Guys, I need some advice
First of all, I’m 23, almost 24 years old and I’d say I’m about at a Norwood 2. My hairline has been receding since I was 18 I’d say. The only reason I say that is because my friend once said he thought I had a widow’s peak. At the time I didn’t think anything of it because my hair appeared the same as it always had. I think my receding hairline has definitely accelerated in the past year. It was last fall that I first noticed my situation and really started considering it for the first time. Now I’m so self conscious that I look at my own hair in the mirror every time I walk by one and I seem to be obsessed with looking at other guys’ hair to compare to my own.
I know at a Norwood 2, I’m not really that bad off, yet. My hair doesn’t seem to be thinning in general, just the hairline. But it does SEEM like my hairs on my hairline are thinner than everywhere else, which would indicate male pattern baldness. I really want to do something about this, whatever I can, because if there’s one thing I hate, its regret about hesitating to do something I should have and paying the price later.
Upon conducting my initial research, propecia seemed like a no-lose situation. Side effects were barely higher than with placebo, and stopped soon after quitting it. All seemed to be sexual anyway, and unfortunately I haven’t been having sex much recently.
But I come here and I see all this terrible stuff about shedding, weight gain, breasts, really terrible sexual side effects and such. Are the side effects of propecia severely underplayed by the clinical trials, or do we only hear about the really bad cases?
I guess what I want to know mostly is….does this shedding that occurs, is that likely to occur with a mild Norwood 2 case where my hair isn’t really falling out, but I just have this gradual hairline recession? I think I could live with having the hair I have now, but I don’t want to lose anymore. So, if I’m not shedding hardly any right now, is it likely or not to cause any shedding??
It seems many of you have done a significant amount of research and many of you have much first hand experience. I’d trust you guys more than my doctor, despite having never met any of you
. Any advice, suggestions, or encouragement would be greatly appreciated.
Jhawk80
First of all, I’m 23, almost 24 years old and I’d say I’m about at a Norwood 2. My hairline has been receding since I was 18 I’d say. The only reason I say that is because my friend once said he thought I had a widow’s peak. At the time I didn’t think anything of it because my hair appeared the same as it always had. I think my receding hairline has definitely accelerated in the past year. It was last fall that I first noticed my situation and really started considering it for the first time. Now I’m so self conscious that I look at my own hair in the mirror every time I walk by one and I seem to be obsessed with looking at other guys’ hair to compare to my own.
I know at a Norwood 2, I’m not really that bad off, yet. My hair doesn’t seem to be thinning in general, just the hairline. But it does SEEM like my hairs on my hairline are thinner than everywhere else, which would indicate male pattern baldness. I really want to do something about this, whatever I can, because if there’s one thing I hate, its regret about hesitating to do something I should have and paying the price later.
Upon conducting my initial research, propecia seemed like a no-lose situation. Side effects were barely higher than with placebo, and stopped soon after quitting it. All seemed to be sexual anyway, and unfortunately I haven’t been having sex much recently.
But I come here and I see all this terrible stuff about shedding, weight gain, breasts, really terrible sexual side effects and such. Are the side effects of propecia severely underplayed by the clinical trials, or do we only hear about the really bad cases?
I guess what I want to know mostly is….does this shedding that occurs, is that likely to occur with a mild Norwood 2 case where my hair isn’t really falling out, but I just have this gradual hairline recession? I think I could live with having the hair I have now, but I don’t want to lose anymore. So, if I’m not shedding hardly any right now, is it likely or not to cause any shedding??
It seems many of you have done a significant amount of research and many of you have much first hand experience. I’d trust you guys more than my doctor, despite having never met any of you
. Any advice, suggestions, or encouragement would be greatly appreciated.Jhawk80
