sadbaldingkid
New Member
- Reaction score
- 0
I am a 20 year old African American male balding in what seems to be an NW2 pattern, with slight thinning in my crown area. I started using Rogaine Extra Strength last November. I decided to stop using after about 5 weeks because I was experiencing sides(dark circles under eyes, intense wrinkles, soreness/fatigue upon waking after using a night before). Now after 5 weeks, my hair did become a lot thicker, everywhere but where I needed it to; I was still visibly balding along my crown and severely along my right temple; my right temple was almost entirely bald, while the left temple looked normal. Now its been almost a month since using Rogaine and I am experiencing lots of regrowth along the right temple. Not only that, but I am also experiencing extreme facial hair growth. There are hairs growing all over my face(mustache connecting with beard, hair between sideburns and eyebrows, developing unibrow, visible hair on cheekbones), even on my forehead where my hairline was almost 5 years ago. There are even tiny hairs growing at the center of my forehead. This is is all growth I've noticed after stopping Rogaine, so its a little confusing, especially because its continuing and I haven't used it in almost a month. Now I have a few questions: Anyone ever experience something like this? Will the growth continue? Will the new hairs restore my old hairline? Should I start finasteride to maintain this new growth? I've attached a picture below, the new forehead hairs are slightly visible. Unfortunately i've no before pics prior to starting rogaine.
Last edited by a moderator:
