I am about to turn 21. I used to have fairly long hair until about a year ago, when I decided to go for the buzz look. People seemed to like it, I liked it, and I wasn’t thinking about hair loss at all. Chalk it up to my parents telling me it’d never happen to me, despite a balding father and bald grandfather.
I shaved my head a second time during the summer and found that it wasn’t growing back the way I remembered. My mother commented that I have her father’s hairline. As my hair grew out, I found the sides of the front thinner than they had been. Admittedly, I’m not that far along, but it bothered me.
After some research, much of it done at this site, I ordered Rogaine 5% and have been using since the week of Thanksgiving. That puts me at about three weeks now. So far I haven’t found it intrusive on my daily life. I’m not sure if I’ve had much growth yet. I think I’ve had a few hairs return. I know it's early and to give it time, and using it at the front will likely have less results than if I was losing in back. I don’t know if I went through a shedding period or not. It’s all hard to tell as my hair gets longer.
I think it’s looking better, at least -- be it the length, the Rogaine, the thickening/cleansing shampoo, or a combination. The pictures aren’t that clear – my camera isn’t great and it’s hard to take closer pictures in a mirror, but I’m doing what I can to document it. Any opinions on how far along I am in the hair loss process or anything else are appreciated. I’ll try to keep this updated. The pictures are on Geocities and therefore the site may not be accessible after a few visits. We’ll see. Here’s the link, and thanks.
http://www.geocities.com/sw111998/
PS: Is it just me, or is my right side worse than my left? Is it possible that this assymetry means it may not be completely genetic, or is this normal for some?
I shaved my head a second time during the summer and found that it wasn’t growing back the way I remembered. My mother commented that I have her father’s hairline. As my hair grew out, I found the sides of the front thinner than they had been. Admittedly, I’m not that far along, but it bothered me.
After some research, much of it done at this site, I ordered Rogaine 5% and have been using since the week of Thanksgiving. That puts me at about three weeks now. So far I haven’t found it intrusive on my daily life. I’m not sure if I’ve had much growth yet. I think I’ve had a few hairs return. I know it's early and to give it time, and using it at the front will likely have less results than if I was losing in back. I don’t know if I went through a shedding period or not. It’s all hard to tell as my hair gets longer.
I think it’s looking better, at least -- be it the length, the Rogaine, the thickening/cleansing shampoo, or a combination. The pictures aren’t that clear – my camera isn’t great and it’s hard to take closer pictures in a mirror, but I’m doing what I can to document it. Any opinions on how far along I am in the hair loss process or anything else are appreciated. I’ll try to keep this updated. The pictures are on Geocities and therefore the site may not be accessible after a few visits. We’ll see. Here’s the link, and thanks.
http://www.geocities.com/sw111998/
PS: Is it just me, or is my right side worse than my left? Is it possible that this assymetry means it may not be completely genetic, or is this normal for some?
