Hey guys,
I’m new here and before resuming my story, I wanna specify that I’m from Italy so sorry in advance for my non-perfect English.
With that being said, here’s my story:
in March 2014 I started suffering from tremendous panic attacks and all the bad things related such as generalised anxiety, depression ecc. around August I noticed I also started losing tons of hair, I was 15 and I did not know anything about alopecia, so I asked to my parents to book an appointment with a dermatologist, but they refused saying I was paranoid and my hair looked thick and perfect (I was always a NW1, never had a perfect NW0).
As the years went by, my density seemed to be slowly fading but I wasn’t concerned at all ‘cuz my parents said it looked awesome.
In 2018 (19yo) I noticed that my temples were receding and I was approaching the “M shape”, I immediately went to a dermatologist who, unfortunately, confirmed the diagnosis: androgenetic alopecia. Bursted in tears and thing (I mean, losing hair at a young age is destabilising) she prescribed me some natural stuff with serenoa and minoxidil 2%.
Shedding (and by shedding I mean around 200/250 hair per day) seemed reduced and just in a few months minoxidil regrew some hair.
While minoxidil kept working, my shedding started again, so I went and bought finasteride which, initially worked perfectly, but I started to shed again with no reason after four months or something, I kept taking it, but didn’t do much... I kept shedding, shedding and shedding, my density has remained the same tho, so no change at all.
8th December: I was exhausted from seeing hairs falling out everywhere so I started taking Spironolactone 100mg ED which didn’t stop the shed but gave me a super clear skin; not satisfied by the results, on February 17 I started taking dutasteride EOD and guess what? After two weeks my shedding reduced dramatically... losing 5-10 hair while combing and 10-15 while showering, but, I’ve started developing gyno as well (and I know it for sure cuz my both my nipples are super sensitive now and if I touch the right one, I can feel something hard and circular).
Kind of scared, I’ve decided to keep going, but yesterday my shedding started again and I lost 50+ hair while combing this morning.
I don’t know what to do, seriously, I find myself writing here from Italy with 50% reduced libido and gyno, it’s kind of funny tho.
I’m new here and before resuming my story, I wanna specify that I’m from Italy so sorry in advance for my non-perfect English.
With that being said, here’s my story:
in March 2014 I started suffering from tremendous panic attacks and all the bad things related such as generalised anxiety, depression ecc. around August I noticed I also started losing tons of hair, I was 15 and I did not know anything about alopecia, so I asked to my parents to book an appointment with a dermatologist, but they refused saying I was paranoid and my hair looked thick and perfect (I was always a NW1, never had a perfect NW0).
As the years went by, my density seemed to be slowly fading but I wasn’t concerned at all ‘cuz my parents said it looked awesome.
In 2018 (19yo) I noticed that my temples were receding and I was approaching the “M shape”, I immediately went to a dermatologist who, unfortunately, confirmed the diagnosis: androgenetic alopecia. Bursted in tears and thing (I mean, losing hair at a young age is destabilising) she prescribed me some natural stuff with serenoa and minoxidil 2%.
Shedding (and by shedding I mean around 200/250 hair per day) seemed reduced and just in a few months minoxidil regrew some hair.
While minoxidil kept working, my shedding started again, so I went and bought finasteride which, initially worked perfectly, but I started to shed again with no reason after four months or something, I kept taking it, but didn’t do much... I kept shedding, shedding and shedding, my density has remained the same tho, so no change at all.
8th December: I was exhausted from seeing hairs falling out everywhere so I started taking Spironolactone 100mg ED which didn’t stop the shed but gave me a super clear skin; not satisfied by the results, on February 17 I started taking dutasteride EOD and guess what? After two weeks my shedding reduced dramatically... losing 5-10 hair while combing and 10-15 while showering, but, I’ve started developing gyno as well (and I know it for sure cuz my both my nipples are super sensitive now and if I touch the right one, I can feel something hard and circular).
Kind of scared, I’ve decided to keep going, but yesterday my shedding started again and I lost 50+ hair while combing this morning.
I don’t know what to do, seriously, I find myself writing here from Italy with 50% reduced libido and gyno, it’s kind of funny tho.
