mpindianapolis
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Hi all,
Im new on this forum, have been reading some posts for about a month, but have just come across this off a link on google. If there was no reason for it, I wouldnt be reading this forum, as no offence to others posts and being in exactly the same situation or worse, I feel for the lot of you but its just depressing, just like the story/rant Im going to be talking about below. Sorry if this sounds like a version of the Steve Wilkos show - btw what a dude, hes successful, been a marine and cop, and appeared with Springer before starting his show, and hes bald - good role model.
Anyway, Im 23 years old, just done with education, looking for work, in reasonably good shape although havent exercised recently due to the hectic few months ive had but im working back into a rhythm and quite healthy. However, one thing that draws me to this forum and I like this forum for the way in which people express their feelings freely is that im suffering from depression due to my severe hair loss, and by looking at the norwood charts, I think im on a norwood 4a/5a and the horseshoe pattern is quite visible, even when I shave down to a grade 1 im struggling to pull it off these days, its severely affecting my confidence, well has been for the past few years from 2005-present when I seem to have lost all my hair and dropped down a few norwoods very quickly.
When I wake up every morning and use a mirror behind my scalp to reflect the bathroom wall mirror, all I can see is very obvious scalp even though my hair has been shaved down to a grade 1. My temples have receded slightly and so has my hairline but is still maintaining at the top of my forehead, but my crown is horribly visible as is the top of my head that sprouts tiny miniature wispy thin hairs with very low density. I have used minoxidil in the past (2006) on and off, but I was in denial thinking that nothing was happening to my hair and it would be alright, but since having comments from everyone around me that im balding, I have pretty much been either hiding indoors and avoiding social contact, or going out whenever ive needed to with a cap, and still doing it. I have been on rogaine foam (x2 daily), saw palmetto extract (x2 daily), msm (x2 daily) and dutasteride (x1 daily) since the past month and its early days but im not very optimistic regarding what I will gain back or maintain (no results yet), and the last thing I want is dropping further down the norwood scale, im even feeling phobic about attending job interviews these days, and im a very able candidate.
However, I probably look alot older then just 23 due to the condition of my hairloss now, more like 40, and im now at the stage where I am seriously considering whether to go for surgery, however would need to fill in the top of my head, crown and temple areas so just to gain other peoples opinions here, at what age would one recommend the surgery option or what stage of hair loss? I think I am a diffuse pattern thinner so would this be a problem.
Im new on this forum, have been reading some posts for about a month, but have just come across this off a link on google. If there was no reason for it, I wouldnt be reading this forum, as no offence to others posts and being in exactly the same situation or worse, I feel for the lot of you but its just depressing, just like the story/rant Im going to be talking about below. Sorry if this sounds like a version of the Steve Wilkos show - btw what a dude, hes successful, been a marine and cop, and appeared with Springer before starting his show, and hes bald - good role model.
Anyway, Im 23 years old, just done with education, looking for work, in reasonably good shape although havent exercised recently due to the hectic few months ive had but im working back into a rhythm and quite healthy. However, one thing that draws me to this forum and I like this forum for the way in which people express their feelings freely is that im suffering from depression due to my severe hair loss, and by looking at the norwood charts, I think im on a norwood 4a/5a and the horseshoe pattern is quite visible, even when I shave down to a grade 1 im struggling to pull it off these days, its severely affecting my confidence, well has been for the past few years from 2005-present when I seem to have lost all my hair and dropped down a few norwoods very quickly.
When I wake up every morning and use a mirror behind my scalp to reflect the bathroom wall mirror, all I can see is very obvious scalp even though my hair has been shaved down to a grade 1. My temples have receded slightly and so has my hairline but is still maintaining at the top of my forehead, but my crown is horribly visible as is the top of my head that sprouts tiny miniature wispy thin hairs with very low density. I have used minoxidil in the past (2006) on and off, but I was in denial thinking that nothing was happening to my hair and it would be alright, but since having comments from everyone around me that im balding, I have pretty much been either hiding indoors and avoiding social contact, or going out whenever ive needed to with a cap, and still doing it. I have been on rogaine foam (x2 daily), saw palmetto extract (x2 daily), msm (x2 daily) and dutasteride (x1 daily) since the past month and its early days but im not very optimistic regarding what I will gain back or maintain (no results yet), and the last thing I want is dropping further down the norwood scale, im even feeling phobic about attending job interviews these days, and im a very able candidate.
However, I probably look alot older then just 23 due to the condition of my hairloss now, more like 40, and im now at the stage where I am seriously considering whether to go for surgery, however would need to fill in the top of my head, crown and temple areas so just to gain other peoples opinions here, at what age would one recommend the surgery option or what stage of hair loss? I think I am a diffuse pattern thinner so would this be a problem.
I had more money to spend too and no donor scar!
