Thickandthin
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Sigh.
I was hopeful for a while that perhaps only my temples would recede, but now it seems that my frontal island is thinning as well as the entire frontal 1/3rd of my hair.
I swear, I feel like I have lived through 10+ years of hair loss since I first joined this forum. I took my first hairline picture at that time and I have lost quite a bit of hair since then. I have convinced myself I would be bald in a month, then reversed my opinion and convinced myself my hair was fine - over and over, about 100 times now.
But I have definitely lost ground. What was a broad V hairline 1 year ago has become a narrow U. The frontal area of hair in the middle - what's left of my hairline - is getting absolutely tiny. My recession is not super deep - still probably NW2, but I'm afraid I am losing my entire frontal hairline.
This time last year I could wear my hair on my forehead as bangs and have it completely covered, albeit in a swooped fashion. Now I can't do that at all. The sides are just too thin, and even the hair in the middle is getting whispy.
I don't know what to do - I have ordered 3 months of minoxidil foam but I am afraid of shedding. I still have fincar but I'm afraid of it making my hair worse as well. And I just don't know if I can commit to taking it for the rest of my life when it's not even guaranteed to work. Plus, I've already tried taking it twice - just not long enough to get results, because I convinced myself my hair was fine.
I'm at the scary point where I still have a considerable amount of hair left but have to live with the knowledge that treatments are almost like a gamble - I could either respond well and regrow everything or be one of the lucky souls who sheds out and never recovers. It sounds absurd but sometimes I think, when it comes to treating hair loss, the ones who have lost the most have it the easiest. A shed is nothing because there's very little to lose anyway. But with a relatively full head of hair, it's a big gamble.
Sorry for the rant - I've been fairly content with my hair lately but just comparing it one year ago made me realize that I am still losing and will probably continue to have less hair with each passing year. Bah.
I was hopeful for a while that perhaps only my temples would recede, but now it seems that my frontal island is thinning as well as the entire frontal 1/3rd of my hair.
I swear, I feel like I have lived through 10+ years of hair loss since I first joined this forum. I took my first hairline picture at that time and I have lost quite a bit of hair since then. I have convinced myself I would be bald in a month, then reversed my opinion and convinced myself my hair was fine - over and over, about 100 times now.
But I have definitely lost ground. What was a broad V hairline 1 year ago has become a narrow U. The frontal area of hair in the middle - what's left of my hairline - is getting absolutely tiny. My recession is not super deep - still probably NW2, but I'm afraid I am losing my entire frontal hairline.
This time last year I could wear my hair on my forehead as bangs and have it completely covered, albeit in a swooped fashion. Now I can't do that at all. The sides are just too thin, and even the hair in the middle is getting whispy.
I don't know what to do - I have ordered 3 months of minoxidil foam but I am afraid of shedding. I still have fincar but I'm afraid of it making my hair worse as well. And I just don't know if I can commit to taking it for the rest of my life when it's not even guaranteed to work. Plus, I've already tried taking it twice - just not long enough to get results, because I convinced myself my hair was fine.
I'm at the scary point where I still have a considerable amount of hair left but have to live with the knowledge that treatments are almost like a gamble - I could either respond well and regrow everything or be one of the lucky souls who sheds out and never recovers. It sounds absurd but sometimes I think, when it comes to treating hair loss, the ones who have lost the most have it the easiest. A shed is nothing because there's very little to lose anyway. But with a relatively full head of hair, it's a big gamble.
Sorry for the rant - I've been fairly content with my hair lately but just comparing it one year ago made me realize that I am still losing and will probably continue to have less hair with each passing year. Bah.
