I am almost 28 years old. I remember as an 18 year old someone in high school said I had a high hairline and one day I would look like Mr Clean. That and having a brother who got Androgenetic Alopecia at 18 scared the hell out of me. I have also always had very fine hair. I started Rogaine at 19 and finasteride at 20/21. I have consistently used both since then. At times I have used biotin and msm (cant hurt) and also nizoral 2% or 1% (more of the latter but lately its been 2%).
Lately Ive noticed my hairline is getting thinner both at the crown and the temples. I know a lot of people on this site imagine hair loss... trust me I am not one of them. I went to a derm yesterday and the derm confirmed that I have miniaturization at my temples, although it was small. My derm also said I am a Norwood 1. (I don’t think I really am... more like a 2) She advised a few things. First I could go up to 5 mg finasteride. She strongly advised this. I am afraid to do so because of the reported side effects. This is 5X what I have been taking for these past 7 years.
She then recommended PRP. I know many here are skeptical of prp and I understand that. But as the derm pointed out, I arguably am an ideal candidate. I luckily took preventive steps far earlier than most and still have a full(ish) head of hair. Seems like many who are disappointed with PRP are much further along in the process. I am poorly versed in Androgenetic Alopecia but I remember hearing that after a certain point you just cannot grow some hairs back.
Curious what you all think- thanks for your help.
Lately Ive noticed my hairline is getting thinner both at the crown and the temples. I know a lot of people on this site imagine hair loss... trust me I am not one of them. I went to a derm yesterday and the derm confirmed that I have miniaturization at my temples, although it was small. My derm also said I am a Norwood 1. (I don’t think I really am... more like a 2) She advised a few things. First I could go up to 5 mg finasteride. She strongly advised this. I am afraid to do so because of the reported side effects. This is 5X what I have been taking for these past 7 years.
She then recommended PRP. I know many here are skeptical of prp and I understand that. But as the derm pointed out, I arguably am an ideal candidate. I luckily took preventive steps far earlier than most and still have a full(ish) head of hair. Seems like many who are disappointed with PRP are much further along in the process. I am poorly versed in Androgenetic Alopecia but I remember hearing that after a certain point you just cannot grow some hairs back.
Curious what you all think- thanks for your help.
