Hi all
First time post so hello to everyone here. I used to post under the same name several years ago over on HairSite; not sure what happened to that place over the years but it seems far less active than here.
Anyway here goes... I am a 37 y/o male NW2. Happy enough with my hairline for reasons I will describe below. However after seeing a couple of recent photos of the back of my head - and particularly my crown - I have been really freaked out about my hair all over again. It made me wake up to the fact that - after 6 years of (perhaps foolishly) thinking that either I had beaten male pattern baldness or that it did not matter to me anymore, neither is true.
I basically stopped treating my hairloss when my wife decided that she wanted to get pregnant, at the turn of 2011. We got pregnant fast and I decided during that whole process that I should give up the dutasteride. I was on 0.5mg every couple of days, plus Nizoral occasionally, and I do believe that it had decelerated or stopped the receding that I had began to suffer some 10 years earlier to the point where I was no longer bothered. In the past I tried minoxidil (which we all know doesn't do much for temples, but it didn't hurt), finasteride, and then varying doses of dutasteride.
I have 3 brothers who are all NW4 or worse. One is NW6 easily. This was proof enough for me that the treatment worked. Given my brothers, friends often accuse me of having had transplants, which I never have but is nice reassurance in that my regimen worked.
Having had kids and now not planning anymore, I want to startup again having seen the photos of my scalp. It is much more diffuse than I thought it was. It has shocked me. I almost suspected that it was due to Telogen Effluvium, due to the amount of stress I have been under; both at work and at home.
My hair also has started to look a lot finer. My wife says it's not so bad, but I know she trying to stop me worrying. She was a hairdresser (so cuts my hair), and so is quite well qualified to comment.
But I'm not happy. And I fear that worrying makes things worse.
I've also had an immense amount of irritation of the scalp lately. I don't know if this is due to the caffiene shampoo (Alpecin), or the tremendous worry I have been under (seriously my life has been turned upside down in recent weeks). But I know that I need to get on top of this again. My hair is important. I don't want to lose it.
What I really want to know is where is a good place to buy Dutas again. This seemed to work for me for several years. If anyone could PM me a good source that is reasonable, I'd be grateful. The companies I used to use don't seem to be trading anymore.
Anyway - thanks for reading, and good to be here.
Cheers
KD
First time post so hello to everyone here. I used to post under the same name several years ago over on HairSite; not sure what happened to that place over the years but it seems far less active than here.
Anyway here goes... I am a 37 y/o male NW2. Happy enough with my hairline for reasons I will describe below. However after seeing a couple of recent photos of the back of my head - and particularly my crown - I have been really freaked out about my hair all over again. It made me wake up to the fact that - after 6 years of (perhaps foolishly) thinking that either I had beaten male pattern baldness or that it did not matter to me anymore, neither is true.
I basically stopped treating my hairloss when my wife decided that she wanted to get pregnant, at the turn of 2011. We got pregnant fast and I decided during that whole process that I should give up the dutasteride. I was on 0.5mg every couple of days, plus Nizoral occasionally, and I do believe that it had decelerated or stopped the receding that I had began to suffer some 10 years earlier to the point where I was no longer bothered. In the past I tried minoxidil (which we all know doesn't do much for temples, but it didn't hurt), finasteride, and then varying doses of dutasteride.
I have 3 brothers who are all NW4 or worse. One is NW6 easily. This was proof enough for me that the treatment worked. Given my brothers, friends often accuse me of having had transplants, which I never have but is nice reassurance in that my regimen worked.
Having had kids and now not planning anymore, I want to startup again having seen the photos of my scalp. It is much more diffuse than I thought it was. It has shocked me. I almost suspected that it was due to Telogen Effluvium, due to the amount of stress I have been under; both at work and at home.
My hair also has started to look a lot finer. My wife says it's not so bad, but I know she trying to stop me worrying. She was a hairdresser (so cuts my hair), and so is quite well qualified to comment.
But I'm not happy. And I fear that worrying makes things worse.
I've also had an immense amount of irritation of the scalp lately. I don't know if this is due to the caffiene shampoo (Alpecin), or the tremendous worry I have been under (seriously my life has been turned upside down in recent weeks). But I know that I need to get on top of this again. My hair is important. I don't want to lose it.
What I really want to know is where is a good place to buy Dutas again. This seemed to work for me for several years. If anyone could PM me a good source that is reasonable, I'd be grateful. The companies I used to use don't seem to be trading anymore.
Anyway - thanks for reading, and good to be here.
Cheers
KD
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