hairlosshippie
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Hi all! I've been lurking this site for over a year and finally decided to hop in on the "fun". I owe a big thank you to everyone who's provided me knowledge through this site!
At any rate, I have a pretty interesting story with some equally interesting questions.
I started losing my hair when I was 19. Blessed with some of the thickest hair of anyone I knew, I'm currently be an NW3 today at age 27 of which I'm sure I'd be somewhere like an NW5 if it weren't for the thickness that's held me in a bit longer.
Basically, here's what happened. A month before I started losing my hair, I had an inguinal hernia surgery-something the doctor said would be painless, easy and a speedy recovery. Sadly, everything but this things listed was the result. My nuts ached for literally 2-3 years solid after the surgery, it was EXTREMELY painful to pee/c*m for 6-9 months after the surgery and, sadly, is still painful 8 years later. Over the course of the first 3-5 years after the surgery, I saw 3 different urologists looking for an answer. None of them could tell me a thing but make conjectures about maybe the hernia mesh is rubbing a nerve bundle that runs down to my junk. Another guess was the pain from urination and ejaculation was from scar tissue from the catheter of the surgery. Regardless, none of anything they said panned out.
Now 1.5 years ago and 6 years after the surgery, I was sick of feeling so horrible again and decided to see a 4th urologist. He diagnosed me in about 2 minutes with chronic prostatitis of which he said was in pretty bad shape. Nothing was more frustrating than it taking 7 years for someone to simply tell me that all of these problems were coming from my prostate. It was a great lesson taught to me in the unfounded faith we put in to our medical community sometimes.
Either way, I walked out of there happy that I had an answer. To keep the story short, I figured I could just treat the symptoms and life would be back to normal. Not so. Through herbs and other therapy, symptoms subside from time to time but never calm down. Now, I'm going to get surgery to get the mesh taken out(of which has been black boxed by the FDA). Whether the mesh is rubbing my prostate or the surgeon drug a tool across it, I don't know. I just want my life back...
But through all this, I realized/learned/found the relationship between that issue and my hair falling out in droves. I finally noticed that when my prostate was feeling its worst, so was my head with massive shedding.
Maybe some of these questions are a bit dense, but I always wonder, "what would my hair be like if I never got that surgery?" Also, is it realistic to think my male pattern baldness will severely slow down when I get the mesh out and if/when I get my prostate in a healthy state?
Also, what could generally cause a rise in DHT from an upset prostate? I guess I'm confused that if DHT is synthesized in the prostate, what tells it to increase in times of aggravation/inflammation? I've read lots about a relationship between the two, but I feel my case is a bit different as prostatitis was caused/put into motion by by physical damage rather than a change in the endocrine system. Any and all info would be helpful. Thank you!
At any rate, I have a pretty interesting story with some equally interesting questions.
I started losing my hair when I was 19. Blessed with some of the thickest hair of anyone I knew, I'm currently be an NW3 today at age 27 of which I'm sure I'd be somewhere like an NW5 if it weren't for the thickness that's held me in a bit longer.
Basically, here's what happened. A month before I started losing my hair, I had an inguinal hernia surgery-something the doctor said would be painless, easy and a speedy recovery. Sadly, everything but this things listed was the result. My nuts ached for literally 2-3 years solid after the surgery, it was EXTREMELY painful to pee/c*m for 6-9 months after the surgery and, sadly, is still painful 8 years later. Over the course of the first 3-5 years after the surgery, I saw 3 different urologists looking for an answer. None of them could tell me a thing but make conjectures about maybe the hernia mesh is rubbing a nerve bundle that runs down to my junk. Another guess was the pain from urination and ejaculation was from scar tissue from the catheter of the surgery. Regardless, none of anything they said panned out.
Now 1.5 years ago and 6 years after the surgery, I was sick of feeling so horrible again and decided to see a 4th urologist. He diagnosed me in about 2 minutes with chronic prostatitis of which he said was in pretty bad shape. Nothing was more frustrating than it taking 7 years for someone to simply tell me that all of these problems were coming from my prostate. It was a great lesson taught to me in the unfounded faith we put in to our medical community sometimes.
Either way, I walked out of there happy that I had an answer. To keep the story short, I figured I could just treat the symptoms and life would be back to normal. Not so. Through herbs and other therapy, symptoms subside from time to time but never calm down. Now, I'm going to get surgery to get the mesh taken out(of which has been black boxed by the FDA). Whether the mesh is rubbing my prostate or the surgeon drug a tool across it, I don't know. I just want my life back...
But through all this, I realized/learned/found the relationship between that issue and my hair falling out in droves. I finally noticed that when my prostate was feeling its worst, so was my head with massive shedding.
Maybe some of these questions are a bit dense, but I always wonder, "what would my hair be like if I never got that surgery?" Also, is it realistic to think my male pattern baldness will severely slow down when I get the mesh out and if/when I get my prostate in a healthy state?
Also, what could generally cause a rise in DHT from an upset prostate? I guess I'm confused that if DHT is synthesized in the prostate, what tells it to increase in times of aggravation/inflammation? I've read lots about a relationship between the two, but I feel my case is a bit different as prostatitis was caused/put into motion by by physical damage rather than a change in the endocrine system. Any and all info would be helpful. Thank you!
