Hi everyone
First many thanks for a wonderful place. I’ve been enlightened by many of the discussions and gotten a better understanding of hair loss and the drugs related to those.
I’ve been lurking this place for months and been on finasterid for about 350 days now…though the first 40 days were not regular and were actually 80-90 days. I wasn’t religiously following the deal with 1mg each day. So in reality I’ve been on it for 10 months (aka 310 days)
I’m east Asian, living in Europe and now…31 years old. I think I’m a Norwood 5 or 6 or Norwood-Hamilton 5. So how did I end mostly bald?
PAST:
Before becoming 22 I used to drink lots of cola and other sodas, eat lots of fastfood and candy. Quite unhealthy lifestyle but my hair was stuck to my head. Just pulling one hair seemed to be a hard task without scissors. I used to think I had too much hair, I wish I hadn’t and taken better care of it. I had dandruff in my hair nearly all my mine but it had been small tiny pieces which didn’t affect my skin at all.
When I was 22 years old I started losing my hair. I didn’t feel good with it and went around with a cap on my head. A bit later I ended up with a depression making me leave my university. It wasn’t because of my hair loss but because I burned out in my enjoyment of studying. I ended staying at home, surfing the internet until morning each day. I kept losing hair and my keyboard would be filled with hair, making me sadder about it and my life. The tiny dandruff I had before became big flakes where the hair were stuck when I scraped it from my scalp or when it fell. I went with the cap all the time, fearing that it would fall and people could see my bald head. I stopped even bicycling. Yes, it hit me very hard since I did not expect it this fast.
I noticed that every time after taking a bath, my head would shine and some kind of liquid would ooze out. I lost hair. I had also noticed that when I was tired, I would piss out something white with my urine. The day after I would have a shiny scalp and lose hair. I also noticed that I got some kind of acne on my head on the temples, nap and the crown. It happened mostly on those places where I lost a lot hair. They left marks and became hard skin. Going bald was not an option since I had the marks from those on my crown, temples and nape.
So I went to my doctor who sent me to specialists about it. They went: “Oh, it is normal that you lose hair. You father is bald so you will become bald too.†MY FATHER DIDN’T GO BALD UNTIL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 30. I AM 22 YEARS OLD! Of course they saw it as blabbering from a 22 year old who didn’t know ****.
I went to different doctors and they all tried to fix the dandruff since that was a big problem too. I kept telling them about how my dandruff had changed and the water coming out of my head but no one really listened to me. It frustrated me since I could feel something wrong with my body and the doctors just thought it was normal and I only had a dandruff problem.
I also started losing hair from my whole body. I enjoyed sitting in the tub when taking a bath, so when I left the tub I could see it filled with hair, body hair. I knew something was wrong but no one could help me.
When I was 24 I started studying again but still with the cap on my head. Mind you every time I went out I went with my cap.
At 25 I tried using Regaine(That’s or rogaine) since the new derma doctor refused to let me try Propercia. She said “We don’t know how it’s going to affect your body so I would rather not gamble with your body. We need more documentation about this medicine. Try out Regaine first.†I agreed and tried Regaine but my scalp became much drier. I stopped using it since doing it twice a day seemed to be impossible for me. A few months I went a hair clinic in the city. They gave me some kind of miracle ****. It worked fine the first 2 weeks, I didn’t lose hair, and then I got a rash in my head. I think it had something to do with what they put into the miracle **** and it having a reaction with the oozing liquid from my head. They refused to believe it was their product and I stopped going there.
Then 3 years ago meaning when I was 28 I started on Regaine again. I used it for some months. I think I was on it for about 4-5 months when my sister got married. It happened in east Asia where I was for a month without Regaine. I don’t remember much about the dandruff or shedding except that when I look at the pictures from then I feel I had more hair than now. Anyway when I got home I stopped using Regaine I don’t remember the exact reason but I think I felt a mix of “it didn’t workâ€, “I didn’t want to keep using it my whole life†and “it was hard to do it twice a dayâ€.
2 years ago I started getting gray hairs on my sides. This didn’t affect me much since the deal of losing hair affects me a lot.
Then I got busy and when I got time I found a new derma doctor who was new. This was 1.5 year ago. I told him that I had dandruff and it never went away, I had liquid oozing out of my head and I had marks on my temples, crown and nape. I was very tired of going around with a cap and hoped he could help. He thought it was normal to lose hair which made me pissed and reply him: “Yes, you can say that but you are older than me and got all your hair on your head. Try to live in the hell I am.†He put me on Nizoral first to get rid of my dandruff. Mind you, I had used Nizoral many times in life cuz they wanted to kill it and it does work in the beginning but then it stops working.
Then a year ago I decided to go up to him and “ruin†my body. I told him that my dandruff had subsided a little but the hair was falling and he should put me on Finesteride. He did that and told me to give it a year.
At the beginning I spent nearly 2 months on finishing 40 doses, instead of the 40 days. It was a 5mg pill cut into 4 pieces.
After those days I got enough. I restarted this process (I will call it point zero) and I started using the 1,25mg every day. I had a massive shedding after the 2 month mark then it went back to normal where I lost a 5-10 hairs a day. Time went by and I didn’t see any difference except I had the same hair as when I started. Well I felt that I lost many hairs but I couldn’t see any difference in my pictures.
Since turning 22 I kept getting the acne pimples again and again. No liquid but they kept appearing and leaving marks. I noticed that the chance of them popping up became big when I got too busy and didn't take a bath for more than 4 days.
Then 7-8 weeks ago I saw that I actually had gotten more hair on my head. I wanted to wait more to take any pictures but I felt I had gotten more hair and I could also feel it on my head and body.
I could see small hair on my front of my head and my temples too. I felt that my hair on the nape and sides were more…full. I felt better than a long time ago and thought “Yes, I will get some of my hair backâ€. The interesting this was that many of my hairs are “ones†coming out of my head. Now I could see more hairs coming out close to each other which meant that the graft was again carrying more than just one hair. I had a few thick hairs at the front and the receding hairline left them intact. I used those to see that my hairline was getting back but with thin hairs. YES! Sure they were much thinner but hey, they would grow to be thicker, right?
Then 3-4 weeks ago, I started shedding like hell. As I did before in those 2 months from zero point. The dandruff is back and heavy as it was when I lost hair, big flakes which hairs stuck. Also my skin is quite red if I scrape the flakes off my head. I noticed that I started getting gray hair all over my head now. I noticed it when I lost hair, heh. The interesting this about this shedding is that I feel that I’m losing thin hairs whether they are black or white.
It should also be mentioned that I started to train my body. I went to the gym and cycled for 10 min where after I lightly trained my body. I stopped 5 weeks ago since I got busy with a uni project.
PRESENT:
My situation now is that I still get liquid out from my head. When I get out of the bath I have dry skin with dandruff already after an hour. I’m shedding hair. I think it’s going down but can’t be sure. I still get those acne-pimples and I still itch and end up touching them. They leave a mark, round one which still makes me go around with a cap. The skin where they popped up is hard and I scrape them since they itch when my skin is dry or oily because of the liquid (which I found out to be sebum a few weeks ago). Oh, and I’m shedding.
I don’t drink alcohol, never did. I don’t smoke, never did. I stopped the sodas, with the candy and fast food since I turned 24. I only read eat pizzas or candy once a month/2month depending on my mood.
CONCLUSION:
I can conclude this from all 9 years. My problem is sebum, dht and an unhealthy lifestyle. While I did change my habits it was a bit too late so I am scarred from the unhealthy lifestyle. Eating healthy food isn’t enough so I added the training now. Hopefully it will help the blood flow and my stress levels. The Nizoral helps on the sebum production by 20% and the fungus on my head. The Propercia on the DHT levels which must be working since I started to get more hair on the body and the head (according to myself well) before the shedding. The Regaine which I haven’t started on could then help on making the new hairs that popped out become thicker. When I piss out the white stuff with my urine (it’s sperm of course) I know I will lose hair the next day so I should take a bath the same day. That helps on it.
(Oh, I know people say that masturbation/sex doesn’t affect but trust me…doing it more than 3 times a day does affect my head. I lose more hair than normal the next day. Sure it’s not science but that doesn’t leave out that it happens. I keep telling my hair that it shouldn’t happen; they just don’t listen and fall out.
)
ADVICE FROM A 31 YEAR OLD:
My advice to any young kid having some of the problems I had. Start the meds don’t wait years. Don’t listen to a doctor with all his head full of hair saying that it’s totally fine and don’t worry. He knows **** about the hurting of a youth losing his hair too early. (I really pity the women who become bald) Wait a few months to see if it’s just a natural body reaction and if it keeps happened at the 4-5 month mark, go for meds.
I have a brother on 22 who used to go: “I don’t care if I got bald, bigbro. It’s natural so I don’t get why you make such a deal about itâ€. He started on Regaine 4 months ago with the excuse “I never thought it would be this fast. I’m sorry for saying that stuff before!â€
If I started to lose hair now as I did at the beginning of 22, I wouldn’t be this disturbed as I am now. I’ve cried a few times after looking myself in the mirror. If I take my cap on I look like a 24-25 year old but if I take it off it’s more of a 37-38 year old. Thinking about it makes me quite sad sometimes so I keep myself busy with lots of stuff. Still when you get the shedding…you start thinking again. So use my story as a checklist/warning signals to start on the meds if this happens to you.
MY “REGIME†:
1.25mg finesteride every day (since 310 days meaning 10 months and 10 days)
85ug D3 – vitamin pill everyday (I’ve been on about 10ug since 2006, I figured this could also be the reason for my hair fall so I started to do something about it 1 month ago. I will complete the 3 month course and check the D-level in my blood . The rest of the vitamins seems fine, dunno Zink though)
Silica plus pills everyday (includes a low dose of B-vitamins except B12 and 2mg Zink and 90mg C-vitamin)
A normal multi-vitamin pill everyday
Nizoral 2%-shampoo twice a week
PICTURE PROCESS:
This is how my head looked 1.5 years ago.
![1.5yearago5.jpg 1.5yearago5.jpg](https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/data/attachments/10/10138-f4703e95cf07fe3c86597550d7cc0b5b.jpg)
![1.5yearago1.jpg 1.5yearago1.jpg](https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/data/attachments/10/10137-a8b703a8826d8cb1ee93ad8d65e3ab3b.jpg)
Then 10 months ago when I just started on Propercia.
![10monthsago1.jpg 10monthsago1.jpg](https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/data/attachments/10/10139-654a79caad13e15dd835cc2bb8506885.jpg)
How it looked 8 months ago when I was using it for 2 months straight.
![8monthsago.jpg 8monthsago.jpg](https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/data/attachments/10/10140-823bd5d5781995b6211a4686731b0c37.jpg)
How it looks today 10months and 10 days after I started on Propercia. Mind you I am shedding so that my shoulders and the sofa back got hair and dandruff on them. Also notice, I had nearly double as long hair at the pics on the 1.5 year (the first pics at the top) than on these ones. So it's shorter here and looks the same. The pic from the back here is taking from a little above. Notice the perspective and position of the ears.
![Today1.jpg Today1.jpg](https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/data/attachments/10/10141-42591de02e28bf8d0948edf01272126f.jpg)
![today2.jpg today2.jpg](https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/data/attachments/10/10142-37ff8360c23cf4875ae4d50ad8718206.jpg)
![today3(crown).jpg today3(crown).jpg](https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/data/attachments/10/10143-82b4e60f07b8282f42ee92f5d33d6b60.jpg)
![today4(frombehindalittleabove).jpg today4(frombehindalittleabove).jpg](https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/data/attachments/10/10144-4a803599ef6ad90ebb4b15e27c77b69f.jpg)
Notice the ¤%"#¤ acne-pimples and their mark on nearly every picture -_-;;;;;
QUESTIONS FOR THE FORUM PEOPLE WHO GOT MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN ME:
1. Can anyone tell me if I managed to get any results after 10 months or if it’s just the same? (Of course this is after lots of shedding but I feel that it’s still better so I want a second opinion) Pictures from 10 months ago Pictures from today
2. Where on the Norwood scale would you place me? Or is the Norwood-Hamilton Scale fit me better?
3. Should I worry the shedding? I think it’s letting me losing the thin hair so I can get thicker hair but I’m not sure.
4. Next I want to know if adding Regaine 5% would be stupid or if you think I would get a better result by going with the full Big 3? I was thinking of getting hair transplantation but after talking with my dad, I agree with him: “Why not try the drugs first; the hair transplant should be your last resort when the drugs don’t work. Meaning for a bald head.â€
5. Is it stupid to add light training? I’m thinking of having a better healthy body and a blood flow that goes around better.
6. My head is filled with dandruff. Anyone here knows how I can get rid of it? Any good shampoos working?
7. Also I read that some people take bath every morning before applying Regaine. That’s smart since it will wash away the sebum and you will be able to apply the drug without having the sebum protect against the external elements. The question here is what kind of shampoo do you use each and every day if you got a dry skin/dandruff head?
8. Anyone knows how to get the pimples to stop appearing? Heck, it would be wonderful if someone could tell me how get those marks and the hard skin from the pimples away. I’m very annoyed that they are still keep popping up even 10 years after they started close to the same place as the others. Even the bald look wouldn't work with these round marks on the head.
9. Anyone know other Sebum reducing stuff that actually works? I read about saw palmetto, green tea and sea buckthorn, haven’t tried them. Anyone here got something that they can say works for them? They should've a dry scalp or suffered from dandruff in the past.
10. Anyone know if this shedding will stop and I will get thicker hair? I read about the Regaine shedding happening all the time so that new and thick hair could pop out. Is this the same with Finesteride? Anyone who got experience on that? Cuz if the small hairs I got can become thicker and a graft could contain the normal 2-3 hairs, then I should get a magical change. I noticed I got lots of those, heh.
11. Last question: I’m starting to get gray hair in my beard… … … any ideas on what may cause it?
Hope people can answers my questions and someone out there can save themself before they end in the same situation as me.
First many thanks for a wonderful place. I’ve been enlightened by many of the discussions and gotten a better understanding of hair loss and the drugs related to those.
I’ve been lurking this place for months and been on finasterid for about 350 days now…though the first 40 days were not regular and were actually 80-90 days. I wasn’t religiously following the deal with 1mg each day. So in reality I’ve been on it for 10 months (aka 310 days)
I’m east Asian, living in Europe and now…31 years old. I think I’m a Norwood 5 or 6 or Norwood-Hamilton 5. So how did I end mostly bald?
PAST:
Before becoming 22 I used to drink lots of cola and other sodas, eat lots of fastfood and candy. Quite unhealthy lifestyle but my hair was stuck to my head. Just pulling one hair seemed to be a hard task without scissors. I used to think I had too much hair, I wish I hadn’t and taken better care of it. I had dandruff in my hair nearly all my mine but it had been small tiny pieces which didn’t affect my skin at all.
When I was 22 years old I started losing my hair. I didn’t feel good with it and went around with a cap on my head. A bit later I ended up with a depression making me leave my university. It wasn’t because of my hair loss but because I burned out in my enjoyment of studying. I ended staying at home, surfing the internet until morning each day. I kept losing hair and my keyboard would be filled with hair, making me sadder about it and my life. The tiny dandruff I had before became big flakes where the hair were stuck when I scraped it from my scalp or when it fell. I went with the cap all the time, fearing that it would fall and people could see my bald head. I stopped even bicycling. Yes, it hit me very hard since I did not expect it this fast.
I noticed that every time after taking a bath, my head would shine and some kind of liquid would ooze out. I lost hair. I had also noticed that when I was tired, I would piss out something white with my urine. The day after I would have a shiny scalp and lose hair. I also noticed that I got some kind of acne on my head on the temples, nap and the crown. It happened mostly on those places where I lost a lot hair. They left marks and became hard skin. Going bald was not an option since I had the marks from those on my crown, temples and nape.
So I went to my doctor who sent me to specialists about it. They went: “Oh, it is normal that you lose hair. You father is bald so you will become bald too.†MY FATHER DIDN’T GO BALD UNTIL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 30. I AM 22 YEARS OLD! Of course they saw it as blabbering from a 22 year old who didn’t know ****.
I went to different doctors and they all tried to fix the dandruff since that was a big problem too. I kept telling them about how my dandruff had changed and the water coming out of my head but no one really listened to me. It frustrated me since I could feel something wrong with my body and the doctors just thought it was normal and I only had a dandruff problem.
I also started losing hair from my whole body. I enjoyed sitting in the tub when taking a bath, so when I left the tub I could see it filled with hair, body hair. I knew something was wrong but no one could help me.
When I was 24 I started studying again but still with the cap on my head. Mind you every time I went out I went with my cap.
At 25 I tried using Regaine(That’s or rogaine) since the new derma doctor refused to let me try Propercia. She said “We don’t know how it’s going to affect your body so I would rather not gamble with your body. We need more documentation about this medicine. Try out Regaine first.†I agreed and tried Regaine but my scalp became much drier. I stopped using it since doing it twice a day seemed to be impossible for me. A few months I went a hair clinic in the city. They gave me some kind of miracle ****. It worked fine the first 2 weeks, I didn’t lose hair, and then I got a rash in my head. I think it had something to do with what they put into the miracle **** and it having a reaction with the oozing liquid from my head. They refused to believe it was their product and I stopped going there.
Then 3 years ago meaning when I was 28 I started on Regaine again. I used it for some months. I think I was on it for about 4-5 months when my sister got married. It happened in east Asia where I was for a month without Regaine. I don’t remember much about the dandruff or shedding except that when I look at the pictures from then I feel I had more hair than now. Anyway when I got home I stopped using Regaine I don’t remember the exact reason but I think I felt a mix of “it didn’t workâ€, “I didn’t want to keep using it my whole life†and “it was hard to do it twice a dayâ€.
2 years ago I started getting gray hairs on my sides. This didn’t affect me much since the deal of losing hair affects me a lot.
Then I got busy and when I got time I found a new derma doctor who was new. This was 1.5 year ago. I told him that I had dandruff and it never went away, I had liquid oozing out of my head and I had marks on my temples, crown and nape. I was very tired of going around with a cap and hoped he could help. He thought it was normal to lose hair which made me pissed and reply him: “Yes, you can say that but you are older than me and got all your hair on your head. Try to live in the hell I am.†He put me on Nizoral first to get rid of my dandruff. Mind you, I had used Nizoral many times in life cuz they wanted to kill it and it does work in the beginning but then it stops working.
Then a year ago I decided to go up to him and “ruin†my body. I told him that my dandruff had subsided a little but the hair was falling and he should put me on Finesteride. He did that and told me to give it a year.
At the beginning I spent nearly 2 months on finishing 40 doses, instead of the 40 days. It was a 5mg pill cut into 4 pieces.
After those days I got enough. I restarted this process (I will call it point zero) and I started using the 1,25mg every day. I had a massive shedding after the 2 month mark then it went back to normal where I lost a 5-10 hairs a day. Time went by and I didn’t see any difference except I had the same hair as when I started. Well I felt that I lost many hairs but I couldn’t see any difference in my pictures.
Since turning 22 I kept getting the acne pimples again and again. No liquid but they kept appearing and leaving marks. I noticed that the chance of them popping up became big when I got too busy and didn't take a bath for more than 4 days.
Then 7-8 weeks ago I saw that I actually had gotten more hair on my head. I wanted to wait more to take any pictures but I felt I had gotten more hair and I could also feel it on my head and body.
I could see small hair on my front of my head and my temples too. I felt that my hair on the nape and sides were more…full. I felt better than a long time ago and thought “Yes, I will get some of my hair backâ€. The interesting this was that many of my hairs are “ones†coming out of my head. Now I could see more hairs coming out close to each other which meant that the graft was again carrying more than just one hair. I had a few thick hairs at the front and the receding hairline left them intact. I used those to see that my hairline was getting back but with thin hairs. YES! Sure they were much thinner but hey, they would grow to be thicker, right?
Then 3-4 weeks ago, I started shedding like hell. As I did before in those 2 months from zero point. The dandruff is back and heavy as it was when I lost hair, big flakes which hairs stuck. Also my skin is quite red if I scrape the flakes off my head. I noticed that I started getting gray hair all over my head now. I noticed it when I lost hair, heh. The interesting this about this shedding is that I feel that I’m losing thin hairs whether they are black or white.
It should also be mentioned that I started to train my body. I went to the gym and cycled for 10 min where after I lightly trained my body. I stopped 5 weeks ago since I got busy with a uni project.
PRESENT:
My situation now is that I still get liquid out from my head. When I get out of the bath I have dry skin with dandruff already after an hour. I’m shedding hair. I think it’s going down but can’t be sure. I still get those acne-pimples and I still itch and end up touching them. They leave a mark, round one which still makes me go around with a cap. The skin where they popped up is hard and I scrape them since they itch when my skin is dry or oily because of the liquid (which I found out to be sebum a few weeks ago). Oh, and I’m shedding.
I don’t drink alcohol, never did. I don’t smoke, never did. I stopped the sodas, with the candy and fast food since I turned 24. I only read eat pizzas or candy once a month/2month depending on my mood.
CONCLUSION:
I can conclude this from all 9 years. My problem is sebum, dht and an unhealthy lifestyle. While I did change my habits it was a bit too late so I am scarred from the unhealthy lifestyle. Eating healthy food isn’t enough so I added the training now. Hopefully it will help the blood flow and my stress levels. The Nizoral helps on the sebum production by 20% and the fungus on my head. The Propercia on the DHT levels which must be working since I started to get more hair on the body and the head (according to myself well) before the shedding. The Regaine which I haven’t started on could then help on making the new hairs that popped out become thicker. When I piss out the white stuff with my urine (it’s sperm of course) I know I will lose hair the next day so I should take a bath the same day. That helps on it.
(Oh, I know people say that masturbation/sex doesn’t affect but trust me…doing it more than 3 times a day does affect my head. I lose more hair than normal the next day. Sure it’s not science but that doesn’t leave out that it happens. I keep telling my hair that it shouldn’t happen; they just don’t listen and fall out.
ADVICE FROM A 31 YEAR OLD:
My advice to any young kid having some of the problems I had. Start the meds don’t wait years. Don’t listen to a doctor with all his head full of hair saying that it’s totally fine and don’t worry. He knows **** about the hurting of a youth losing his hair too early. (I really pity the women who become bald) Wait a few months to see if it’s just a natural body reaction and if it keeps happened at the 4-5 month mark, go for meds.
I have a brother on 22 who used to go: “I don’t care if I got bald, bigbro. It’s natural so I don’t get why you make such a deal about itâ€. He started on Regaine 4 months ago with the excuse “I never thought it would be this fast. I’m sorry for saying that stuff before!â€
If I started to lose hair now as I did at the beginning of 22, I wouldn’t be this disturbed as I am now. I’ve cried a few times after looking myself in the mirror. If I take my cap on I look like a 24-25 year old but if I take it off it’s more of a 37-38 year old. Thinking about it makes me quite sad sometimes so I keep myself busy with lots of stuff. Still when you get the shedding…you start thinking again. So use my story as a checklist/warning signals to start on the meds if this happens to you.
MY “REGIME†:
1.25mg finesteride every day (since 310 days meaning 10 months and 10 days)
85ug D3 – vitamin pill everyday (I’ve been on about 10ug since 2006, I figured this could also be the reason for my hair fall so I started to do something about it 1 month ago. I will complete the 3 month course and check the D-level in my blood . The rest of the vitamins seems fine, dunno Zink though)
Silica plus pills everyday (includes a low dose of B-vitamins except B12 and 2mg Zink and 90mg C-vitamin)
A normal multi-vitamin pill everyday
Nizoral 2%-shampoo twice a week
PICTURE PROCESS:
This is how my head looked 1.5 years ago.
![1.5yearago5.jpg 1.5yearago5.jpg](https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/data/attachments/10/10138-f4703e95cf07fe3c86597550d7cc0b5b.jpg)
![1.5yearago1.jpg 1.5yearago1.jpg](https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/data/attachments/10/10137-a8b703a8826d8cb1ee93ad8d65e3ab3b.jpg)
Then 10 months ago when I just started on Propercia.
![10monthsago1.jpg 10monthsago1.jpg](https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/data/attachments/10/10139-654a79caad13e15dd835cc2bb8506885.jpg)
How it looked 8 months ago when I was using it for 2 months straight.
![8monthsago.jpg 8monthsago.jpg](https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/data/attachments/10/10140-823bd5d5781995b6211a4686731b0c37.jpg)
How it looks today 10months and 10 days after I started on Propercia. Mind you I am shedding so that my shoulders and the sofa back got hair and dandruff on them. Also notice, I had nearly double as long hair at the pics on the 1.5 year (the first pics at the top) than on these ones. So it's shorter here and looks the same. The pic from the back here is taking from a little above. Notice the perspective and position of the ears.
![Today1.jpg Today1.jpg](https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/data/attachments/10/10141-42591de02e28bf8d0948edf01272126f.jpg)
![today2.jpg today2.jpg](https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/data/attachments/10/10142-37ff8360c23cf4875ae4d50ad8718206.jpg)
![today3(crown).jpg today3(crown).jpg](https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/data/attachments/10/10143-82b4e60f07b8282f42ee92f5d33d6b60.jpg)
![today4(frombehindalittleabove).jpg today4(frombehindalittleabove).jpg](https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/data/attachments/10/10144-4a803599ef6ad90ebb4b15e27c77b69f.jpg)
Notice the ¤%"#¤ acne-pimples and their mark on nearly every picture -_-;;;;;
QUESTIONS FOR THE FORUM PEOPLE WHO GOT MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN ME:
1. Can anyone tell me if I managed to get any results after 10 months or if it’s just the same? (Of course this is after lots of shedding but I feel that it’s still better so I want a second opinion) Pictures from 10 months ago Pictures from today
2. Where on the Norwood scale would you place me? Or is the Norwood-Hamilton Scale fit me better?
3. Should I worry the shedding? I think it’s letting me losing the thin hair so I can get thicker hair but I’m not sure.
4. Next I want to know if adding Regaine 5% would be stupid or if you think I would get a better result by going with the full Big 3? I was thinking of getting hair transplantation but after talking with my dad, I agree with him: “Why not try the drugs first; the hair transplant should be your last resort when the drugs don’t work. Meaning for a bald head.â€
5. Is it stupid to add light training? I’m thinking of having a better healthy body and a blood flow that goes around better.
6. My head is filled with dandruff. Anyone here knows how I can get rid of it? Any good shampoos working?
7. Also I read that some people take bath every morning before applying Regaine. That’s smart since it will wash away the sebum and you will be able to apply the drug without having the sebum protect against the external elements. The question here is what kind of shampoo do you use each and every day if you got a dry skin/dandruff head?
8. Anyone knows how to get the pimples to stop appearing? Heck, it would be wonderful if someone could tell me how get those marks and the hard skin from the pimples away. I’m very annoyed that they are still keep popping up even 10 years after they started close to the same place as the others. Even the bald look wouldn't work with these round marks on the head.
9. Anyone know other Sebum reducing stuff that actually works? I read about saw palmetto, green tea and sea buckthorn, haven’t tried them. Anyone here got something that they can say works for them? They should've a dry scalp or suffered from dandruff in the past.
10. Anyone know if this shedding will stop and I will get thicker hair? I read about the Regaine shedding happening all the time so that new and thick hair could pop out. Is this the same with Finesteride? Anyone who got experience on that? Cuz if the small hairs I got can become thicker and a graft could contain the normal 2-3 hairs, then I should get a magical change. I noticed I got lots of those, heh.
11. Last question: I’m starting to get gray hair in my beard… … … any ideas on what may cause it?
Hope people can answers my questions and someone out there can save themself before they end in the same situation as me.
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