souldoctor
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Hi everyone.
I'm a 22 year old medical student and literally last week i had my usual crop of messy, thick hair that always looked alright without needing to do too much to it, of course i've always liked spiking it and messing around with it, and I could always pull off a variety of different looks to suit an occasion...
anyway here it comes..so just a few nights ago i was doing my usual routine of waxing my hair before a night out clubbing, and i noticed it seemed a lot thinner, especially at the front where i usually spike it up to a quiff....if i did that, you could literally see through it to my scalp, which never used to be the case...i managed to sort it out kind of, so it looked okay, but i remembered thinkin it was unusual cos ive never really had to do too much with my hair in the past to make it look good...so anyway, i noticed it more and more over the next couple of days, even though i havent actually seen any typical signs of hair loss e.g hairs in the shower or on the pillow...it just seems to have 'vanished' into thin (h) air! (sorry for the pun). My hair still seems okay at the back but i get the feeling its a bit thinner at the sides too, but that could just be my imagination kicking in...it definitely feels a lot 'lighter' and thinner, drier and wispy at the front than it ever has been before It's not like a serious balding situation yet, but my hairline seems to have 'receded' definitely, as it seems to be higher on my forehead than before...
so...the point of this is that it's only been a week or so, less than that maybe since i've noticed this frontal thinning/receding and wanna know what to do!? i've read this forum a lot since noticing the problem and know there's plenty of other guys out there in my age group who have had this prob to some extent...it sounds superficial and arrogant, but i'm sure i speak for them as well as myself when i say that if you've been used to a fairly cushy adolescent/early 20s existence of being good-looking,popular etc and having funky hair and attention from girls, it's quite devastating to suddenly face the prospect of having to give all that up at the early age of 22 (nearly 23) !!
As a medic myself (a year or so away from being a doctor) i've been reading up on it all and my parents as doctors also reckon that it could be a temporary thing caused by bad nutrition and lifestyle..i go out clubbing most nights, hardly get much sleep, or if i do i oversleep and miss meals, so i don't eat much, i'm skinny/underweight and i smoke quite a bit so that doesnt help my appetite..is it possible this is a temporary, reversible thing caused by diet/sleep deficiencies?? Or should i 'nip it in the bud' and start considering treatment options straight away?? i don't like the idea of shedding and so on throughout my uni life...i have mates, a life, girls etc and can't be dealing with months of no hair? what the hell should i do...
i'm gonna quit smoking anyway and eat more and take some vitamins whatever happens now though...but would appreciate any advice
thanks
SD
UPDATE:
I've been on propecia now for about 5 and a half months now...to be honest i still dont know what the fucks happening...i started in May, and it was definitely a lot better by around july/august and then suddenly in september i started shedding and it's carried on up til the time of posting (october), so much that my hair's actually looking really sh*t these days. much worse than baseline...i hope it grows back soon...
I'm a 22 year old medical student and literally last week i had my usual crop of messy, thick hair that always looked alright without needing to do too much to it, of course i've always liked spiking it and messing around with it, and I could always pull off a variety of different looks to suit an occasion...
anyway here it comes..so just a few nights ago i was doing my usual routine of waxing my hair before a night out clubbing, and i noticed it seemed a lot thinner, especially at the front where i usually spike it up to a quiff....if i did that, you could literally see through it to my scalp, which never used to be the case...i managed to sort it out kind of, so it looked okay, but i remembered thinkin it was unusual cos ive never really had to do too much with my hair in the past to make it look good...so anyway, i noticed it more and more over the next couple of days, even though i havent actually seen any typical signs of hair loss e.g hairs in the shower or on the pillow...it just seems to have 'vanished' into thin (h) air! (sorry for the pun). My hair still seems okay at the back but i get the feeling its a bit thinner at the sides too, but that could just be my imagination kicking in...it definitely feels a lot 'lighter' and thinner, drier and wispy at the front than it ever has been before It's not like a serious balding situation yet, but my hairline seems to have 'receded' definitely, as it seems to be higher on my forehead than before...
so...the point of this is that it's only been a week or so, less than that maybe since i've noticed this frontal thinning/receding and wanna know what to do!? i've read this forum a lot since noticing the problem and know there's plenty of other guys out there in my age group who have had this prob to some extent...it sounds superficial and arrogant, but i'm sure i speak for them as well as myself when i say that if you've been used to a fairly cushy adolescent/early 20s existence of being good-looking,popular etc and having funky hair and attention from girls, it's quite devastating to suddenly face the prospect of having to give all that up at the early age of 22 (nearly 23) !!
As a medic myself (a year or so away from being a doctor) i've been reading up on it all and my parents as doctors also reckon that it could be a temporary thing caused by bad nutrition and lifestyle..i go out clubbing most nights, hardly get much sleep, or if i do i oversleep and miss meals, so i don't eat much, i'm skinny/underweight and i smoke quite a bit so that doesnt help my appetite..is it possible this is a temporary, reversible thing caused by diet/sleep deficiencies?? Or should i 'nip it in the bud' and start considering treatment options straight away?? i don't like the idea of shedding and so on throughout my uni life...i have mates, a life, girls etc and can't be dealing with months of no hair? what the hell should i do...
i'm gonna quit smoking anyway and eat more and take some vitamins whatever happens now though...but would appreciate any advice
thanks
SD
UPDATE:
I've been on propecia now for about 5 and a half months now...to be honest i still dont know what the fucks happening...i started in May, and it was definitely a lot better by around july/august and then suddenly in september i started shedding and it's carried on up til the time of posting (october), so much that my hair's actually looking really sh*t these days. much worse than baseline...i hope it grows back soon...