Well, I am 24 years old, turning 25 this summer. These last 5-6 months have been really emotionally difficult. It all started
last summer. I always kept long and wavy hair so I assume that hairloss was going on behind the scenes so to speak without me noticing it and not expecting it because very few in my family have male pattern baldness. My father (the only one very close to me genetically with early-male pattern baldness) hair started falling out when he was 30 and he was nw4-5 four years later, now at fifty he is nw6. Anyway last summer was crap, I got a very demanding job and stressed out completely with it, having nervous breakdowns and all kinds of crap, really shitty anyway. It wasn't just a job but my first after college and I had a lot of things going through my mind, moving to a new apartment, breaking up with a g/f and well, all this took the better out of me.
Towards the end of the summer I went to my hairdresser and asked for some conditioner and she gave me what she claimed to be something very strong. I must say that I was never happy with my hair even before hairloss. It was all over the place and impossible to style. I had to use like a handfull of gel to get it down, most of the part I just had it curled up and didn't bother too much with it, now I just wanted to straighten it a bit and make it softer. Anyway, I had my hair cut and used this conditioner everyday for a long time ( I found out I was supposed to use it just once in a while much later ) Well I dont know how much this played in but like a month after summer I panicked when I looked in the mirror, my hair was diffuse all over the front and I could see scalp under very very very thin hair. I asked my parents about it and they said I imagined it all, I aksed my hairdresser the next time and she said she didn't see anything. I went to a dermatologist in december, horrible experience. She looked at my hair for two seconds and said it was male pattern baldness and asked if I wanted Propecia. I told her about the summer-stress and the conditioner and she had my blood tested which showed nothing at all. I wouldn't trust that doctor for a second, she was old, very old, and very rude too; She sighed when I asked her questions and crap. Well I decided to wait and thought that if it was Telogen Effluvium it should just grow back. Well it didnt get much better, In fact I think it got worse. And well if I was stressed in summer I have been even more stressed now because of this crap. I buzzed my hair twice and it looks okay since I am diffusing but I have a weird shape (assymetrical bump at the back, like 0,5cm, im like wtf?) and it's a embarrasing to have it buzzed, I would obviously rather have hair.
I have been thinking about finasteride but have been afraid of two things; the frontal-loss issue and side-effects. the hair at the back of my head is still thick and that is where it is supposed to work best. Anyway I have some finasteride at home now, my uncle is a doctor and he can get me some for very cheap (proscar) and I got some Nizoral ready so my plan is this:
I will wait until after summer, if things get worse I will jump on them two and use them for a year before deciding on minoxidil.
If things get better I will work very hard with just getting on with my life.
I really hope for new treaments. When you think about it what is out now is not really great. And I believe that within 2-3 years something will come out, either osh101, early hm (I wouldnt use it until at least after 2-3 years with it being out, used and documented). Or some other stuff.
What bothers me far more than loosing hair is being so obsessed with it. I feel its like I lost my youth and all. I wouldnt care if I lost my hair at 35 or 40, that would be almost expected but this is too early.
Anyway, thought I just tell you my story, if I start on finasteride/nizoral as I probably will I will keep you updated on how it goes.
last summer. I always kept long and wavy hair so I assume that hairloss was going on behind the scenes so to speak without me noticing it and not expecting it because very few in my family have male pattern baldness. My father (the only one very close to me genetically with early-male pattern baldness) hair started falling out when he was 30 and he was nw4-5 four years later, now at fifty he is nw6. Anyway last summer was crap, I got a very demanding job and stressed out completely with it, having nervous breakdowns and all kinds of crap, really shitty anyway. It wasn't just a job but my first after college and I had a lot of things going through my mind, moving to a new apartment, breaking up with a g/f and well, all this took the better out of me.
Towards the end of the summer I went to my hairdresser and asked for some conditioner and she gave me what she claimed to be something very strong. I must say that I was never happy with my hair even before hairloss. It was all over the place and impossible to style. I had to use like a handfull of gel to get it down, most of the part I just had it curled up and didn't bother too much with it, now I just wanted to straighten it a bit and make it softer. Anyway, I had my hair cut and used this conditioner everyday for a long time ( I found out I was supposed to use it just once in a while much later ) Well I dont know how much this played in but like a month after summer I panicked when I looked in the mirror, my hair was diffuse all over the front and I could see scalp under very very very thin hair. I asked my parents about it and they said I imagined it all, I aksed my hairdresser the next time and she said she didn't see anything. I went to a dermatologist in december, horrible experience. She looked at my hair for two seconds and said it was male pattern baldness and asked if I wanted Propecia. I told her about the summer-stress and the conditioner and she had my blood tested which showed nothing at all. I wouldn't trust that doctor for a second, she was old, very old, and very rude too; She sighed when I asked her questions and crap. Well I decided to wait and thought that if it was Telogen Effluvium it should just grow back. Well it didnt get much better, In fact I think it got worse. And well if I was stressed in summer I have been even more stressed now because of this crap. I buzzed my hair twice and it looks okay since I am diffusing but I have a weird shape (assymetrical bump at the back, like 0,5cm, im like wtf?) and it's a embarrasing to have it buzzed, I would obviously rather have hair.
I have been thinking about finasteride but have been afraid of two things; the frontal-loss issue and side-effects. the hair at the back of my head is still thick and that is where it is supposed to work best. Anyway I have some finasteride at home now, my uncle is a doctor and he can get me some for very cheap (proscar) and I got some Nizoral ready so my plan is this:
I will wait until after summer, if things get worse I will jump on them two and use them for a year before deciding on minoxidil.
If things get better I will work very hard with just getting on with my life.
I really hope for new treaments. When you think about it what is out now is not really great. And I believe that within 2-3 years something will come out, either osh101, early hm (I wouldnt use it until at least after 2-3 years with it being out, used and documented). Or some other stuff.
What bothers me far more than loosing hair is being so obsessed with it. I feel its like I lost my youth and all. I wouldnt care if I lost my hair at 35 or 40, that would be almost expected but this is too early.
Anyway, thought I just tell you my story, if I start on finasteride/nizoral as I probably will I will keep you updated on how it goes.
