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I've been using Minoxodil for a year now, and I have no idea if it's helped. I suppose I should have taken pictures. I'm a diffuse thinner and somewhere around NW2
My hair has definitely changed. A year ago it was noticeably paler on top - light brown contrasted with the dark brown hair on the sides. Now it's the same colour, and each strand is somewhat thicker than I remember. The hairs - even the shitty little ones - are thicker and darker.
However, I don't know if it's thicker or thinner overall than it was a year ago. It's definitely healthier, but that only goes so far. I sometimes think that my hairline - on one side at least - has made a bit of a comeback. The past few days I've been having really bad hair days - my scalp practically glows pink in direct sunlight, and the hair on top looks dry and brittle. Sometimes I'll feel okay, and then I'll look at my hair from another angle and it'll look weird. Just a few days ago I was feeling really positive and thought I looked good. I don't know if I've suddenly lost a ton of hair, or if I'm doing something different or what, but it's driving me mad - I'm feeling pretty miserable.
It doesn't help that my scalp feels sore, and it's gone all red/pink. That happens sometimes, it usually just lasts for a couple of days so I'm hoping it'll pass soon.
Do you guys sometimes go mad and shine a light on your head to see your scalp? Like I know that it's unlikely that I'd ever be subjected to that sort of direct light, and even the hair on the sides can look pretty thin when I do that - but I can't help it. I feel amazing when my hair looks good even under that light, but as soon as I see a thin patch I feel miserable.
I don't even know if I'm losing more or less hair. I used to rip out a lot of hair when combing - it'd get pretty tangled and was generally unpleasant. I recently got it cut short, and I've found that the amount of hair I'm losing has reduced dramatically. I guess a lot of my hair loss was due to combing? I don't find my pillow covered in hairs, after all.
I don't really have a question. I don't want to start finasteride or anything like that, and I don't want to stop Minoxodil because it might be helping. Even so, I don't know if it's helping enough to justify even getting it. I don't know what to do, or think, or feel. I've been really good for months but now I'm telling myself I'm disgusting again, and spiralling ever deeper into the pit of self-loathing that I spent so long clawing my way out of. I look at pictures of other guys my age - early-mid 20s - and I see a bunch of them have varying degrees of hair loss. That makes me feel better, like I'm not such a freak, but I still hate seeing myself in the mirror.
My hair has definitely changed. A year ago it was noticeably paler on top - light brown contrasted with the dark brown hair on the sides. Now it's the same colour, and each strand is somewhat thicker than I remember. The hairs - even the shitty little ones - are thicker and darker.
However, I don't know if it's thicker or thinner overall than it was a year ago. It's definitely healthier, but that only goes so far. I sometimes think that my hairline - on one side at least - has made a bit of a comeback. The past few days I've been having really bad hair days - my scalp practically glows pink in direct sunlight, and the hair on top looks dry and brittle. Sometimes I'll feel okay, and then I'll look at my hair from another angle and it'll look weird. Just a few days ago I was feeling really positive and thought I looked good. I don't know if I've suddenly lost a ton of hair, or if I'm doing something different or what, but it's driving me mad - I'm feeling pretty miserable.
It doesn't help that my scalp feels sore, and it's gone all red/pink. That happens sometimes, it usually just lasts for a couple of days so I'm hoping it'll pass soon.
Do you guys sometimes go mad and shine a light on your head to see your scalp? Like I know that it's unlikely that I'd ever be subjected to that sort of direct light, and even the hair on the sides can look pretty thin when I do that - but I can't help it. I feel amazing when my hair looks good even under that light, but as soon as I see a thin patch I feel miserable.
I don't even know if I'm losing more or less hair. I used to rip out a lot of hair when combing - it'd get pretty tangled and was generally unpleasant. I recently got it cut short, and I've found that the amount of hair I'm losing has reduced dramatically. I guess a lot of my hair loss was due to combing? I don't find my pillow covered in hairs, after all.
I don't really have a question. I don't want to start finasteride or anything like that, and I don't want to stop Minoxodil because it might be helping. Even so, I don't know if it's helping enough to justify even getting it. I don't know what to do, or think, or feel. I've been really good for months but now I'm telling myself I'm disgusting again, and spiralling ever deeper into the pit of self-loathing that I spent so long clawing my way out of. I look at pictures of other guys my age - early-mid 20s - and I see a bunch of them have varying degrees of hair loss. That makes me feel better, like I'm not such a freak, but I still hate seeing myself in the mirror.