I know. It has crushed my self esteem. I keep my hair long so as to disguise the thinning and recessionI would do a 5% minoxidil and finasteride, If I were you.
A 10% is too strong.
But losing hair at the age of 17 sucks...
[/QUOTE]kn[/QUOTE]I know. It has crushed my self esteem. I keep my hair long so as to disguise the thinning and recession
UOTE="hwezdarik, post: 1369134, member: 43766"]I would do a 5% minoxidil and finasteride, If I were you.
A 10% is too strong.
But losing hair at the age of 17 sucks...
. I have seen much much worse cases than you on this forum coming back to Norwood 0 or Norwood 1. Just take the meds and start saving 5000 usd for a decent hair transplant in Turkey . I have seen much much worse cases than you on this forum coming back to Norwood 0 or Norwood 1. Just take the meds and start saving 5000 usd for a decent hair transplant in Turkey [/QUOTE]you can or just pick up some rogaine foam or a generic equivalent. Brand name rogaine is about 20-25 bucks generics are around idk maybe 15 bucks i think
My doctor recommended the use of minoxidil so as to strengthen the hair that have miniaturized and he says that we still caught it early
my dr did too, and thats fine. I was just letting you know what i did. And since your new to all this i figured id try to give some advice. If you can get away w/out having to use minoxidil your life will be easier and in the long run your hair will be better off for it. The post above this one says the same. Also if you ever want to quite minoxidil you'll shed like crazy even on finasteride, as they work totally different. I feel rogaine is a complementary treatment and finasteride is the real workhorse. Just trying to help
I've started finasteride and it's been a week. When will I start seeing results?
And in the meantime I'll be thinning like normal?
No, you'll probably start shedding in the next few weeks, it'll actually seem like your hair loss will have accelerated. Don't quit during the shedding phase. Ride it out with hats and hair fibres if the thinning gets bad.
I thought there was shedding only with minoxidil.
Nope. Finasteride too.
i didnt shed from finasteride. minoxidil caused shed. My hair got healthier fast on finasteride like 1 month it just looked "Better" No regrowth or anything just kinda fuller/ healthier Looking. Try not to even think about it. Its going to be subtle improvement especially at first and you should really notice something anywhere from 3- 6 months. Most improvement between year 1 and 2...Yeah hair changes/Grows at a snails pace lol
It is difficult not to think about it honestly. Balding at this age is difficult. But I'm trying my best. It feels good that I am taking action
i was editing and you replied lol that was fast!! anyway i know it is, for real. And for me that helped. Knowing your doing something about it kinda reduces the anxiety of hair loss
some people do shed from finasteride obviously... Any change really can cause a shed. (extreme Stress, medication,physical injury ) but i don't think shedding from finasteride is anywhere near as common as minoxidil. minoxidil your all but guaranteed a shed w/ finasteride it seems some do some dont. And some do early on or even 3- 6 months after starting treatment. I think its a bit of luck sometimes w/ regards to finasteride shed