Hey all! Just lookin for some general tips/advice/suggestions.
Basically I started thinning in my mid 20s but nothing major. I never really addressed it because I had such a short almost buzz hairstyle anyway so it didn't look that bad. Years later I chose a longer hairstyle and the hair thinning was much more obvious.
It wasn't until about 5 years ago (at age 33) when my sister said to me "are you going to do something about your hair? You are way too young to be sporting a comb over". It was pretty harsh, but maybe I needed to hear it.
So I started using propecia and rogaine topical. I pretty much saw dramtic results and started to see thicker hair and started to get compliments that my hair looked fuller. My hair stylist even said the next time I saw him which was about a year later- said I had waaay more hair than before. So I know it was working. This lasted for about two years.
Then I lost my job and paying for extra things like propecia and rogaine took a back seat so I stopped using them, not entirely but I certainly wasn't using them regularly. Hair started to thin out again. I realized that propecia for $70 a month was way too much so I stopped taking it all together. I was using the rogaine every once and awhile. I also started cutting my own hair instead of going to a stylist. I cut my hair pretty well and like to have it cleaned up and cut weekly.
It wasn't until about 5 months ago that I saw online that you could get Proscar for way cheaper than Propecia by just cutting the pill into quarters. I was ecstatic. I immediately started on the Proscar taking 1.25 mg (a quarter pill) every morning and taking the rogaine at night before bed and when I woke up I would take the rogaine again but in the morning it wouldnt be on my head long because once I shower it rinses off probably. This produced great results and my hair started getting thicker and thicker and I noticed it almost immediately.
I kept this up for the past 4 months or so but stopped the rogaine about two months ago because I thought that the Proscar was the reason for the drastic results. So, I probably stopped rogaine for maybe two months but stayed on and am still on the Proscar. What blows me away is that in a span of what seems like one month, my hair is drastically thinning again and going back to where it was prior to discovering Proscar 4 months ago.
I just can't believe how fast it is thinning again! Was it stopping the rogaine? Am I getting immune or used to the Proscar? Anyway, I started back up on the rogaine twice a day and proscar but am kinda freaking out wondering if I should see a dermatologist or just continue back w/ proscar and rogaine and see what happens? I am also contimplating giving it up all together.
I used to sport a buzz cut back when I was younger and in college so I may be able to pull off the shaved head look but I'd rather not if it can be avoided. One of my best friends was going through the same thing but he never tried any of the treatments. He just shaved his head and is dealing with it. He's a good looking guy and still gets attention from women but I know he is very self conscious about his head. I know I would be the same way.
I also take multi vitamins and a 1000mg Biotin everyday for hair, skin health. Don't really shampoo much in fear that hair will fall out.
That is another thing, I never really notice the shedding or hair falling out anywhere. Not sure where it goes but it definitely is thinner?
When I style my hair it looks good in pictures and out at the bars/clubs and nightlife but I know it looks terrible during the day and under the light because of the way I style it.
Oh, by the way- the thinning is all throughout the top/middle of the head. Kind of like a large peanut shape balding spot. My hairline is good and it is pretty full in back top and sides.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Time to shave the head? I'm about ready to throw in the towel and I definitely can't afford or want any of the transplant stuff.
Any advice or suggestions are much appreciated!
Basically I started thinning in my mid 20s but nothing major. I never really addressed it because I had such a short almost buzz hairstyle anyway so it didn't look that bad. Years later I chose a longer hairstyle and the hair thinning was much more obvious.
It wasn't until about 5 years ago (at age 33) when my sister said to me "are you going to do something about your hair? You are way too young to be sporting a comb over". It was pretty harsh, but maybe I needed to hear it.
So I started using propecia and rogaine topical. I pretty much saw dramtic results and started to see thicker hair and started to get compliments that my hair looked fuller. My hair stylist even said the next time I saw him which was about a year later- said I had waaay more hair than before. So I know it was working. This lasted for about two years.
Then I lost my job and paying for extra things like propecia and rogaine took a back seat so I stopped using them, not entirely but I certainly wasn't using them regularly. Hair started to thin out again. I realized that propecia for $70 a month was way too much so I stopped taking it all together. I was using the rogaine every once and awhile. I also started cutting my own hair instead of going to a stylist. I cut my hair pretty well and like to have it cleaned up and cut weekly.
It wasn't until about 5 months ago that I saw online that you could get Proscar for way cheaper than Propecia by just cutting the pill into quarters. I was ecstatic. I immediately started on the Proscar taking 1.25 mg (a quarter pill) every morning and taking the rogaine at night before bed and when I woke up I would take the rogaine again but in the morning it wouldnt be on my head long because once I shower it rinses off probably. This produced great results and my hair started getting thicker and thicker and I noticed it almost immediately.
I kept this up for the past 4 months or so but stopped the rogaine about two months ago because I thought that the Proscar was the reason for the drastic results. So, I probably stopped rogaine for maybe two months but stayed on and am still on the Proscar. What blows me away is that in a span of what seems like one month, my hair is drastically thinning again and going back to where it was prior to discovering Proscar 4 months ago.
I just can't believe how fast it is thinning again! Was it stopping the rogaine? Am I getting immune or used to the Proscar? Anyway, I started back up on the rogaine twice a day and proscar but am kinda freaking out wondering if I should see a dermatologist or just continue back w/ proscar and rogaine and see what happens? I am also contimplating giving it up all together.
I used to sport a buzz cut back when I was younger and in college so I may be able to pull off the shaved head look but I'd rather not if it can be avoided. One of my best friends was going through the same thing but he never tried any of the treatments. He just shaved his head and is dealing with it. He's a good looking guy and still gets attention from women but I know he is very self conscious about his head. I know I would be the same way.
I also take multi vitamins and a 1000mg Biotin everyday for hair, skin health. Don't really shampoo much in fear that hair will fall out.
That is another thing, I never really notice the shedding or hair falling out anywhere. Not sure where it goes but it definitely is thinner?
When I style my hair it looks good in pictures and out at the bars/clubs and nightlife but I know it looks terrible during the day and under the light because of the way I style it.
Oh, by the way- the thinning is all throughout the top/middle of the head. Kind of like a large peanut shape balding spot. My hairline is good and it is pretty full in back top and sides.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Time to shave the head? I'm about ready to throw in the towel and I definitely can't afford or want any of the transplant stuff.
Any advice or suggestions are much appreciated!
