Hello everyone, I've been a reader here for some time on and off. Since the start of 2018, I've been very dissatisfied with my hair, to the point that I developed OCD and began taking photos everyday as I became paranoid about hair loss. I'll try to be short. Well actually, I can't, sorry. I hope you'll have the patience to read this.
- Around the age 17 to 18 my temples started to receede/mature further, but they were never really full.
- I let my hair grow in 2016(I was 20, now 23) and after one year I began tying it very tight in order to not get any unwanted wild hairs show around.
- I believe this is when I started to notice that my left temple was receeding. In fact, it was receeding for some time along with a small portion of my hairline on the left side, but I guess I wasn't paying attention. One of my theories is that I stressed my hair too much. During this period I was shedding a lot of hairs, my pillow was full of long hairs. There was long hairs everywhere on the floor.
- I cut my hair short in August 2017, and was content for some months. However, when I got myself another haircut before Christmas eve, I became paranoid about my left temple again. It felt as if it was receeding further.
- 2018 meant the beggining of my problems. I was constantly worried about my hair.
- in April 2018 I went through a shed(if you can call it that) again. I used to shed hairs in the shower and my hair wasn't even long anymore. When I was styling my hair I used to get like 20 hairs if I wanted to, without pulling them hard. I also had dandruff, I've always had dandruff if I recall it well, but nothing serious. Only used commercial shampoos like Head&Shoulders and after that I've read about ingredients like SLS that they might hard the hair.
- On 12th of July I bought Proscar after not being able to find Finasteride at the moment(pharmaceutist said that I have to order it).
- Maybe it was a mitake taking a full pill(which I wasn't aware of the first time) a day which was maybe too much of a dose. I didn't buy anything else after I finished the 28 pills.
- In the middle of July I bought Minoxidil for Beard(while I was taking Proscar) if it's worth mentioning. Used it for 6 months, saw results around the 2nd month, Stopped after I finished the last bottle as I had some small problems(was paranoid that it messed up with my heart a bit, also got unwanted hair growth. The heart palpitations stopped after like two-three weeks I think). I'm also wondering if it might have caused some of my hairs to become dependent on it since it has absorsed systematically? I also applied it as high as the sideburns for the beard, and now I noticed that I get those minoxidil like hairs that keep on falling from my sideburns.
- Since November, my scalp condition has gotten worse, to the point where it's unbearable. The dandruff has never been so bad, it's everywhere and oily-like. I get a bad itching sensation mainly on the left side where it was receeded, along with the front hairline and the middle. Besides this, I sometimes get the feeling of shivers as I can literally feel the hairs on the top of my head. Also shivers down the skin.
- Sometimes my scalp feels swollen in certain areas in the top, and it hurts when touching.
- I get a smell of wet dog if I run my fingers deep in my scalp, sort of. Very unpleasent.
- My scalp is also in pain, my hair "hurts" when I pull it or move it, only in certain parts.
- Since the summer, I have used many different shampoos(some in the hope to stop the hair shedding, others in hope of treating my dandruff, which was never this serious!). I used Alpecin, Parusan, Ketodar(ketoconazole), Revalid. Unfortunately, Nizoral is not for sale here but I'll try to buy it online(Nizoral was my #1 target anyways).
- I thought about shaving my head completely in hopes of getting rid of the dandruff and itching but I doubt it will go away without any treatment. Besides, I don't want to go bald right before the warm season is coming(should've done it in November)because my hair grows very slow and also, I might not be able to track anything that receedes.
- Around the age 17 to 18 my temples started to receede/mature further, but they were never really full.
- I let my hair grow in 2016(I was 20, now 23) and after one year I began tying it very tight in order to not get any unwanted wild hairs show around.
- I believe this is when I started to notice that my left temple was receeding. In fact, it was receeding for some time along with a small portion of my hairline on the left side, but I guess I wasn't paying attention. One of my theories is that I stressed my hair too much. During this period I was shedding a lot of hairs, my pillow was full of long hairs. There was long hairs everywhere on the floor.
- I cut my hair short in August 2017, and was content for some months. However, when I got myself another haircut before Christmas eve, I became paranoid about my left temple again. It felt as if it was receeding further.
- 2018 meant the beggining of my problems. I was constantly worried about my hair.
- in April 2018 I went through a shed(if you can call it that) again. I used to shed hairs in the shower and my hair wasn't even long anymore. When I was styling my hair I used to get like 20 hairs if I wanted to, without pulling them hard. I also had dandruff, I've always had dandruff if I recall it well, but nothing serious. Only used commercial shampoos like Head&Shoulders and after that I've read about ingredients like SLS that they might hard the hair.
- On 12th of July I bought Proscar after not being able to find Finasteride at the moment(pharmaceutist said that I have to order it).
- Maybe it was a mitake taking a full pill(which I wasn't aware of the first time) a day which was maybe too much of a dose. I didn't buy anything else after I finished the 28 pills.
- In the middle of July I bought Minoxidil for Beard(while I was taking Proscar) if it's worth mentioning. Used it for 6 months, saw results around the 2nd month, Stopped after I finished the last bottle as I had some small problems(was paranoid that it messed up with my heart a bit, also got unwanted hair growth. The heart palpitations stopped after like two-three weeks I think). I'm also wondering if it might have caused some of my hairs to become dependent on it since it has absorsed systematically? I also applied it as high as the sideburns for the beard, and now I noticed that I get those minoxidil like hairs that keep on falling from my sideburns.
- Since November, my scalp condition has gotten worse, to the point where it's unbearable. The dandruff has never been so bad, it's everywhere and oily-like. I get a bad itching sensation mainly on the left side where it was receeded, along with the front hairline and the middle. Besides this, I sometimes get the feeling of shivers as I can literally feel the hairs on the top of my head. Also shivers down the skin.
- Sometimes my scalp feels swollen in certain areas in the top, and it hurts when touching.
- I get a smell of wet dog if I run my fingers deep in my scalp, sort of. Very unpleasent.
- My scalp is also in pain, my hair "hurts" when I pull it or move it, only in certain parts.
- Since the summer, I have used many different shampoos(some in the hope to stop the hair shedding, others in hope of treating my dandruff, which was never this serious!). I used Alpecin, Parusan, Ketodar(ketoconazole), Revalid. Unfortunately, Nizoral is not for sale here but I'll try to buy it online(Nizoral was my #1 target anyways).
- I thought about shaving my head completely in hopes of getting rid of the dandruff and itching but I doubt it will go away without any treatment. Besides, I don't want to go bald right before the warm season is coming(should've done it in November)because my hair grows very slow and also, I might not be able to track anything that receedes.