If any of you are familiar with my story you will know that I have been driving myself absolutely nuts over the decision to try Rogaine or not.
I'm 43 and have severe thinning throughout the entire male pattern baldness area. My worst area is directly behind my hairline, directly at the top front of my head. (odd location). I have some thinning at the rear of the crown. (typical area). Funny thing is that my hair seems to thicken back up at the immediate top area between the front and rear thinning areas.
I have been on finasteride (proscar 1/4 daily) for 15 months now. I use 1% keto (occasionally 2%) and an assortment of thinning shampoos. All in all I believe my hair has thinned beyond what it was 15 months ago. I have never had any major sheds. I continue to see maybe 4-5 hairs while shampooing and maybe the same when combing, but that's about the worst of it. finasteride may be slowing my loss but it surely isn't stopping it.
So, back to the question. My bad thinning area at the front is extremely embarrassing and near impossible to hide. I look at guys all day long with thinning hair and never see anyone with my type of pattern. It just seems weird to have a 1/4" thick hairline, then severe thinning right behind it. part of me wants to try Rogaine since I read so much about how it works well for diffuse. Problem is, if I shed anymore hair in that bad area I will be forced to shave just to look somewhat normal. I also read stories of people trying Rogaine, loosing hair, and it never growing back. That situation for me would basically mean a complete shave.
I'm killing myself over this decision. I'm hoping someone can chime in here and offer some advice that will convince me to try it or not. Very scared and undecided.
I'm 43 and have severe thinning throughout the entire male pattern baldness area. My worst area is directly behind my hairline, directly at the top front of my head. (odd location). I have some thinning at the rear of the crown. (typical area). Funny thing is that my hair seems to thicken back up at the immediate top area between the front and rear thinning areas.
I have been on finasteride (proscar 1/4 daily) for 15 months now. I use 1% keto (occasionally 2%) and an assortment of thinning shampoos. All in all I believe my hair has thinned beyond what it was 15 months ago. I have never had any major sheds. I continue to see maybe 4-5 hairs while shampooing and maybe the same when combing, but that's about the worst of it. finasteride may be slowing my loss but it surely isn't stopping it.
So, back to the question. My bad thinning area at the front is extremely embarrassing and near impossible to hide. I look at guys all day long with thinning hair and never see anyone with my type of pattern. It just seems weird to have a 1/4" thick hairline, then severe thinning right behind it. part of me wants to try Rogaine since I read so much about how it works well for diffuse. Problem is, if I shed anymore hair in that bad area I will be forced to shave just to look somewhat normal. I also read stories of people trying Rogaine, loosing hair, and it never growing back. That situation for me would basically mean a complete shave.
I'm killing myself over this decision. I'm hoping someone can chime in here and offer some advice that will convince me to try it or not. Very scared and undecided.