Hi, looking back I started losing my hair when I was 17 years old but I didn’t notice anything until I was 19. I went to a Doctor and one didn’t prescribe me with propecia and told me to accept it. I wasn’t so happy so I went to another Doctor who was willing to prescribe me propecia and by that point I had turned 20. I took propecia for a month but since I have OCD I quit after 1 month since I would constantly be looking after side effects ( gyno, ed, etc...) and it was quite tough mentally. Since then I’ve continued losing my hair and this is basically how it looks today - https://imgur.com/a/DxawpA1. First of all how bad is it and what do you recommend me to do? I’ve been trying to push it as much as I can but the degree of hair loss is getting too much and too depressing. My younger brother has worse hair loss genes than me but he started taking propecia and his hair loss has stabilised and his hair has thickened up. I’m scared of taking propecia again because the whole idea of inhibiting 70% of a sex hormone seems bad to me. At the same time honestly I don’t hook up a lot and so it’s not like I’m using my penis often haha but still feels strange. However I’m starting to think that perhaps I need to take an SSRI and together with that propecia. I guess it’s also important to ask - do you think it’s still worth it for someone with my hair loss to take finasteride? What can I expect?
Also how are future treatments looking - anything close on the horizon. Preferably not a drug but more like an injection or smth like that?
Appreciate you taking the time to read this and looking forward to your answers.
Also how are future treatments looking - anything close on the horizon. Preferably not a drug but more like an injection or smth like that?
Appreciate you taking the time to read this and looking forward to your answers.