I spent a good couple of years trying to halt my male pattern baldness. I started off small with oils and saw palmetto, and ended up progressing to the stronger stuff like Minoxidil and finasteride and duta. My first experience with finasteride was abit of an emotional wreck and that turned into the male pattern baldness itch. Yes finasteride was giving me the male pattern baldness itch that i never had before. But i was desperate so i get trying with it and using different topicals, much stronger ones to the point i started having panic attack side effects with heart palpitations. So this along with the Male pattern baldness was the moment the downfall became noticeable.
So i stopped using Finasteride and Duta because it gave me the Male pattern baldness itch, but the itch never went away. Its feels like my scalp is way more sensitive to DHT or testosterone than it used to be. infact i can't use Minoxidil either now because it also sets off a horrible male pattern baldness itch for a few days.
So what have i learnt from this? Whenever i don't have the male pattern baldness itch i usually feel tired and have brain fog. And when i get the itch, usually, my heads feels clearer and i feel more motivated. This is almost like a sign to me when Testerstone or DHT is actually doing something good and bad. This also sucks because it means i can't be a healthy male without destroying my hair at a rapid pace. I can't go to the gym, i can't use anything that has any altering hormonal effects anymore.
I have also noticed that the faster i try and grow my hair, it also gives me the Male pattern baldness itch. So i feels like slowing it down actually benefits me more.
Its destroyed my life, my confidence and my health. When i think back to the amount i could have done if i wasn't so afraid to lose my hair, id be in a much better place. But im scared. I feel unattractive, the world just seems so shallow for my lack of feeling good about myself and i can't be the person i want to be.
So i stopped using Finasteride and Duta because it gave me the Male pattern baldness itch, but the itch never went away. Its feels like my scalp is way more sensitive to DHT or testosterone than it used to be. infact i can't use Minoxidil either now because it also sets off a horrible male pattern baldness itch for a few days.
So what have i learnt from this? Whenever i don't have the male pattern baldness itch i usually feel tired and have brain fog. And when i get the itch, usually, my heads feels clearer and i feel more motivated. This is almost like a sign to me when Testerstone or DHT is actually doing something good and bad. This also sucks because it means i can't be a healthy male without destroying my hair at a rapid pace. I can't go to the gym, i can't use anything that has any altering hormonal effects anymore.
I have also noticed that the faster i try and grow my hair, it also gives me the Male pattern baldness itch. So i feels like slowing it down actually benefits me more.
Its destroyed my life, my confidence and my health. When i think back to the amount i could have done if i wasn't so afraid to lose my hair, id be in a much better place. But im scared. I feel unattractive, the world just seems so shallow for my lack of feeling good about myself and i can't be the person i want to be.
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