DarklyCharming
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Hey everybody. Just starting to delve into this fun and thought I'd document it all the way through.
I'm 22 years old and have always had very thick hair. I also have always had a high hairline which was never a problem because it looks pretty good with my facial structure, which is very square jawed and masculine. I had high temples and it worked for me.
Over the last year, I noticed that my temples were receding slightly. They moved up a bit and I assumed it was the maturity hairline making itself known. No sweat right? However, this summer and more so, in the last 2-3 months, I've noticed that the hair in front on my hairline is starting to thin. That's when I panicked.
My mother's side of the family has major baldness in the men and I knew that it might eventually be an issue for me. I just didn't realize this early on, it might be present. All of August, I fretted, looked up research online, and asked several people, (family and friends), whether they thought I was balding. Everyone said no, there was no way I was balding. However, I'm sure I am and notice a huge difference in the thickness of my frontal hair and how the temples are receding.
I have an appointment with my general practitioner this Friday, November the 12th, 2004. Hopefully, he can prescribe me with Propecia and we'll see what it does. I have thin hairs in the areas where the temples receded and hope they'll thicken back up as well as the front. My frontal hair is still average thickness because my original hair was very thick. If I can save that and thicken up the temples with the hair already there, I'd be such a happy guy. I feel like my confidence, which was massive before, is slowly being eroded.
Anyways, since I'm catching this fairly early, even though I'm young, I'm hoping I'll be able to save almost all my hair. Thanks for this forum guys, it's been a great source of feeling better about myself and figuring out what to do. I'll be sure to post how my doctor's appointment goes this Friday and what my plan of action is.
Cheers!
Sidenote: Going to take monthly photos to see progress. Link below goes to them.
*took down the link to my pics because its not working for some reason. try to get it back up as soon as i can*
I'm 22 years old and have always had very thick hair. I also have always had a high hairline which was never a problem because it looks pretty good with my facial structure, which is very square jawed and masculine. I had high temples and it worked for me.
Over the last year, I noticed that my temples were receding slightly. They moved up a bit and I assumed it was the maturity hairline making itself known. No sweat right? However, this summer and more so, in the last 2-3 months, I've noticed that the hair in front on my hairline is starting to thin. That's when I panicked.
My mother's side of the family has major baldness in the men and I knew that it might eventually be an issue for me. I just didn't realize this early on, it might be present. All of August, I fretted, looked up research online, and asked several people, (family and friends), whether they thought I was balding. Everyone said no, there was no way I was balding. However, I'm sure I am and notice a huge difference in the thickness of my frontal hair and how the temples are receding.
I have an appointment with my general practitioner this Friday, November the 12th, 2004. Hopefully, he can prescribe me with Propecia and we'll see what it does. I have thin hairs in the areas where the temples receded and hope they'll thicken back up as well as the front. My frontal hair is still average thickness because my original hair was very thick. If I can save that and thicken up the temples with the hair already there, I'd be such a happy guy. I feel like my confidence, which was massive before, is slowly being eroded.
Anyways, since I'm catching this fairly early, even though I'm young, I'm hoping I'll be able to save almost all my hair. Thanks for this forum guys, it's been a great source of feeling better about myself and figuring out what to do. I'll be sure to post how my doctor's appointment goes this Friday and what my plan of action is.
Cheers!
Sidenote: Going to take monthly photos to see progress. Link below goes to them.
*took down the link to my pics because its not working for some reason. try to get it back up as soon as i can*