Also interested to see hairline. Given the severity of your hairloss before, and given how I myself had hairline recession without estrgoen and minoxidil, I am really curious to see how your regimen is going for your “problem areas”. One thing that does scare me about all of this is that, although I saw initial great regrowth of hairline, nape, sides, my female pattern area never did recover, and slowly slowly the diffuse thinning has become more prominent everywhere as minoxidil loses the battle against female Androgenetic Alopecia. You do have great regrowth on your “non male pattern” areas from what we see, but if you don’t see much on your temples, only mild regrowth, it may infact be the minoxidil doing the heavy lifting. I really really don’t want to sound like a pessimist, but it’s a thought i had. I know my regimen wasn’t as extreme as yours, but for a good while I was on Diane35, spironolactone 200mg, oral and topical minoxidil and things still got diffusely worse over time. I didn’t see any difference off spironolactone either. Makes me wonder if people who have aggressive hairloss don’t really respond as well to hormones, and that minoxidil is essentially the only real thing that helps to regrow SOME hair, and you are on a lot. I also can’t help but notice in your story that things seemed to get a lot better after introducing minoxidil. I am praying that your regimen does end up giving you a full, lasting head of hair. Truly. I’m also hoping that my own last ditch efforts with avodart and RU help. Sadly, it’s hard to hope sometimes when it feels like things are getting worse, and “progress” isn’t full progress.
I think it’s a lot harder for diffuse thinners. There seems to be a lot more going on, and generally less success.
I literally need brand new follicles.