I have been following HairLossTalk.com for quite some time now. I just joined because I need some guidance as to how to treat my shedding problem. I started diffuse thinning back when I was 19 heading into my sophmore year of college. It was coming out in clumps and I had some thick hair. I quickly did a lot of research and began my battle with finasteride, nizoral, tric. spray, and minoxidil liquid. I shed like never before. I had to literally snake the drain in my shower it was so bad. I was young and wanted a quick fix which many of you know starting all those treatments at one time was a terrible idea. I kept researching while consistently keeping my regimen. Since my scalp was so itchy and flaky I decided to hold back and let finasteride do its job first before I start any regrowth agents. To my surprise the shedding stopped and my scalp healed up after about 6 months and I was shocked. Losing my hair consumed my everyday life. I gave finasteride some time with small side effects. Once at the "year" mark it was working like magic and my loss had almost haulted. I loved the drug. I would have lost most of it had it not been for finasteride. Well here I am almost 6 yrs later still on finasteride and using nizoral and i decided to try minoxidil again with tricomin spray to try and thicken up a bit seeing thinning has progressed to a certain degree over the years. I started 3 months on the rogaine 5% liquid with the tric spray and at no shock it irritated my scalp to the point where I thought it was the propylene glycol so I quickly switched to the foam. When I first noticed the itchy scalp I began to shed 50 + hairs in the shower. Now I have been using the foam for 2 1/2 months with tea tree shampoo in between the nizoral 2% to heal my scalp. I got rid of most of the itchy scalp but my shedding has yet to sieze after 5 1/2 months of minoxidil use. I have halted the 2x day application of the minoxidil and limited it to 1x daily just a line across my hairline and a massage on the crown. I was massaging it all over my head like a mad man previously and was going through bottles every 3 weeks.
Im sorry for such a long post. Im new and was wondering if anyone could give some insight as to how I should approach this issue because its beginning to consume my every thought and im close to throwing in the towel. I plan to post some pics soon and have had some decent growth with the minoxidil. It has thinned my entire head quite a bit though with all the shedding with my hairline a lot more noticeable. I do have many tiny hairs all over but im wondering if my scalp is just too sensitive. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks guys
Im sorry for such a long post. Im new and was wondering if anyone could give some insight as to how I should approach this issue because its beginning to consume my every thought and im close to throwing in the towel. I plan to post some pics soon and have had some decent growth with the minoxidil. It has thinned my entire head quite a bit though with all the shedding with my hairline a lot more noticeable. I do have many tiny hairs all over but im wondering if my scalp is just too sensitive. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks guys