Thinning :(

[astramkivsxi]

Is it fair to say that my scalp is thinning?

My hairline has receded a bit and I've always had a red scalp but now I'm really noticing it a lot more & it's getting me so down

Booking up an appointment to see the doctor tomorrow but my scalp does hurt a lot around the crown

 

[Z]

how old are you?

 

[astramkivsxi]

19

 

[nervx]

It looks like it's thinning to me. My scalp is like that but a tad thicker with a very thin spot about the size of a quater. Pisses me off to no end because it sticks out easily with my brown hair. I might try tanning to see if i can get the contrast to be less. Has anyone tried this and did it work?

By the way do you have grey/white hair?

 

[Thinning]

Yeah you are losin hair big time for 19. Get on the big 3 now or you are gonna be bald by your mid 20s.

 

[biff]

A lot of people are thin on the swirl who aren't going bald. Just monitor it for a bit before going on the big 3!

 

[Aplunk1]

That's not a concentrated bald spot. That's a very thin and growing bald spot.

Aplunk1's recommendation (although I'm not a medical doctor ): Get on Propecia and Nizoral shampoo.

You won't regret it, my friend.

 

[astramkivsxi]

My hair's a strawberry blonde colour, has been like this I'd say for the last 8-10 months or so, I won't spend rediculous amounts on propecia or minoxidil, would rather take to going bald graciously. The only thing I'm doing and will do to stop it is take 300mg nettle each day and some multivitamins containing zinc, biotin, selenium and the vitamin A's B's etc as the main ingredients. If that doesn't help in anyway then bald it is. Going to the doctors tomorrow anyway, hopefully find out what the real reason is behind it, stress could be a factor as I recently had a painful split with my girlfriend who meant a lot to me

 

[biff]

I believe blonde people usually have fewer hairs than people with darker hair so you could go bald quicker than the average. Hopefully, you will just go bald on the crown and the hair on the front will remain. I could cope with a bald spot, but unfortunately, my hair is thinning all over the top.

 

[Aplunk1]

Actually, blondes have the most hair, genetically.

Redheads have the least.

 

[astramkivsxi]

Here's a pic in contrast to the rest of my head

 

[Thinning]

The only thing I'm doing and will do to stop it is take 300mg nettle each day and some multivitamins containing zinc, biotin, selenium and the vitamin A's B's etc as the main ingredients.

Might as well save your money and kiss your hair goodbye cause that stuff aint gonna do sh1t.

 

[Z]

you are definitely going bald quite quickly. research your options and make decision on how to treat it.

Big 3 - Propecia/Proscar, Minoxidil and Nizoral Shampoo is my recommendation as it seems quite aggresive if your only 19.

Good luck.

 

[Solo]

I had that exact thining pattern when I was 19.

It worsened with time, but not too much. Now I´m 25 and I have better hair than those days, because I´ve been using the big 3 for 13 months (minoxidil for nearly 3 years). Thinning was in the back majorly, but when I was 23/25 I started noticing how it was extending to the front via the middle part. Luckily I started my actual regimen and now it thickened my hair to the point that I´ve got no noticeable thinning apart from the swirl, and even there i have enough hair to decently cover my scalp, wich I haven´t been able to do since I was 22. Still I have not matching density in the top than sides/back.


Lately I´ve been thinking in our thinning pattern, female like. It is said that is the pattern associated with hypo-thyroid/adrenal fatigue diseases, and I have many symptoms associated: thinning eyebrows, no dream recall, inability to sleep til late hours, low body temp in the morning, anxiety and inability to deal with stress, panic attacks, weakness, fatigue, bad nails and hair, never having breakfast, cold hands and feet, mood swings, etc...

I´m telling you this to see if you have any of those symptoms, just for curiosity, maybe you can extract any useful info, too.

I´m planning to start a zinc/b6 supplement approach to the matter, as it´s said that deficiences of those could cause adrenal fatigue and many of the symptoms I´m experiencing. I´m not holding my breath for any hair regrowth, but I have the feel that there´s something to do between adrenal fatigue/hypothyroid and hair loss in female-diffuse vertex pattern.

But I´m gonna keep using the big 3, as I´m getting benefits from it. My plan is to make a general treatment, getting the adrenal-fatigue cured and male pattern baldness under control, because I think both mixed are the cause of my thinning pattern, that, as I said, is exactly the same as mine.

Your thinning could be just male pattern baldness (if you don´t experience any of the things I listed above, hypothyroid related), and you can treat it succesfully using the big 3 (more efficient in the vertex area), but stay alert to any alternative cause.

 

[astramkivsxi]

cheers for the info
if money wasn't an object I'd be on the big 3 straight away but it is so I'm just finding alternatives, may start using nizoral though, seems to have a lot of benefits

 

[Solo]

The Big 3 is not that expensive if you use generics. You can get fincar and split pills in 1/5, and you can get kirkland minoxidil 4 month supply for 25$ ridiculously cheap compared with the original brands, and same effectiveness.

Take a look, mate. If you just forget about it, things may get to a point where you don´t feel confortable, and then it could be too late. Picture yourself as entirely bald being 27. Not nice. Maybe you´r not going to go this aggressive, but it can be. Regrowing is hard, mantaining is easy.

Consider your decission. And remember, the big 3 isn´t that expensive using generics.

 

[Johnny24601]

re:

If you are in America and insured, find a Doctor who will proscribe proscar (which insurance should cover) and split it into 1/4 or 1/5. Otherwise buy the generic fincar and split it. male pattern baldness is progressive and if hairloss is an issue (and if you have posted on this site then it could be) then now is the time to try finasteride as it usually works and it is best to start using it when you have most of your hair left. Try finasteride for ONE YEAR an reevaluate. You can always stop if you do not feel comfortable.
Treatment does comes with $$ and the potential for sides so if you are comfortable with going bald then I envy you and whish you luck. If you do choose to avoid finasteride, then I suggest cutting your hair shorter because as your hair thins it will show more scalp if the hair is longer.
I do suggest trying finasteride and using nizoral for one year. Then adding in minoxidil later.

 

[nervx]

I do suggest trying finasteride and using nizoral for one year. Then adding in minoxidil later.

Same.

Also cut your hair shorter. My hair was long like yours, maybe even longer but i got it cut yesterday to about 1-1.5" on top and #2 clippers on the sides blended up. You can still see through to the scalp a bit but it looks much, much better because there isn't that harse contrast anymore.

 

[samsam]

Yeah, you're going bald. If it was stress, it would be a thinning equally all over, not just the crown

 

[Solo]

Yeah, you're going bald. If it was stress, it would be a thinning equally all over, not just the crown

Well, this is the general belief, but if you look deeply into medical literature you´ll find that stress has a subsequent biochemistry that implies the empowering of male pattern baldness process (in classical pattern).

It also happens with deficiences, they just leave the follicle unaided from the autoinmune response (to DHT marked cells).

Of course, classic male pattern baldness is the first cause, but it can have his allies.

If you don´t have the classical Norwood pattern (recession), and you´re thinning diffusely in female-like type (ludwig scale), there could be some other factors as I was wondering, such as adrenal stress, hypotyroidism, pyroluria, stress, inmune diseases... that could be triggering an unusual thinning of hair, albeit they are doing it via the follicle degeneration, involving DHT and microinflammation, as in male pattern baldness.