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I originally had one pretty terrible rogaine shed, but my hair came back very thick and full shortly after and I didn’t worry about it for months, but now I’m faced with a problem almost 6 months into treatment.
I’ve been shedding hair AGAIN lately, probably for the past 3 or so weeks. My hair itches like crazy down my part line where I apply minoxidil, and it’s constantly shedding short one to two inch long hairs that seem plenty thick, and also thin really tiny wispy hair. When I say down the line of my part, I mean exclusively down the part as well. It is not super generalized thinning, it’s very strongly localized in that one line. I’ve also been shedding a few longer hairs, but very few as long as my normal hair length which is now almost 6 inches. Strangely, it actually doesn’t itch at all along the hairline where I put my minoxidil though, and my hairline looks like it’s still getting even thicker with many new hairs sprouting along the edge of it.
https://imgur.com/a/ljW1gjq
Here’s a picture of my hair wet and combed forward. You can see exactly where it’s thinning in practically a straight line, which is exactly the line where I apply minoxidil. Edit: There was actually no thinning it this spot before I started minoxidil.
If it matters, I had a fungal infection on my scalp about a month and a half ago that I used ketoconazole for two weeks to cure. Idk if it really went away because the itching never did, but there are no more red pimple-like bumps on my head so I assume it’s gone. I never went back to the doctor to check up on it
I just want to know, is this a normal minoxidil shed or is my balding too strong and finally overpowering me? Do you think it will come back thicker again?
I’ve been shedding hair AGAIN lately, probably for the past 3 or so weeks. My hair itches like crazy down my part line where I apply minoxidil, and it’s constantly shedding short one to two inch long hairs that seem plenty thick, and also thin really tiny wispy hair. When I say down the line of my part, I mean exclusively down the part as well. It is not super generalized thinning, it’s very strongly localized in that one line. I’ve also been shedding a few longer hairs, but very few as long as my normal hair length which is now almost 6 inches. Strangely, it actually doesn’t itch at all along the hairline where I put my minoxidil though, and my hairline looks like it’s still getting even thicker with many new hairs sprouting along the edge of it.
https://imgur.com/a/ljW1gjq
Here’s a picture of my hair wet and combed forward. You can see exactly where it’s thinning in practically a straight line, which is exactly the line where I apply minoxidil. Edit: There was actually no thinning it this spot before I started minoxidil.
If it matters, I had a fungal infection on my scalp about a month and a half ago that I used ketoconazole for two weeks to cure. Idk if it really went away because the itching never did, but there are no more red pimple-like bumps on my head so I assume it’s gone. I never went back to the doctor to check up on it
I just want to know, is this a normal minoxidil shed or is my balding too strong and finally overpowering me? Do you think it will come back thicker again?
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