Hey Guys,
Just wanted to introduce myself here and give a bit of background on my story. I used to be pretty active on hair loss forums around 10 years ago, mainly on hair loss help where my username was Chino, so if anyone remembers me from back then, hey!
So, I started losing hair when I was around 17, I always had fine hair and a high hairline, but then it started going and fast. By my first year of university, I had longish hair and I was shedding short, fine and less pigmented hairs than my 'normal' hair. That and the fact that my hair density was depleting at an alarming rate, as well as temples receding, caused me to start researching hair loss treatments - and make my first mistake by wasting money on Nioxin.
Eventually I found decent hair loss websites with knowledgeable communities like this one, which I believe are invaluable in an individual's battles against hair loss, as there is so much mis-information and fake expensive products out there. Through these I started on finasteride when I was 19 years old. I kept kept all my progress pics and information on the hair loss help forum, but unfortunately now the web site seems to have been shut down, so I can't say exactly how long it took for me to see results. All I know is I added Rogaine Foam in a year later, when I was 20, and there are pictures of me when I was 23 and my hair was perfect, back to how it was when I was 16 years old again. My results were great, and I was really happy with them - but I decided to stop using them, I had other issues in my life, and hair loss took a back seat, especially as I'd already gotten my hair back.
After quitting, I didn't go through any massive shed, rather my hair just continued to thin as it naturally would have, albeit I believe staved off by a couple of years due to the treatments. I didn't care about my hair anymore, and I let it get bad to the point where my only option was to buzz it down - this was when I was 30, roughly 6 maybe 7 years after quitting treatments. I'd say I reached a NW4 with diffuse in a NW7 pattern - clearly visible.
I love a buzz cut, even though I don't have the head shape for it and have moles all over my scalp. I'm not bothered by hair loss, but I decided to give it one last go to save my hair - since I had such good results previously, I have high hopes for round two.
I started Rogaine Foam twice per day and Nizoral every other day on the 13th April this year (2017), and I started Finasteride on the 27th April. So far I have seen some regrowth at the hairline, a couple of terminal hairs which are yet to reach the same thickness as the rest of my hair, and a lot of vellus hairs as well. So things are looking positive
. I will post pictures to show my progress shortly, and will post regular updates to track my progress.
Cheers and good luck to you all!
Just wanted to introduce myself here and give a bit of background on my story. I used to be pretty active on hair loss forums around 10 years ago, mainly on hair loss help where my username was Chino, so if anyone remembers me from back then, hey!
So, I started losing hair when I was around 17, I always had fine hair and a high hairline, but then it started going and fast. By my first year of university, I had longish hair and I was shedding short, fine and less pigmented hairs than my 'normal' hair. That and the fact that my hair density was depleting at an alarming rate, as well as temples receding, caused me to start researching hair loss treatments - and make my first mistake by wasting money on Nioxin.
Eventually I found decent hair loss websites with knowledgeable communities like this one, which I believe are invaluable in an individual's battles against hair loss, as there is so much mis-information and fake expensive products out there. Through these I started on finasteride when I was 19 years old. I kept kept all my progress pics and information on the hair loss help forum, but unfortunately now the web site seems to have been shut down, so I can't say exactly how long it took for me to see results. All I know is I added Rogaine Foam in a year later, when I was 20, and there are pictures of me when I was 23 and my hair was perfect, back to how it was when I was 16 years old again. My results were great, and I was really happy with them - but I decided to stop using them, I had other issues in my life, and hair loss took a back seat, especially as I'd already gotten my hair back.
After quitting, I didn't go through any massive shed, rather my hair just continued to thin as it naturally would have, albeit I believe staved off by a couple of years due to the treatments. I didn't care about my hair anymore, and I let it get bad to the point where my only option was to buzz it down - this was when I was 30, roughly 6 maybe 7 years after quitting treatments. I'd say I reached a NW4 with diffuse in a NW7 pattern - clearly visible.
I love a buzz cut, even though I don't have the head shape for it and have moles all over my scalp. I'm not bothered by hair loss, but I decided to give it one last go to save my hair - since I had such good results previously, I have high hopes for round two.
I started Rogaine Foam twice per day and Nizoral every other day on the 13th April this year (2017), and I started Finasteride on the 27th April. So far I have seen some regrowth at the hairline, a couple of terminal hairs which are yet to reach the same thickness as the rest of my hair, and a lot of vellus hairs as well. So things are looking positive
. I will post pictures to show my progress shortly, and will post regular updates to track my progress.Cheers and good luck to you all!
