Hello, i posted last month about my receding frontal hairline and most of the replies said that i should monitor it closely, but now i am starting to suspect minor crown recession but i do not really know if it has been like that before, i am 18.5 yo so should i start taking finasteride now? and will it keep my current hairline?i have seen some posts saying that it makes hairloss worse before having effects, what is your advice?
Should I Start Taking Finasteride? Advice Needed
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I am hesitant to start taking it because of my age, some say it will have bad sides.
Can you please tell what do you think of my hairline now? i think i should start the treatment
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Hey, first of all, I understand how stressful this must be. I'm not going to tell you not to stress as people were always telling me that and it didn't stop me from stressing! What I will say is that it is probably not as bad as you think it is!
My advice may be unpopular on this forum. You are still quite young and your body is still developing. Starting long-term finasteride use at your age could be detrimental to your hormonal profile.
I suggest starting with topical minoxidil first!
My advice may be unpopular on this forum. You are still quite young and your body is still developing. Starting long-term finasteride use at your age could be detrimental to your hormonal profile.
I suggest starting with topical minoxidil first!
Thank you for your advice, i considered minoxidil but it is not effective on the temporal region, what do you think of my hairline? is it badly receding ? i don't want to regret ignoring this problem.
I think it looks perfectly fine to me! It's normal to recede a bit, and your hair still looks thick to me. However, it's not about what I think, it's about what you think. If you're not happy with it, you're not going to suddenly become happy by not doing anything. You either need to change your mental outlook on it, or actually do something more concrete about it. Doing both is best of course.
As for topical minoxidil. They say it doesn't work on the temples as no/little research has been done on its effectiveness on temples. However, many people have seen success on using minoxidil on their temples, so there's no harm in trying!
I will go to a derm in the next few days, but i am not certain it is balding because no one in my family started to bald this early, my maternal grandpa and uncles still have their juvenile hairlines, but my paternal uncle is bald and the other has a mature hairline so it is really hard for me to tell.
Judging by my hairline should i start applying it on my temples?
I would really hate to increase my recession for a slim chance of regrowth, i think i will wait 6 months and start finasteride if it is the only way to keep my hair.
Thank you for your help but i think i will wait until i get an appointment with a derm, i hope he will be competent enough to give a treatment plan.
Sorry i am bothering you with my questions, what norwood am i now?
If you are worried, get on topical finasteride. You'll likely get less or no sides, and you'll still spot reduce dht in the scalp, where it's needed. Limited studies have shown that it works, maybe not quite as well, but it does. Then in a couple years, switch to oral finasteride. Either way, you'll be fine.
But do not wait, your hair for 18 sucks. by the time you're 20, it's bye-bye birdy.
But do not wait, your hair for 18 sucks. by the time you're 20, it's bye-bye birdy.
Thanks for your reply, but it is so weird that none of my friends nor my barber noticed this recession, i would say it is super bad now, 4 years ago my left temple started receding so i used to comb my hair to cover it but now my right temple is receding it really sucks to be in denial. I made up my mind, i am going to risk taking finasteride after visiting a derm even though my beard is not fully grown yet.
I see, so should i start taking proscar by cutting it into 4 pieces? or is it too much for my age?