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Male 26.5 years. I have been losing hair for a while now, shedding a lot in the shower for maybe 2-3 years, but (as most people i guess) i ignored it until it was bad enough to do something, i had noticed that I was losing some ground on the temples which didn't bother me a lot to be honest, everybody loses this is what I thought. I also got used to find the occasional hair in my laptop keyboard a couple of times per day and vacuuming the bathroom often because of the amount of hairs.
Anyways, a month ago I decided I buzz it to a #3 and took some pics and decided i was losing more than i wanted (photo 1 and 2).
So I started to do some research, MBP, Norwood scale, DHT, Finasteride, Minoxidil, everything was new to me. I also was lurking on this forum reading about sides, new treatments, the recent 10th world congress, and well everything most of you guys have done i assume
I started with new shampoos (Nizoral 1% and pura d'or that i got from local target) for a couple of weeks and during that I also went to a dermatologist, she told me that indeed MBP is likely since there is some history: grandfather from mom side was like a NW4 at 55 and kinda still is at 70 pretty good to be honest, but my uncle from mom side is NW6 at 40 and loss most his hair at 30-32. Dermatologist told me I was indeed losing some on the crown area and temples so MBP is likely the case.
She also explained everything and told me to think about finasteride, since on my case its the only thing that would do something. She told me min would not produce any noticeable effects on my current state and that finasteride would probably hold my current hair and people will probably never notice i have hair loss with it, no one has told me anything yet since its only noticeable with good light on top of the head and I don't keep it very short.
So I kept thinking and reading about this. Yesterday I got another short haircut and took more pics (photos 3, 4 - this one looks terrible but maybe its just the bathroom light - and 5) and decided I had to to something. So i called the dermatologist and got my prescription and I started with 0.5mg of finasteride today. I want to start small see how well i respond. My only real objective is to lower my shedding and hopefully keep my current hair for a couple of more years.
Some other thoughts: Hair loss is definitely a first world problem but during this month I have spent so much time reading about this also every time i go outside basically all I do is to look at all the guys hair, its quite a problem, i wish i was one of this people than can just buzz it and be ok with it but I am not, at least not in my 20s. I am also hoping that starting finasteride will relax me about this problem, knowing that I am doing the best I can.
I am planning on posting updates but if I forget and stop coming to the forum I will also be happy, but I am quite obsessive so I bet I will be here.
I know there is been not a lot of new treatments in the last years but I am hopeful that 2018 will give us some good news to all of us
Anyways, a month ago I decided I buzz it to a #3 and took some pics and decided i was losing more than i wanted (photo 1 and 2).
So I started to do some research, MBP, Norwood scale, DHT, Finasteride, Minoxidil, everything was new to me. I also was lurking on this forum reading about sides, new treatments, the recent 10th world congress, and well everything most of you guys have done i assume
I started with new shampoos (Nizoral 1% and pura d'or that i got from local target) for a couple of weeks and during that I also went to a dermatologist, she told me that indeed MBP is likely since there is some history: grandfather from mom side was like a NW4 at 55 and kinda still is at 70 pretty good to be honest, but my uncle from mom side is NW6 at 40 and loss most his hair at 30-32. Dermatologist told me I was indeed losing some on the crown area and temples so MBP is likely the case.
She also explained everything and told me to think about finasteride, since on my case its the only thing that would do something. She told me min would not produce any noticeable effects on my current state and that finasteride would probably hold my current hair and people will probably never notice i have hair loss with it, no one has told me anything yet since its only noticeable with good light on top of the head and I don't keep it very short.
So I kept thinking and reading about this. Yesterday I got another short haircut and took more pics (photos 3, 4 - this one looks terrible but maybe its just the bathroom light - and 5) and decided I had to to something. So i called the dermatologist and got my prescription and I started with 0.5mg of finasteride today. I want to start small see how well i respond. My only real objective is to lower my shedding and hopefully keep my current hair for a couple of more years.
Some other thoughts: Hair loss is definitely a first world problem but during this month I have spent so much time reading about this also every time i go outside basically all I do is to look at all the guys hair, its quite a problem, i wish i was one of this people than can just buzz it and be ok with it but I am not, at least not in my 20s. I am also hoping that starting finasteride will relax me about this problem, knowing that I am doing the best I can.
I am planning on posting updates but if I forget and stop coming to the forum I will also be happy, but I am quite obsessive so I bet I will be here.
I know there is been not a lot of new treatments in the last years but I am hopeful that 2018 will give us some good news to all of us
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