stressing treatments.

[justin]

i posted a little bit about my situation here: http://www.hairlosstalk.com/discussions ... hp?t=35408

..but i didn't want to bogart that thread. anyways, i just took a look in the mirror and i'm kind of freaking out now. should i just stick with what i'm doing right now? or drop the minoxidil and just take a smaller dose of finasteride? my hair looks a million times worse than when i started. i'm concerned that when i initially stopped taking the finasteride and i was still in "post-shed" that the dht pummelled those weakened follicles for good or something. i know that the temples are particularly succeptable to dht. sh*t, am i totally screwed? could i be using TOO much minoxidil? i just don't know how it could've gotten this bad, i've been sticking with the topicals. it's been months now and it started looking better but now it's getting worse. it doesn't even look like regular balding.

any advice?

 

[justin]

i think a huge issue is i'm realizing that i'm getting so used to this current state, it's almost as if in my mind this is becoming my baseline. which scares me. i started minoxidil months ago and my hair looks so much worse.. now i really feel like i'm looking for regrowth, when before i was just hoping for a little thickening. i wish i had found this board sooner (before i decided to jump on the foam boat, heh).