Chopthemhorns's Story - (21,might be thinning and receding?)

[chopthemhorns]

I am 21 M and I think my hair might be receding or thinning. My mom always jokes about how I will go bald one day cause her dad is bald, so I have become kind of obsessed and paranoid with thinking I am going bald.

My hairline looks the same I think as it did when I was in high school, maybe a little recession. And I never looked at the base of my hair before, but a couple weeks ago I noticed that it might be thinner than usual. My gf and friends both disagree, but I started on some Nizoral 1% about 2 weeks ago and use it 2x per week.

Will this prevent me from losing any hair in the near future? And stop any recession of the hairline?

I tried to upload pics but the sit takes too long to upload them, is there a easy way to do so?

 

[chopthemhorns]

I added pictures on my blog/photo tab thing.

 

[OverMachoGrande]

Hi and welcome!! While there is no "cure" for balding it seems you caught things very early which is great. Yes, getting on treatments now will prolong your hair greatly. I have been on The Big 3 now for 5 years and am 38 and still have most of my hair. Actuall I have pics up as well on my photo blog too. I will check out your photo blog and want to thank you again for joining!

 

[OverMachoGrande]

Hey I saw your pics and left you a comment. Your hair still looks fantastic!!

 

[chopthemhorns]

Thanks.. I have been thinking about getting on Finasteride. I feel that I am shedding a lot, I never really paid attention before. Maybe I am just freaking myself out because I obsessively check my hair every hr. Im trying to just use the Nizoral and see where I am at in a couple months.

 

[juliasmith]

Go to a doctor and see if you have male pattern baldness. If you do you'll need to use either finasteride (or another DHT inhibiter) or minoxidil.