I'm currently 28 years old and still have a pretty thick head of hair all around. My problem is minor thinning in the back. People have noticed it but only when up close (like when I'm sitting down and they come up to me from behind and are literally looking right at the back of my head). The front was actually receding a bit and then stop and reversed itself. The front is near perfect again now and I'm not too concerned with it at the moment.
This started happening a little over 5 years ago. Those problems then - still very minor - were in the front. That's better and for the past 4 or 5 years the back has thinned. It's still not bad. I look at it and think: If that's the worst it's going to get, I'm fine with it. I noticed no hair falling out either and I honestly believe it hasn't gotten any worse in the past 4 years. But maybe I'm wrong. I really didn't monitor it much.
The whole reason I'm here now is because my wife and I are getting divorced (most likely). I just started thinking that maybe I should do something to clean up the back a little, since I may be dating again soon. I'm told I'm reasonably attractive and would like to keep it that way. I was thinking about some hair transplants in the back, since it wouldn't take many to thicken it up. Now that I found this forum, though, I'm thinking I may be better off going the Proscar/Minoxidil/Nizoral route to try and maintain existing hair and possibly thicken it up. Honestly, if it simply maintains what I have, I'll be perfectly happy. I don't mind the expense - I realize it may take a year to see any possible gain.
Finally, there is some hair loss in my family. My father died with a full head of hair in his late 40's, but there's some from my Mom's side. Her father had a full head, but all of her brothers have receding hair lines. It's funny because I look at them and think: If I got to that point, I still wouldn't mind so much. And it's true. My uncles have some loss in the back and recedes in the front, but they're really not that extreme in my opinion. My older brother shaves his head but several months ago he started to grow it back and noticed he had some receding going on as well. He has since shaved it again.
I honestly am surprised I've come to this point already, because I'm still under the impression it's not much of a problem. But you guys have steered me a bit, since most of you seem to believe you can get the best results by attacking the problem early.
Any suggestions or thoughts? I made an appointment with my doctor for next Friday and I'm reasonably confident he would give me a proscar prescription. I'm really not comfortable getting it overseas.
This started happening a little over 5 years ago. Those problems then - still very minor - were in the front. That's better and for the past 4 or 5 years the back has thinned. It's still not bad. I look at it and think: If that's the worst it's going to get, I'm fine with it. I noticed no hair falling out either and I honestly believe it hasn't gotten any worse in the past 4 years. But maybe I'm wrong. I really didn't monitor it much.
The whole reason I'm here now is because my wife and I are getting divorced (most likely). I just started thinking that maybe I should do something to clean up the back a little, since I may be dating again soon. I'm told I'm reasonably attractive and would like to keep it that way. I was thinking about some hair transplants in the back, since it wouldn't take many to thicken it up. Now that I found this forum, though, I'm thinking I may be better off going the Proscar/Minoxidil/Nizoral route to try and maintain existing hair and possibly thicken it up. Honestly, if it simply maintains what I have, I'll be perfectly happy. I don't mind the expense - I realize it may take a year to see any possible gain.
Finally, there is some hair loss in my family. My father died with a full head of hair in his late 40's, but there's some from my Mom's side. Her father had a full head, but all of her brothers have receding hair lines. It's funny because I look at them and think: If I got to that point, I still wouldn't mind so much. And it's true. My uncles have some loss in the back and recedes in the front, but they're really not that extreme in my opinion. My older brother shaves his head but several months ago he started to grow it back and noticed he had some receding going on as well. He has since shaved it again.
I honestly am surprised I've come to this point already, because I'm still under the impression it's not much of a problem. But you guys have steered me a bit, since most of you seem to believe you can get the best results by attacking the problem early.
Any suggestions or thoughts? I made an appointment with my doctor for next Friday and I'm reasonably confident he would give me a proscar prescription. I'm really not comfortable getting it overseas.
