Should I Get On Propecia Or Not?

[astros148]

okay guys , so i had perfect hair just this May, and I went on a rough vacation and since July ive been losing hair pretty bad. The past 3 weeks have been tough, and this isnt like normal hair loss. Its been pretty effin awful , like im proubably losing 100-150 pieces of hair a day, about when i wake up theres about 20 or so on the pillow.

So I went to a dermatologist and he told me to wait on Propecia and he thinks that it may be Telo Eff. and that just be a little patient, he said that sort of hair loss isnt natural even for male pattern baldness . Also my hairline is still a NW1 .



Now here are the pics, remember i have very thin hair and always have, so when its wet its pretty common to see my scalp .

Also I am 20yr old male.

 

[astros148]

and that bald spot ive pretty much always have had..

 

[astros148]

I told you what to do man..

get blood test for everything that causes hairloss, also get a thyroid blood test..

Go to hairdx.com and find a dcotor that gives these test: finasteride response test, male pattern baldness gene test...

this is what you should do... then go form there

thanks , i got my blood test, everything came out fine actually.

I cant really spent 300 dollars on a finasteride test and a male pattern baldness test at the moment, just kinda dont have the money....

but i am getting on Saw Palmetto starting tomm, taking one pill every day and see what happens.

 

[Tyler_Durden]

Looks like normal male pattern baldness to me

 

[astros148]

what all did you get tested for ?

Got all my thyroid levels checked, and basic blood tests such as iron and other things. everything came out good with the blood tests.

im saving up to get the finasteride dx test and the male test

 

[astros148]

Looks like normal male pattern baldness to me

so what would you recommend? should i just ignore the dermatologist or still wait it out?

but its kinda scary cuz im losing insane amounts of hairs, not really natural.

 

[astros148]

are you just losing it from the top ???

see this is what doesnt make sense, im losing hair at the back of my hair and some at the crown, but it doesnt make any sense cuz its not natural hair loss i think

 

[astros148]

mm.... are you losing it from the sides as well.. is your hair ALL OVER getting thin and dry and waxy feeling ?

its getting a little thin all over, what do you mean waxy? it is a little dry actually. but i also have blonde highlights and thats drying it out also

 

[astros148]

mm.... are you losing it from the sides as well.. is your hair ALL OVER getting thin and dry and waxy feeling ?


Dude it could be a combo of things male pattern baldness... stress and cause your hair all over to be thin and go into Telogen Effluvium ...

Or it might even be DUPA .. google DUPA HAIR LOSS..

I am fearing i may have this.... but who knows

you know what, im thinking i might have DUPA, cuz my hair has thinned a bit the past two months, but im also losing it at the back and on the top a bit.

ugh this is so confusing, hair loss effin sucsk

 

[captain_que]

that´s how my hairloss kicked off. Insane amount of shedding (thick hairs so it was easy to see them all) Then the shedding slowed down a bit while I kept thinning and receding. My derm pretty much told me to just think about something else, like all the joys of life, and that helped a lot. Regrew all my hair from happy thoughts. Not.

 

[astros148]

that´s how my hairloss kicked off. Insane amount of shedding (thick hairs so it was easy to see them all) Then the shedding slowed down a bit while I kept thinning and receding. My derm pretty much told me to just think about something else, like all the joys of life, and that helped a lot. Regrew all my hair from happy thoughts. Not.

so what did you do?

 

[captain_que]

that´s how my hairloss kicked off. Insane amount of shedding (thick hairs so it was easy to see them all) Then the shedding slowed down a bit while I kept thinning and receding. My derm pretty much told me to just think about something else, like all the joys of life, and that helped a lot. Regrew all my hair from happy thoughts. Not.

so what did you do?

Started Rogaine which wasn´t good for me at all. My hair has kept getting worse and I´m at the edge of buzzing it. Just started topical finasteride which seems to help but too early to tell. Considering trying oral finasteride but I regret not seeing another derm and trying it earlier.. Like years ago..

 

[astros148]

[quote="captain_que":2jd22vd9]that´s how my hairloss kicked off. Insane amount of shedding (thick hairs so it was easy to see them all) Then the shedding slowed down a bit while I kept thinning and receding. My derm pretty much told me to just think about something else, like all the joys of life, and that helped a lot. Regrew all my hair from happy thoughts. Not.

so what did you do?

Started Rogaine which wasn´t good for me at all. My hair has kept getting worse and I´m at the edge of buzzing it. Just started topical finasteride which seems to help but too early to tell. Considering trying oral finasteride but I regret not seeing another derm and trying it earlier.. Like years ago..[/quote:2jd22vd9]

Yeah i dont wanna get on Rogaine or anything, wont fit my lifestyle at all. im considering propecia.

 

[astros148]

[quote="captain_que":f0dydd7u]that´s how my hairloss kicked off. Insane amount of shedding (thick hairs so it was easy to see them all) Then the shedding slowed down a bit while I kept thinning and receding. My derm pretty much told me to just think about something else, like all the joys of life, and that helped a lot. Regrew all my hair from happy thoughts. Not.

so what did you do?

Started Rogaine which wasn´t good for me at all. My hair has kept getting worse and I´m at the edge of buzzing it. Just started topical finasteride which seems to help but too early to tell. Considering trying oral finasteride but I regret not seeing another derm and trying it earlier.. Like years ago..[/quote:f0dydd7u]
so wait how bad was your hair before you stsarted the finasteride

 

[dcdc80]

Just take the propecia!!
I was scared shitless 5 months ago before I started.. I even emailed Rassman about starting at 0.5mg http://www.baldingblog.com/2009/04/...eride-then-increasing-to-1mg-in-a-few-months/

Now I've been up to 1mg for 3 months(0.5 mg for 1 month; 0.75 mg 2 weeks thereafter) and it looks great and people tell me . I never had a shed just continued hair loss for like the first month. It's as if you don't take anything.. I had groin pain twice one week in and less ejaculate for like a month but it completely subsided. Back to normal now

I don't use anything else.. Normal shampoo, 4 days a week..

it works, I wish I started 3 years ago.. It will get worse if you don't.. think long term buddy

 

[astros148]

Just take the propecia!!
I was scared shitless 5 months ago before I started.. I even emailed Rassman about starting at 0.5mg http://www.baldingblog.com/2009/04/...eride-then-increasing-to-1mg-in-a-few-months/

Now I've been up to 1mg for 3 months(0.5 mg for 1 month; 0.75 mg 2 weeks thereafter) and it looks great and people tell me . I never had a shed just continued hair loss for like the first month. It's as if you don't take anything.. I had groin pain twice one week in and less ejaculate for like a month but it completely subsided. Back to normal now

I don't use anything else.. Normal shampoo, 4 days a week..

it works, I wish I started 3 years ago.. It will get worse if you don't.. think long term buddy

i pmd you