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Now first of all I am russian myself, but I live in Austria for a long time, so I am sorry for my bad english right away. I am 29 right now and I think I have really aggressive type of male pattern baldness as you will see from the photos below. It all started when I was 27 or maybe 26, I didn't pay that much attention to it back in the days, but half a year ago I started to worry a lot and searched on the web, the only 2 products to help were minoxidil 5% and finasteride 1 mg. When I read about finasteride I was horrified by the possible side effects, so I didn't use it yet, I started with minoxidil only in december 2015. As usual 2 times a day 1 ml. in the past month started to even pour 2 ml. 2 times a day because 1 ml. was not enough to cover all the bald spots well anymore after I grew my hair after shaving it before. When shaved I could actually better cover the area with minoxidil.
This is how my head looked like back july 2015:
From behind (dry condition) http://postimg.org/image/ygvlmct4r/
From above (dry condition) http://postimg.org/image/y7tw227wb/
From left (dry condition) http://postimg.org/image/kxkqgijcr/
From right (dry condition) http://postimg.org/image/817uxg8l7/
From front (dry condition) http://postimg.org/image/l2ugq1uuz/
This is from January 2016 (1 month after applying minoxidil):
From front (wet condition) http://postimg.org/image/8jsvgvc6z/
From above (wet condition) http://postimg.org/image/3t78ng4fv/
From above (dry condition) http://postimg.org/image/5q90p51ff/
Now 1 month ago (May 2016):
From above (dry condition) http://postimg.org/image/d4z9k9l6j/
From behind (dry condition) http://postimg.org/image/wr7hljvy3/
From front (dermarolled 0,5 mm. before applying minoxidil, that's why a bit red skin) http://postimg.org/image/aw508tx8b/
And finally this photo has pretty bad quality but I think you can see how full of hair I had back in 2012 http://postimg.org/image/x0vancepn/
Seeing all the progress (if there is even any) I started worrying too much and started taking finasteride 1,25 mg (no other here in Austria except 5 mg. which I divide into 4 pieces)
And I noticed immediately at day #2 after taking it I started to shed like crazy, maybe even 300 hairs a day or so, I can't count, here are some pics of what fell out today in the morning after shaking and massaging my head as hard as I could for about 10 minutes
:
From far distance http://postimg.org/image/3ze6s0rgr/
From close distance http://postimg.org/image/qu8cmkk5n/
As you can see it's a lot. The thing is, my hair line as you can see has not receded at all, here is the evidence from close distance http://postimg.org/image/agkomxy0r/ (photo from the left front side), well maybe a tiny bit, overall there is much less density on the whole Androgenetic Alopecia/male pattern baldness area as you may noticed compared to photos from july 2015 or is it just hair being very thin and short on that area, what do you guys personally think about it?
I asked a hair transplant specialist from Germany via E-Mail about so much hair falling out after taking finasteride, he said, that this can happen in the beginning, don't panic it's actually a really good sign and it means the drug is working and that he himself also uses finasteride 1,25 mg.. I didn't experience any side effects at all from finasteride, my concern is only will it help my hair? What do you guys think, should I stay on my current regime (finasteride 1,25 mg. a day, 2 times 2ml minoxidil a day and nizoral 2% 2-3 times a week) or should I quit using finasteride? also I wash my hair with a bio-shampoo every day because minoxidil leaves so much white stuff on my scalp, it's crazy, I don't think that this is dendruff, never had that much dendruff back in the days, and it still helps me only a little bit to reduce it, any ideas of what I can do to completely get rid of this white stuff?? Still this white stuff is there even though I try to wash it, seems like nothing helps, any specific shampoo maybe or something else? I will upload some more photos later with a closer look at it. If I should stay on it even though it sheds horribly. How long can it actually last? It's been a month now and still shedding like crazy. When I started minoxidil never had a shed ever, and after a 2 month mark my hair stopped falling out, I had only about 3-4 hairs after shaking it in the morning when I wake up, but now it's just horrible. Also, do you think I gained at least tiny bit of regrowth after half a year minoxidil only?
This is how my head looked like back july 2015:
From behind (dry condition) http://postimg.org/image/ygvlmct4r/
From above (dry condition) http://postimg.org/image/y7tw227wb/
From left (dry condition) http://postimg.org/image/kxkqgijcr/
From right (dry condition) http://postimg.org/image/817uxg8l7/
From front (dry condition) http://postimg.org/image/l2ugq1uuz/
This is from January 2016 (1 month after applying minoxidil):
From front (wet condition) http://postimg.org/image/8jsvgvc6z/
From above (wet condition) http://postimg.org/image/3t78ng4fv/
From above (dry condition) http://postimg.org/image/5q90p51ff/
Now 1 month ago (May 2016):
From above (dry condition) http://postimg.org/image/d4z9k9l6j/
From behind (dry condition) http://postimg.org/image/wr7hljvy3/
From front (dermarolled 0,5 mm. before applying minoxidil, that's why a bit red skin) http://postimg.org/image/aw508tx8b/
And finally this photo has pretty bad quality but I think you can see how full of hair I had back in 2012 http://postimg.org/image/x0vancepn/
Seeing all the progress (if there is even any) I started worrying too much and started taking finasteride 1,25 mg (no other here in Austria except 5 mg. which I divide into 4 pieces)
And I noticed immediately at day #2 after taking it I started to shed like crazy, maybe even 300 hairs a day or so, I can't count, here are some pics of what fell out today in the morning after shaking and massaging my head as hard as I could for about 10 minutes
: From far distance http://postimg.org/image/3ze6s0rgr/
From close distance http://postimg.org/image/qu8cmkk5n/
As you can see it's a lot. The thing is, my hair line as you can see has not receded at all, here is the evidence from close distance http://postimg.org/image/agkomxy0r/ (photo from the left front side), well maybe a tiny bit, overall there is much less density on the whole Androgenetic Alopecia/male pattern baldness area as you may noticed compared to photos from july 2015 or is it just hair being very thin and short on that area, what do you guys personally think about it?
I asked a hair transplant specialist from Germany via E-Mail about so much hair falling out after taking finasteride, he said, that this can happen in the beginning, don't panic it's actually a really good sign and it means the drug is working and that he himself also uses finasteride 1,25 mg.. I didn't experience any side effects at all from finasteride, my concern is only will it help my hair?
What do you guys think, should I stay on my current regime (finasteride 1,25 mg. a day, 2 times 2ml minoxidil a day and nizoral 2% 2-3 times a week) or should I quit using finasteride? also I wash my hair with a bio-shampoo every day because minoxidil leaves so much white stuff on my scalp, it's crazy, I don't think that this is dendruff, never had that much dendruff back in the days, and it still helps me only a little bit to reduce it, any ideas of what I can do to completely get rid of this white stuff?? Still this white stuff is there even though I try to wash it, seems like nothing helps, any specific shampoo maybe or something else? I will upload some more photos later with a closer look at it. If I should stay on it even though it sheds horribly. How long can it actually last? It's been a month now and still shedding like crazy. When I started minoxidil never had a shed ever, and after a 2 month mark my hair stopped falling out, I had only about 3-4 hairs after shaking it in the morning when I wake up, but now it's just horrible. Also, do you think I gained at least tiny bit of regrowth after half a year minoxidil only?
