AussieExperiment
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Guys I have been on finasteride now for approx 7.5 months and minoxidil for 6months. From about month 3 to month 6 of finasteride my hair was looking really good. I was well above baseline. I thought I was winning the fight. But over the past 4 weeks I have literally been shedding between 150 and 250 hairs a day. Now I know it is normal to shed 50-100 hairs a day, but that is normal for someone with no thinning. So therefore, 150 hairs for me is like someone with a thick head of hair losing 300+ hairs a day.
Over the past month I have dropped well below baseline. It is diffuse loss. I have lost approx 40% density off the top and about 20% from the sides (all in the space of one month). I have very little miniaturization (a tiny, tiny bit around the temples but it has been like that for years). It just falls out and doesn't grow back.
I have decided I am going to have to shave. I refuse to walk around with hair you can see through. If people are going to see almost my entire scalp it may as well be shaved. I reckon I may be able to pull off the shaved athletic look.
Tomorrow I am seeing the doctor to get a referral to a Dermatologist. I want to get a scalp biopsy done. I want to know if my follicles are dead, scarred, miniaturized or just not growing. I am pretty sure there won’t be much miniaturization anywhere. If they are dead or scarred beyond repair than I can just move on and forget about the fight. However, if they are just not growing or are in a resting phase then I will continue to fight. A couple of doctors I have seen about it reckon it is Telogen Effluvium shed (I won’t go into the reasons why).
It is really crazy. This time last year I had a thick head of hair. Now it is so, so sparse. I have absolutely no history of male pattern baldness on either side of my family going back at least 3 generations (there are many, many males in my family tree). If this is male pattern baldness I am suffering from how could it be so Aggressive with no family history.
My friends keep asking me what I did in a previous life because they reckon I have the worst luck. I am now starting to wonder myself.
Thanks for listening to my rant. I will let you know how I go with the Derm.
Over the past month I have dropped well below baseline. It is diffuse loss. I have lost approx 40% density off the top and about 20% from the sides (all in the space of one month). I have very little miniaturization (a tiny, tiny bit around the temples but it has been like that for years). It just falls out and doesn't grow back.
I have decided I am going to have to shave. I refuse to walk around with hair you can see through. If people are going to see almost my entire scalp it may as well be shaved. I reckon I may be able to pull off the shaved athletic look.
Tomorrow I am seeing the doctor to get a referral to a Dermatologist. I want to get a scalp biopsy done. I want to know if my follicles are dead, scarred, miniaturized or just not growing. I am pretty sure there won’t be much miniaturization anywhere. If they are dead or scarred beyond repair than I can just move on and forget about the fight. However, if they are just not growing or are in a resting phase then I will continue to fight. A couple of doctors I have seen about it reckon it is Telogen Effluvium shed (I won’t go into the reasons why).
It is really crazy. This time last year I had a thick head of hair. Now it is so, so sparse. I have absolutely no history of male pattern baldness on either side of my family going back at least 3 generations (there are many, many males in my family tree). If this is male pattern baldness I am suffering from how could it be so Aggressive with no family history.
My friends keep asking me what I did in a previous life because they reckon I have the worst luck. I am now starting to wonder myself.
Thanks for listening to my rant. I will let you know how I go with the Derm.