Update: (15/3) Approaching two months with no sides.
Update: More pictures added to my hair-history.
Update: Added thumbnails for the pics in this first post.
Update: On Minoxidil 5% again since 21/1 2005 - which completes the Big 3
Update: On Finasteride 1mg since 20/1 2005
Update: My hair-history in pictures is posted on page 3
So; where do I begin?
I'm twenty years old (born 1984) and have been visibly thinning since the age of sixteen. Quite a lot could be added to the story, but probably most of the people on this board are already familiar with most of it, such as depressions and their treatments.
I thought today would be a good day to place my story-post in this forum, since I started using Minoxidil 5% today. I'm planning on getting on Propecia before the end of January, and have been using Fungoral/Nizoral 2% since Wednesday (one application hitherto).
A few months ago (this summer), my hair was still quite acceptable; and the thinning was not very evident. This probably had something to do with the fact that it was about 3 decimeters long; so it most likely concealed the thinning itself.
Now, it has been shaved since September; and when it had regrown to about 1 cm, I knew that the male pattern baldness had gone too far. Since I have darkish blonde/brown hair, it wasn't really very noticable in pictures _how_ far it had gone still, so I coloured it black to reveal the _true_ state of it; and it's not a very pleasant sight; especially not when you've just turned twenty and are in your second year of college.
Well, then. Here are my pictures. I used my bathroom as studio, due to the heavy lighting in there, which (together with the flash from the camera) does a good job of really showing how bad things have gone, which isn't as evident with less light.
(Oh, by the way - you'll, of course, have to click the images to view them in full size.)
Front:![](/interact/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg146.exs.cx%2Fimg146%2F8513%2Fhltfront5td.th.jpg&hash=ccac0391afecc839e133a5970591a47e)
Side:![](/interact/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg147.exs.cx%2Fimg147%2F7171%2Fhltleft2js.th.jpg&hash=a253c4aaee0e35d642c6e7641f20e13c)
Dry:![](/interact/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg156.exs.cx%2Fimg156%2F5265%2Fhltdry8gw.th.jpg&hash=569419e350685ab0a6df8026d30e22f1)
Wet:![](/interact/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg147.exs.cx%2Fimg147%2F4780%2Fhltwet7bo.th.jpg&hash=70371d9d0c9cae92678f40a25d3bd34c)
Wet, slicked down:![](/interact/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg138.exs.cx%2Fimg138%2F699%2Fhltslicked2xy.th.jpg&hash=a9f1dd4ce49ff3063ccf8416a5893b74)
As it looks quite a lot better when it's long enough to hide some of the thinning (and as I never wear mainstream haircuts anyway), I could do with maintaining, although it really won't look too good at all. Especially not since my crown area has begun to become disturbingly thin.
Does anyone think that I could thicken up this mess at least a bit? I'm thinking of trying the "Big 3" for a few years, and then revert to shaving it until the day we're all waiting for arrives (if ever) if I don't have any measurable improvements at all, and less hair.
The best of luck to you all, and thanks for making this a better board than hairsite.com's.![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Update: More pictures added to my hair-history.
Update: Added thumbnails for the pics in this first post.
Update: On Minoxidil 5% again since 21/1 2005 - which completes the Big 3
Update: On Finasteride 1mg since 20/1 2005
Update: My hair-history in pictures is posted on page 3
So; where do I begin?
I'm twenty years old (born 1984) and have been visibly thinning since the age of sixteen. Quite a lot could be added to the story, but probably most of the people on this board are already familiar with most of it, such as depressions and their treatments.
I thought today would be a good day to place my story-post in this forum, since I started using Minoxidil 5% today. I'm planning on getting on Propecia before the end of January, and have been using Fungoral/Nizoral 2% since Wednesday (one application hitherto).
A few months ago (this summer), my hair was still quite acceptable; and the thinning was not very evident. This probably had something to do with the fact that it was about 3 decimeters long; so it most likely concealed the thinning itself.
Now, it has been shaved since September; and when it had regrown to about 1 cm, I knew that the male pattern baldness had gone too far. Since I have darkish blonde/brown hair, it wasn't really very noticable in pictures _how_ far it had gone still, so I coloured it black to reveal the _true_ state of it; and it's not a very pleasant sight; especially not when you've just turned twenty and are in your second year of college.
Well, then. Here are my pictures. I used my bathroom as studio, due to the heavy lighting in there, which (together with the flash from the camera) does a good job of really showing how bad things have gone, which isn't as evident with less light.
(Oh, by the way - you'll, of course, have to click the images to view them in full size.)
Front:
![](/interact/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg146.exs.cx%2Fimg146%2F8513%2Fhltfront5td.th.jpg&hash=ccac0391afecc839e133a5970591a47e)
Side:
![](/interact/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg147.exs.cx%2Fimg147%2F7171%2Fhltleft2js.th.jpg&hash=a253c4aaee0e35d642c6e7641f20e13c)
Dry:
![](/interact/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg156.exs.cx%2Fimg156%2F5265%2Fhltdry8gw.th.jpg&hash=569419e350685ab0a6df8026d30e22f1)
Wet:
![](/interact/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg147.exs.cx%2Fimg147%2F4780%2Fhltwet7bo.th.jpg&hash=70371d9d0c9cae92678f40a25d3bd34c)
Wet, slicked down:
![](/interact/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg138.exs.cx%2Fimg138%2F699%2Fhltslicked2xy.th.jpg&hash=a9f1dd4ce49ff3063ccf8416a5893b74)
As it looks quite a lot better when it's long enough to hide some of the thinning (and as I never wear mainstream haircuts anyway), I could do with maintaining, although it really won't look too good at all. Especially not since my crown area has begun to become disturbingly thin.
Does anyone think that I could thicken up this mess at least a bit? I'm thinking of trying the "Big 3" for a few years, and then revert to shaving it until the day we're all waiting for arrives (if ever) if I don't have any measurable improvements at all, and less hair.
The best of luck to you all, and thanks for making this a better board than hairsite.com's.