Hey all, thanks for reading this (and hopefully supporting me)!
Anyway, I'm not too sure when my hair loss actually started. Usually I wear my hair down, so it's really hard to tell in photographs and whatnot. However, I can say with that I'm pretty sure that 2 years ago (almost to the day), I didn't have any hair loss/very little. However, in a video of me a year ago, I can honestly say it's there. So for the sake of being conservative, my hair loss began 2 years ago. Just FYI, I"m 20 now.
For the longest time, I didn't even notice really. I had pretty bad acne at the time, which to me, was a far bigger problem then my hair line. I don't know whether accutane is a cause of hair loss, but it sometime around then that I began losing it.
I know my dad has lost quite a bit of his hair (frontal recession) and I probably really didn't take notice until my brother began losing his hair and a mutal friend joked about him getting on rogaine. So I can say with almost 100% certainty that it's all genetic. My brother's hair, when it's actually shaven short, looks pretty good. But I could never copy his hair style, since I have a bigger head and I'd probably get a certain degree of harassment from him about it. So, I had to find another solution.
So after a few months of being wishy-washy on what to do, I finally admitted there was a problem and did something about it. After looking at what most on these boards are doing, I finally bucked up and got on proscar (cut into fifths). I'm also using Nizoral shampoo. It's been a week, so it's not like I have anything to report.
I took some pics, but they're of pretty lousy quality. Future update pictures will be much better. You can look at them here http://briefcase.yahoo.com/officespace2801/ (Right now they're not working...I'm trying to fix it.)
I have three goals I'd like to achieve;
-halting more hair loss
-regrowth of thinning hair on hairline (a little hard to see, but it's there)
-as far as regrowth in areas that used to have hair and don't anymore, I don't expect a full regrowth, but I'd like to see my hairline moved up half an inch at least.
Now, a couple questions for those of you reading this:
Should I add minoxidil? Some people say do it, others don't.
How often should I do updates (read: actually check in on my hair progress)? I plan to do pictures every 3 months.
Thanks for reading.[/list]
Anyway, I'm not too sure when my hair loss actually started. Usually I wear my hair down, so it's really hard to tell in photographs and whatnot. However, I can say with that I'm pretty sure that 2 years ago (almost to the day), I didn't have any hair loss/very little. However, in a video of me a year ago, I can honestly say it's there. So for the sake of being conservative, my hair loss began 2 years ago. Just FYI, I"m 20 now.
For the longest time, I didn't even notice really. I had pretty bad acne at the time, which to me, was a far bigger problem then my hair line. I don't know whether accutane is a cause of hair loss, but it sometime around then that I began losing it.
I know my dad has lost quite a bit of his hair (frontal recession) and I probably really didn't take notice until my brother began losing his hair and a mutal friend joked about him getting on rogaine. So I can say with almost 100% certainty that it's all genetic. My brother's hair, when it's actually shaven short, looks pretty good. But I could never copy his hair style, since I have a bigger head and I'd probably get a certain degree of harassment from him about it. So, I had to find another solution.
So after a few months of being wishy-washy on what to do, I finally admitted there was a problem and did something about it. After looking at what most on these boards are doing, I finally bucked up and got on proscar (cut into fifths). I'm also using Nizoral shampoo. It's been a week, so it's not like I have anything to report.
I took some pics, but they're of pretty lousy quality. Future update pictures will be much better. You can look at them here http://briefcase.yahoo.com/officespace2801/ (Right now they're not working...I'm trying to fix it.)
I have three goals I'd like to achieve;
-halting more hair loss
-regrowth of thinning hair on hairline (a little hard to see, but it's there)
-as far as regrowth in areas that used to have hair and don't anymore, I don't expect a full regrowth, but I'd like to see my hairline moved up half an inch at least.
Now, a couple questions for those of you reading this:
Should I add minoxidil? Some people say do it, others don't.
How often should I do updates (read: actually check in on my hair progress)? I plan to do pictures every 3 months.
Thanks for reading.[/list]