Hi guys,
Been browsing these forums for a couple of years now silently, but glad to be aboard now, should have done it sooner!
Anyways, I've been having abit of trouble with a receding hairline for awhile now, I guess it started when I was 14, my hairline receded a little but not much and it seemed to stop, I barely gave it a second though for years everyone just said it was my adult hairline emerging or whatever.
When I was nearly 19 my hair started to reced at the sides slowly but surely, the hair there would be thinner but past it was still thick. By the time I was 20 as it progressively receded I was so fed up with it all I decided to try Regaine and see if it would work. Initially it was excellent, I had a fair bit of regrowth at the sides after a few weeks although it was never as thick as the rest of my hair is but I was happy to see progress. After 3 months my scalp went into a rash and I decided to stop using the Regaine for a couple of weeks so my scalp would recover which it did the downside was all the hair I regrew fell out and Regaine has never made much of an impact since it just seems to regrow a couple of hairs here and there and I wouldn't even say it stopped further recession. After nearly a year of using Regaine my girlfriend at the time didn't think I needed too as the rest of my hair is quite thick and she never really noticed it receding like I did so I decided to leave it for 3 months. My hair shot back at the temples terribly after ceasing the Regaine so I decided to start using it again, Although it seems to be making barely any impact now and I've noticed my hair continually thinning at the sides in the 4 months I've been using it again as you can see in this pic:
My father is in his 70's and he still has a full head of hair, yet on my mothers side her father was bald before 30 which is where I'm getting it from I guess... Although my half brother (from my mothers side) Is nearly 40 and he has a better hairline than I do now, although everyone has usually said his looks thinner,
I've got a big head and a receding hairline has made me very paranoid about my looks, although I brush it all forwards it's become a big drain on my self esteem and appearance..
Anyway to get to the point I was wondering what other treatments you guys would recommend apart from Regain that might actually be more effective without bad side effects, I read Nickypoo's story and saw his regrowth, just wondering what path I should take from here.
Thanks for any advice and help you can give me.
Been browsing these forums for a couple of years now silently, but glad to be aboard now, should have done it sooner!
Anyways, I've been having abit of trouble with a receding hairline for awhile now, I guess it started when I was 14, my hairline receded a little but not much and it seemed to stop, I barely gave it a second though for years everyone just said it was my adult hairline emerging or whatever.
When I was nearly 19 my hair started to reced at the sides slowly but surely, the hair there would be thinner but past it was still thick. By the time I was 20 as it progressively receded I was so fed up with it all I decided to try Regaine and see if it would work. Initially it was excellent, I had a fair bit of regrowth at the sides after a few weeks although it was never as thick as the rest of my hair is but I was happy to see progress. After 3 months my scalp went into a rash and I decided to stop using the Regaine for a couple of weeks so my scalp would recover which it did the downside was all the hair I regrew fell out and Regaine has never made much of an impact since it just seems to regrow a couple of hairs here and there and I wouldn't even say it stopped further recession. After nearly a year of using Regaine my girlfriend at the time didn't think I needed too as the rest of my hair is quite thick and she never really noticed it receding like I did so I decided to leave it for 3 months. My hair shot back at the temples terribly after ceasing the Regaine so I decided to start using it again, Although it seems to be making barely any impact now and I've noticed my hair continually thinning at the sides in the 4 months I've been using it again as you can see in this pic:
My father is in his 70's and he still has a full head of hair, yet on my mothers side her father was bald before 30 which is where I'm getting it from I guess... Although my half brother (from my mothers side) Is nearly 40 and he has a better hairline than I do now, although everyone has usually said his looks thinner,
I've got a big head and a receding hairline has made me very paranoid about my looks, although I brush it all forwards it's become a big drain on my self esteem and appearance..
Anyway to get to the point I was wondering what other treatments you guys would recommend apart from Regain that might actually be more effective without bad side effects, I read Nickypoo's story and saw his regrowth, just wondering what path I should take from here.
Thanks for any advice and help you can give me.