The trouble with my hair is that it is not receding, but overall thinning, especially from the middle of head to front. I look quite nice with hair buzzed down to 4mm (0,16"), but if I let my hair grow longer than 1 cm it really looks like sh*t, without Dermatch. And now, summer is coming to Europe... 8)
I use some topicals (natural herb extracts) which did a fine job in stoping my male pattern baldness (or at least slowed it to bare minimum, I don't know yet). So, I am satisfied at that point. But I need something to improve my thinning hair, and I will search till I find one, no matter how many years should I try. I'm considering finasteride as the last option I should pull out, minoxidil also - because of their side effects which scary me. I am only 22, and have been figthing this for 2 yrs.