JayBear
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Well, i've posted here a little for a while now so i thought i'd start my own story/hairloss diary. I'm 25 years old and have been loosing my hair for god knows how long, although i imagine its been going on at least since i was 20. My hair loss is of the diffuse type. My hairline has remained perfectly intact (although recently my temples have started receding a little bit) but behind it, the entire top of my head is thinning rapidly. I have had no real phyiscal health issues so i'm sure my loss is purely male pattern baldness related. My senior year of college, i lost a bet and had to shave my head. it didn't look bad, but it seems as though it was the start of my hair loss problems. Maybe it was just the first opportunity i had to notice it, but it definatly seems as though i started loosing more rapidly following that episode. I do smoke, drink, and occasionally masturbate though so that may actually be the cause. 
Family History: At the age of 60, my dad's hair is clearly thinning, although he kept his hair for most of my childhood. Both my grandfathers are/were bald and my uncle is slowly thinning on top. Aside from that, i am the oldest male in my extended family so we'll see what happens to the rest.
Extent of my hair loss: Sorry kids, no pictures yet, although i'll work on it. My hair is long, black, and curly so unless its wet, or i do something crazy with it, my hair loss is not too noticeable yet. My best friends know that my hair is thinning (and how much i stress about it) but most people do not, which is nice i guess. I'm sure i've lost well over 50% of my density on top of my head and maybe about 25% on the back and sides. It is worse closer to my hairline, but not by much.
Treatments: I have been on fincar, split into quarters, for about two months now and rogaine (5%) for about a month longer than that. I can't be sure if anything is working, but everytime i run my hands through my hair now, nothing comes out!!! This is a big step from before when simply agreeing with something someone said caused me to loose at least 6 or 7 hairs.
So, where am i at now? I still think about my hair loss every day. I don't like showering, bright sunlight, or getting my hair cut, because it throws into sharp relief how bad my hair CAN look. Some days i think it looks fine and i have this whole male pattern baldness thing licked. Some days i do nothing but stress out about it, think i already look bald, and consider shaving it all off. Meanwhile, i have a good job, good friends, a sexy boyfriend who for some reason keeps wanting to have sex with me (yes, i'm gay), and a condition whose negligeable effects on my physical health are drastically overshadowed by the crippling effect it has on my mental and emotional well-being. All in all, i'm doing ok.
Finally, i want to thank the members of this board. I think a lot of you are more than a little crazy, but just the fact that you are here and being honest and forthcoming about the problems you have that we all probably share, means a lot. Sorry to get all gushy at the end.
Family History: At the age of 60, my dad's hair is clearly thinning, although he kept his hair for most of my childhood. Both my grandfathers are/were bald and my uncle is slowly thinning on top. Aside from that, i am the oldest male in my extended family so we'll see what happens to the rest.
Extent of my hair loss: Sorry kids, no pictures yet, although i'll work on it. My hair is long, black, and curly so unless its wet, or i do something crazy with it, my hair loss is not too noticeable yet. My best friends know that my hair is thinning (and how much i stress about it) but most people do not, which is nice i guess. I'm sure i've lost well over 50% of my density on top of my head and maybe about 25% on the back and sides. It is worse closer to my hairline, but not by much.
Treatments: I have been on fincar, split into quarters, for about two months now and rogaine (5%) for about a month longer than that. I can't be sure if anything is working, but everytime i run my hands through my hair now, nothing comes out!!! This is a big step from before when simply agreeing with something someone said caused me to loose at least 6 or 7 hairs.
So, where am i at now? I still think about my hair loss every day. I don't like showering, bright sunlight, or getting my hair cut, because it throws into sharp relief how bad my hair CAN look. Some days i think it looks fine and i have this whole male pattern baldness thing licked. Some days i do nothing but stress out about it, think i already look bald, and consider shaving it all off. Meanwhile, i have a good job, good friends, a sexy boyfriend who for some reason keeps wanting to have sex with me (yes, i'm gay), and a condition whose negligeable effects on my physical health are drastically overshadowed by the crippling effect it has on my mental and emotional well-being. All in all, i'm doing ok.
Finally, i want to thank the members of this board. I think a lot of you are more than a little crazy, but just the fact that you are here and being honest and forthcoming about the problems you have that we all probably share, means a lot. Sorry to get all gushy at the end.
