Deadlock's Story - (21yo hair problems w/PICS. dutasteride & minoxidil)
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New pics. It's weird btw that I'm shedding so much, also / especially from the sides without a real good cause. Will be bloodtested again in 6 weeks, what else should I be checking on? Thyroid and iron levels where good, and testosterone levels where normal (around average). Have also suddenly gained about 10kgs of weight which I really cannot explain. Yeah I eat much, but I still am excercising. I'll see if I'll be able to drop the weight. I'm kind of an emotional eater I'm affraid...
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I actually don't... Relaxing and just popping these pills is what I've been trying to do ever since I began. Unfortunately, my story is one of many struggles. Stress gets worse when the hair goes worse to. And the front is still really diffusing. Shedding might've stopped I think. But I hardly pay attention to it as I'm fucked anyway.
TheGrayMan2001
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Did they test your DHT when you got these blood tests done?
deadlocks said:
i am in the exact same boat hence why i am telling you to...
i am stressing everyday all day about my hair, but i think this is causing the negative effect .. i need to stop looking in the mirror everyday and counting hairs.. because i think the stress is causing me to shed more hairs ,
i feel as if my temples are getting worse and it burns me up inside...
i think i need concentrate on something else , to stop me thinking about my HR
tsiroutraw
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The latest pics look good, but why dont u take your pictures the same way. Like it looks like u curled them into strands on some of the pics. The way you display hair, even if u were NW0 100% full head of hair we would see scalp. As of temples its hard to tell if your getting better or worse. Btw dont worry about shedding, its the amount of hair that grows back that counts.
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I, like most who have read this thread over the last year am eagerly awaiting your cutting or washing out those dreads. I know who love them but they are making you crazy! I know a girl.with super thick, curly hair who has dreads and her scalp looks similar to yours. I bet if you wash them out, you'll get a real view and not be as neurotic. And if you cut them (god forbid) yoill find you'll be much less concerned. I am a long hair too, j know what its like to obsess daily, hourly. sh*t sucks, but overall well being is better than hair. I'm only being blunt cause i think your hair is fine!
That's cool to hear, and yes the loss has at the very least slowed I think but I'm still really not satisfied. I still have thick hair yes, but I used to have A LOT of hair hence why it can still look ok or appear to be so. Temples are pretty bad still, I see many many newly grown hairs there but they are extremely short and I don't know / think they will regrow fully.
I don't think that I'm neurotic with my hairstyle, cause as you said yourself your stressing to with long hair. Washing / brushing / cutting off won't help and I rather keep my hair like this as long as I can, as long as I can.
But am almost on my 2 year mark with Minoxidil and still felt I've been losing ground. Shedding has mostly stopped from Dutasteride, hopefully it will not happen again cause I couldn't probably handle it. I know it'll take months to see some regrowth, but I'm dying to see it happen. Just gotta take my mind off from it now. It's been working a bit more lately, am not as self conscious no more but it still can get to me at times. Now is such a time.
I'll make pics of the same position how I used to later today. Most of the newer pics are made with a flash, the older ones where not. Taken with a flash my hair sometimes looks even thicker on places where it's actually thinning pretty bad, and every time I've shed my hair felt somewhat thinner afterwards. So I do think I have reasons to worry unfortunately...
The hair is also filled with dandruff, especially in the front and temples.
I don't think that I'm neurotic with my hairstyle, cause as you said yourself your stressing to with long hair. Washing / brushing / cutting off won't help and I rather keep my hair like this as long as I can, as long as I can.
But am almost on my 2 year mark with Minoxidil and still felt I've been losing ground. Shedding has mostly stopped from Dutasteride, hopefully it will not happen again cause I couldn't probably handle it. I know it'll take months to see some regrowth, but I'm dying to see it happen. Just gotta take my mind off from it now. It's been working a bit more lately, am not as self conscious no more but it still can get to me at times. Now is such a time.
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I'll make pics of the same position how I used to later today. Most of the newer pics are made with a flash, the older ones where not. Taken with a flash my hair sometimes looks even thicker on places where it's actually thinning pretty bad, and every time I've shed my hair felt somewhat thinner afterwards. So I do think I have reasons to worry unfortunately...
The hair is also filled with dandruff, especially in the front and temples.
New pictures. Less talking from now on. Don't want to insult people worse off than me. But still not satisfied with my hair so far. Hair is regrowing at some places, and falls off at others. Really frustrating...
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Jockson
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Doesn't look too bad man. Long hair makes those see through "spots" more visible. Are you still on minoxidil btw? Have you experienced any side effects from it? I guess many people do but don't realize it. It was giving me deeper wrinkles on my forehead and some bags under eyes, basically making my face look older. Luckily I had taken pre-minoxidil baseline pics that confirmed I wasn't imagining things.
Well, sometimes it indeed looks like I have worse forehead wrinkles than I did before. And sometimes my face looks puffier as well, but a few months back I have been using A LOT of the stuff. Like, a Kirkland bottle each 1.5 weeks, it was crazy. But other than that, nothing. Maybe faster beard and arm hair growth, but I do still see small new hairs popping up. They are just not growing as of yet but hopefully that will happen, cause I still feel I'm losing ground.
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It's funny in some pics it looks OK, in others it doesn't, although I'm sure they all look terrible to you (we are our own harshest critic sometimes).
Mine's shedding in a similar pattern still, on dutasteride since oct26, another week tomorrow. approaching 3 months solid.
The slow shed is what bothers me. I haven't seen hairs just coming out in the shower or on my towel afterward or anything. I just feel little itchy places here and there and when I scratch lightly a hair usually falls out. It's thinning in all these areas, just like it was before I started finasteride.
I am heavily considering starting finasteride again soon at 0.25mg if I don't see results on dutasteride soon.
Mine's shedding in a similar pattern still, on dutasteride since oct26, another week tomorrow. approaching 3 months solid.
The slow shed is what bothers me. I haven't seen hairs just coming out in the shower or on my towel afterward or anything. I just feel little itchy places here and there and when I scratch lightly a hair usually falls out. It's thinning in all these areas, just like it was before I started finasteride.
I am heavily considering starting finasteride again soon at 0.25mg if I don't see results on dutasteride soon.
Well, Duts sheds are the worst so I've read and also experienced, so if you don't really see significant change I'd suggest you to keep on with it. 3 months is still quite early to see any improvement, most say that the 8th month should be good. At least stick it out 3 months longer.
And yes, the hair looks weird right now. There is some regrowth at the front for sure, but there's also been losses. For now the losses are far more apperant, maybe because the new hairs are still short... I hope to see some changes quickly. Been on it for about a year and a half right now.
And yes, the hair looks weird right now. There is some regrowth at the front for sure, but there's also been losses. For now the losses are far more apperant, maybe because the new hairs are still short... I hope to see some changes quickly. Been on it for about a year and a half right now.
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Did you ever try finasteride? I'm sorry if I even asked this question before, I can't remember and if I did it could be anywhere in your topic lol
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deadlocks said:
If you could afford it, you could try to take finasteride + dutasteride. That way if dutasteride is helping you won't see any loss from it, and you'll be able to tell if finasteride causes any further gains.
I am pretty sure a lot of the guys who have already lost more hair than you or I are do that, trying to get as much back as possible.