Hi everyone
This is my first time writing on a hair loss forum, I fancied writing out my story for anyone who's interested in reading it. I have a little bit of a story to tell and writing it out will make me feel better
I'm am a 22 year old male, about to turn 23. I have had my hair grown out long since I was 15 and been known for my hair as part of my image for some time. When I was 16 I was crazy about dying it different colours, usually black with sections of purple, red etc.. I was dying it almost more than once a month and as a result suffered a crazy shed where I lost 1/3 of my hair all over, lucky it grew back to it's fullness 6 months after stopping the hair dye. I also suffered one spot of alopecia areata 2 years later which lasted a couple of months.
The shock of these events made me incredibly OCD about my hair - I got into a habit of counting my hairs along my hairline in the mirror to the point I could remember each one, and also parted my hair in different sections in the mirror so I could monitor the thickness in the parting - it really became a depressive problem to me that no-one else could see.
I've always had a high forehead so I guess I started out at Norwood 2 but with moderately thick density and relatively course wavy medium brown. Girls love/d messing with it and pulling on it if you know what I mean for this reason I can't stand to lose my hair.
About 2 months ago I had a burning scalp on the top of my head which I think was due to over using anti-dandruff shampoo, which has now subsided. But since then I noticed I was shedding hairs about 4-6 inches long with a tapered end, not good news. Even so I am noticing a lot on thinning in the corners, and the mid-front seems slightly more see through than usual. My family think I am insane for worrying about this but due to my highly analytic nature over the years I know the difference in my hair now.
I am about to start Propecia this week in the attempts to reverse this process and hang on to what I have before it becomes socially noticeable, hopefully. I'll see how I get on for 6 months and add something else if I need to.
Has anyone here taken just Propcecia and been able to thicken up their original hairline, or reverse miniaturisation along the top?
Thanks for reading
Edit: Baseline pictures taken. The corners have gone back a little, but there are velus hairs where there used to be terminal ones so I hope to do something with them. The middle of my hairline hasn't moved, just thinner. I've also taken a middle parting picture as I feel it isn't as dense as before, more light shows through and I can see miniaturising hairs standing up, especially in the mid front. The pictures are taken by a window and also under light.
Update 11th Oct
So this is my one month update, still it is early days so any comments and help would be appreciated. Sometimes it's easy to get impatient and think about trying other things but I really need to give this Finasteride some time on it's own. I had a lot of hair on my hands in the shower on the first week of treatment, I still shed a lot of hair but then again maybe I always have done. There are tiny hairs near my highest crease, my objective really is to see things strengthen up. Albeit the photos are slightly different lighting and angle but you get the idea.
This is my first time writing on a hair loss forum, I fancied writing out my story for anyone who's interested in reading it. I have a little bit of a story to tell and writing it out will make me feel better
I'm am a 22 year old male, about to turn 23. I have had my hair grown out long since I was 15 and been known for my hair as part of my image for some time. When I was 16 I was crazy about dying it different colours, usually black with sections of purple, red etc.. I was dying it almost more than once a month and as a result suffered a crazy shed where I lost 1/3 of my hair all over, lucky it grew back to it's fullness 6 months after stopping the hair dye. I also suffered one spot of alopecia areata 2 years later which lasted a couple of months.
The shock of these events made me incredibly OCD about my hair - I got into a habit of counting my hairs along my hairline in the mirror to the point I could remember each one, and also parted my hair in different sections in the mirror so I could monitor the thickness in the parting - it really became a depressive problem to me that no-one else could see.
I've always had a high forehead so I guess I started out at Norwood 2 but with moderately thick density and relatively course wavy medium brown. Girls love/d messing with it and pulling on it if you know what I mean
for this reason I can't stand to lose my hair.About 2 months ago I had a burning scalp on the top of my head which I think was due to over using anti-dandruff shampoo, which has now subsided. But since then I noticed I was shedding hairs about 4-6 inches long with a tapered end, not good news. Even so I am noticing a lot on thinning in the corners, and the mid-front seems slightly more see through than usual. My family think I am insane for worrying about this but due to my highly analytic nature over the years I know the difference in my hair now.
I am about to start Propecia this week in the attempts to reverse this process and hang on to what I have before it becomes socially noticeable, hopefully. I'll see how I get on for 6 months and add something else if I need to.
Has anyone here taken just Propcecia and been able to thicken up their original hairline, or reverse miniaturisation along the top?
Thanks for reading
Edit: Baseline pictures taken. The corners have gone back a little, but there are velus hairs where there used to be terminal ones so I hope to do something with them. The middle of my hairline hasn't moved, just thinner. I've also taken a middle parting picture as I feel it isn't as dense as before, more light shows through and I can see miniaturising hairs standing up, especially in the mid front. The pictures are taken by a window and also under light.
Update 11th Oct
So this is my one month update, still it is early days so any comments and help would be appreciated. Sometimes it's easy to get impatient and think about trying other things but I really need to give this Finasteride some time on it's own. I had a lot of hair on my hands in the shower on the first week of treatment, I still shed a lot of hair but then again maybe I always have done. There are tiny hairs near my highest crease, my objective really is to see things strengthen up. Albeit the photos are slightly different lighting and angle but you get the idea.
