2020: New minoxidil gives me huge itching and dandruff. I continue using it in case it may go away later
June 2020. Today the itch is unbearable. I think I'm allergic to the new minoxidil. My shedding has halted basically everywhere except on the hairline where it itches so bad i want to rip my skin off. I think I'm losing so much progress on the hairline, it's really hard. I just ordered foam version of minoxidil.
Body Dismorphia is really bad, i don't go outside or see my friends anymore, just staying in my bed all day waiting for time to go by.
Mid-June 2020 Started again minoxidil after 1 week hiatus. Started again corticosteroid treatment for my sebhorreic dermatitis (hardcore dandruff). Shedding is really bad.
October 2020: It has now been almost 1,5 year of constant shedding. My hair density is really bad. I don't understand how, while being on dutasteride, the shedding didn't at least slow down. I just want to die, there's no point living without hair as someone feminine
Side Effects
No side effects except the minoxidil itch situation. Definitely not depression or anything since my mental health issues related to hairloss started before I even knew about finasteride
Pics
On a side note, losing hair that young is as you already know very hard for some of us and it made me develop body dismorphia, destroyed my self-esteem. So to hell people who say that Androgenetic Alopecia is a purely cosmetical condition, it very much can destroy a guys confidence.
Background
: Dad went bald on the span of 4 years when he was 21. I always had high hairline.Regime
4 months of finasteride + 6 months of dutasteride 0,5mg/day, minoxidil everyday, Nizoral
Timeline
Summer 2019- I'm 19. Huge hair shedding starts, probably Telogen Effluvium. I notice how receded my temples are, and how my crown is thinning. I worry everyday and develop Body dismorphia disorder (which I'm still struggling with
)September 2019 - I 'm professionally diagnosed with Androgenetic Alopecia and Sebborheic Dermatitis. I start finasteride 1mg a day, minoxidil and Nizoral+steroid cream.
January 2020: Shedding won't stop. Hairloss is consuming me mentally. I want to step it up so I swap finasteride for Dutasteride, 0,5mg/day.
March 2020: I have to move to another country and change minoxidil brand. I have to stop corticosteroid treatment for sebbhoreic dermatitis... BIG mistake.
April 2020: Dandruff gradually come back. Shedding more and more, 150-200 hairs per day at least.
May 2020: New minoxidil gives me huge itching and dandruff. I continue using it in case it may go away later
June 2020. Today the itch is unbearable. I think I'm allergic to the new minoxidil. My shedding has halted basically everywhere except on the hairline where it itches so bad i want to rip my skin off. I think I'm losing so much progress on the hairline, it's really hard. I just ordered foam version of minoxidil.
Body Dismorphia is really bad, i don't go outside or see my friends anymore, just staying in my bed all day waiting for time to go by.
Mid-June 2020 Started again minoxidil after 1 week hiatus. Started again corticosteroid treatment for my sebhorreic dermatitis (hardcore dandruff). Shedding is really bad.
October 2020: It has now been almost 1,5 year of constant shedding. My hair density is really bad. I don't understand how, while being on dutasteride, the shedding didn't at least slow down. I just want to die, there's no point living without hair as someone feminine
Side Effects
No side effects except the minoxidil itch situation. Definitely not depression or anything since my mental health issues related to hairloss started before I even knew about finasteride
Pics
On a side note, losing hair that young is as you already know very hard for some of us and it made me develop body dismorphia, destroyed my self-esteem. So to hell people who say that Androgenetic Alopecia is a purely cosmetical condition, it very much can destroy a guys confidence.
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