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Hello boys, hope you're doing well and fighting in the fight the best way.
A quick update: 1 year, 2 months of finasteride 1mg; I'm maintaining + slight thickening. I'm still VERY dubious about starting minoxidil because it's a hassle and stopping it might affect the good things I got while on finasteride, but I see myself starting it in the next 2 years in order to fight the finasteride shortfall. No sides.
I've never stopped thinking about the problem of hair loss in the last three years, from 19 to 22. Years 19-21 were probably the lowest point I could reach: depression, self-harm, anger. Looking back on some photos from the period, I looked extremely shitty. I now look a slight bit better. My gf noticed but can't tell it's hair since she can't Norwood-spot. When she told me that she's happy that I've been looking very good lately, I felt my heart sink. Hair loss is one hell of a disease.
What I came here to tell you is another thing though. Things are different from when I was 20. Many mates in university are losing hair, fast (I'm now pursuing a postgraduate degree). Old mates from my childhood are too. Some are getting so bald that I thank God everyday that at least I maintained.
In other words, I'm not alone anymore. Doesn't change sh*t for me. What bums me a lot is the fact that I'm seeing people my age getting increasingly concerned about hair loss. Many I witness disappear from social gatherings, only to discover that they lost too much hair to go out and be young. A mate from university, a poor chap diffusing in NW5 since freshman year, is definitely on minoxidil. Many told me how they noticed that he 'got more orderly looking' and 'back on track looking'. Very sad since he didn't change one bit; his hair, which he has no control on, did.
A friend of mine got a comment from a mutual friend; since then, he always talks about baldness and how he notices people (and him) going bald. He's NW1. I witnessed the birth of a Norwood spotter.
This disease has no place in this world.
I pray everyday the Cure comes.
Keep kickin brothers.
A quick update: 1 year, 2 months of finasteride 1mg; I'm maintaining + slight thickening. I'm still VERY dubious about starting minoxidil because it's a hassle and stopping it might affect the good things I got while on finasteride, but I see myself starting it in the next 2 years in order to fight the finasteride shortfall. No sides.
I've never stopped thinking about the problem of hair loss in the last three years, from 19 to 22. Years 19-21 were probably the lowest point I could reach: depression, self-harm, anger. Looking back on some photos from the period, I looked extremely shitty. I now look a slight bit better. My gf noticed but can't tell it's hair since she can't Norwood-spot. When she told me that she's happy that I've been looking very good lately, I felt my heart sink. Hair loss is one hell of a disease.
What I came here to tell you is another thing though. Things are different from when I was 20. Many mates in university are losing hair, fast (I'm now pursuing a postgraduate degree). Old mates from my childhood are too. Some are getting so bald that I thank God everyday that at least I maintained.
In other words, I'm not alone anymore. Doesn't change sh*t for me. What bums me a lot is the fact that I'm seeing people my age getting increasingly concerned about hair loss. Many I witness disappear from social gatherings, only to discover that they lost too much hair to go out and be young. A mate from university, a poor chap diffusing in NW5 since freshman year, is definitely on minoxidil. Many told me how they noticed that he 'got more orderly looking' and 'back on track looking'. Very sad since he didn't change one bit; his hair, which he has no control on, did.
A friend of mine got a comment from a mutual friend; since then, he always talks about baldness and how he notices people (and him) going bald. He's NW1. I witnessed the birth of a Norwood spotter.
This disease has no place in this world.
I pray everyday the Cure comes.
Keep kickin brothers.
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