hydrocynus
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I tried to see where I stand on the Norwood scale, but I cannot find a bald pattern that matches mainly because I am not bold.
I am 38 and I do not have any bold spots yet. My temples seem to slightly recede and my hair on the top of my hair is thinner but this is not obvious.
Since my 20ies though, I loose a lot of hair follicles daily (50-100). Nothing really alarming and my dermatologist told me that my hair has a short life cycle. I also have the regular side hormonal effects that lead to balding such as an extreme sensitivity to air pollution, very itchy greasy scalp which if uncontrolled led to a lot of shedding. So far, I have kept this under control using every three days an anti dandruff shampoo (Neutrogenar Coaltar).
My hair is greasy and I thus wash it every day with a neutral shampoo. Greasy hair indeed shows my scalp, which I found to be unaesthetic.
However, as the cycles go, my hair became thinner, and also, I am pretty sure that my density of hair follicles decreased as well. So, I decided to move forward and to use Generic finasteride (5 mg finast that I cut in 5 pieces).
I am on Finast 1mg for about a year and a half now and I have to say that my hair got thicker, but I do not see much improvement in the density of hair follicles. I still loose the same (50-100) hair every day. After careful examination, I also notice that I do not see much new small hair and I am thus scared that most of my hair follicles are at the end of their lifetime.
In an attempt to test this, I would like to use Rogaine (foam 2%) and see if this would trigger growth. My question however is to know if I can stop using Rogaine once I am happy with the result? Finasteride indeed should prevent that new grown hair from falling off? Hopefully my question is not too naive.
Cheers to all and Happy New Hair.
Hydro
PS. I also am thinking getting Topical spironolactone, is that mixture greasy? My hair is indeed greasy enough.
I am 38 and I do not have any bold spots yet. My temples seem to slightly recede and my hair on the top of my hair is thinner but this is not obvious.
Since my 20ies though, I loose a lot of hair follicles daily (50-100). Nothing really alarming and my dermatologist told me that my hair has a short life cycle. I also have the regular side hormonal effects that lead to balding such as an extreme sensitivity to air pollution, very itchy greasy scalp which if uncontrolled led to a lot of shedding. So far, I have kept this under control using every three days an anti dandruff shampoo (Neutrogenar Coaltar).
My hair is greasy and I thus wash it every day with a neutral shampoo. Greasy hair indeed shows my scalp, which I found to be unaesthetic.
However, as the cycles go, my hair became thinner, and also, I am pretty sure that my density of hair follicles decreased as well. So, I decided to move forward and to use Generic finasteride (5 mg finast that I cut in 5 pieces).
I am on Finast 1mg for about a year and a half now and I have to say that my hair got thicker, but I do not see much improvement in the density of hair follicles. I still loose the same (50-100) hair every day. After careful examination, I also notice that I do not see much new small hair and I am thus scared that most of my hair follicles are at the end of their lifetime.
In an attempt to test this, I would like to use Rogaine (foam 2%) and see if this would trigger growth. My question however is to know if I can stop using Rogaine once I am happy with the result? Finasteride indeed should prevent that new grown hair from falling off? Hopefully my question is not too naive.
Cheers to all and Happy New Hair.
Hydro
PS. I also am thinking getting Topical spironolactone, is that mixture greasy? My hair is indeed greasy enough.