Hi, I'm 26. I just started thinking about doing something about my hair thinning problem. If I lose my hair my heart is going to sink to the ground and stick. I wanted to get some advice and direction possibly. I think it started when I was around 20 years old. At the same time I don't think that it's gotten too much worse since age 21. If I look at pictures from when I was 18 though to 21 I can definitely notice a difference.
I have a doctor's appointment on April 24th where I'm going to ask for Propecia or the generic, whatever is cheaper. I'm about to go pick up some nazoril shampoo and order some rogaine foam. I've had a consultation at MHR and I'm still not sure how I feel about that.
Here are some pics...
current top, this is how I wear my hair (really the only way I can now):
current top, pushed forward to show temple/top balding (how I will never wear my hair lol):
back of head:
shot to kind of compare the 20-21year old shots:
To be honest, I've never really thought about my hair and losing it until now. I've only recieved a few comments from one guy at work about my receding hair line. I didn't care at the time and shrugged it off as a "dude most guys lose their hair are you kidding me?". But now I'm starting to care a little and don't really want to go thinner or even bald when I'm older.
Here are the best pics I could come up with from when I was 20-21 years old...
20-21 years old, hair thinning, temples receding:
you can definitely see the thinning and my receding at the temples there. I'm not really sure how much worse it has gotten, but I definitely think that I have thinned a little since then, and receded a little more. I'm not really sure how much though.
another 20-21 yrs old shot:
After doing some research here I'm going to go on Rogaine, Propecia, and use Nizoral once every 3 days. Unless someone convinces me to do differently. The only product I'm not sure about is the Rogaine. It's labeled for only the vertex? Do I need it? Will it help my case based on my pictures?
Also, there's so much talk here about the "big 3"... what about the laser comb? The guy on the dateline 12 month study regained hair with it. I've heard surprisingly good things about it. Why hasn't that been added to the big 3 to make a big 4?
Another question I have is what about Saw Palmetto? Does it need to be the Extract? I've read that it's not smart to take this along with Propecia? I understand that it's probably not needed anyway if you're taking Propecia since the Propecia is probably doing its full job and Saw Palmetto may not even be doing anything.
I've done some shopping around and I'm surprised by how cheap I could manage to make a year of the big 3 cost. I can get a years supply of Propecia here by ordering a 90 pill suply of the 5mg for $78 total, and cutting each pill into 4 pieces.
http://www.inhousepharmacy.com/hair-loss/fincar.html
Is this shop legit? Have others here ordered from here? I'd much rather order it from here for $78 for a year (wow that's amazingly cheap) instead of $70 a month or whatever it costs if I get a prescription from my doctor.
6 months of minoxidil for $25...
http://www.amazon.com/Minoxidil-5%25-Ex ... _sim_hpc_3
I feel like the rogaine foam will be a lot easier to apply. Is this true? Does the foam look a lot better?
And the nizoral shampoo is like $12 for a 7 ounce bottle at the local target.
If I can go this route it's like what, $150-175 tops for a year of this? Not bad, not bad at all....
I guess I'm just looking for some input here...
Oh, and I had a consultation at MHR for hair transplant surgery. Well, I don't like the idea of having a long scar on the back of my head. I've seen some horror stories with those scars. I've also seen the dateline 12 month study and how that guy made out very well. The salesman at MHR had it done and showed me the scar on the back of his head and all his before pics. His hair looked amazing for what he had before, which was a bit similar to what I'm developing. However, that costs $8,000-$11,000, it might not work, and I have a permanent scar on the back of my head that could cause problems. I'm not particularly sold. I don't really see it as a $10,000 problem since I haven't even tried propecia/rogaine/nizoral yet.
I'd like to try these 3 things for a year and see what happens. I might even buy a laser comb and try a big 4, would like some advice : ).
Thanks : ). And remember, my wonderful mother was nice enough to tell me it really isn't that big a deal and to be honest, it's a lot lot worse in your mind that it is in others. No matter how small or large your loss may be. Male balding is so common that it really doesn't matter. I can't think of a single person that I've met in my life where I've thought less of them, thought they looked horrible, etc... because they were balding/thinning... a few of my friends are completely bald, few half gone, some have full heads of hair... it doesn't affect anything they do in life. But on that note, I want to stop the loss here and keep what I have at least : ).
I have a doctor's appointment on April 24th where I'm going to ask for Propecia or the generic, whatever is cheaper. I'm about to go pick up some nazoril shampoo and order some rogaine foam. I've had a consultation at MHR and I'm still not sure how I feel about that.
Here are some pics...
current top, this is how I wear my hair (really the only way I can now):
current top, pushed forward to show temple/top balding (how I will never wear my hair lol):
back of head:
shot to kind of compare the 20-21year old shots:
To be honest, I've never really thought about my hair and losing it until now. I've only recieved a few comments from one guy at work about my receding hair line. I didn't care at the time and shrugged it off as a "dude most guys lose their hair are you kidding me?". But now I'm starting to care a little and don't really want to go thinner or even bald when I'm older.
Here are the best pics I could come up with from when I was 20-21 years old...
20-21 years old, hair thinning, temples receding:
you can definitely see the thinning and my receding at the temples there. I'm not really sure how much worse it has gotten, but I definitely think that I have thinned a little since then, and receded a little more. I'm not really sure how much though.
another 20-21 yrs old shot:
After doing some research here I'm going to go on Rogaine, Propecia, and use Nizoral once every 3 days. Unless someone convinces me to do differently. The only product I'm not sure about is the Rogaine. It's labeled for only the vertex? Do I need it? Will it help my case based on my pictures?
Also, there's so much talk here about the "big 3"... what about the laser comb? The guy on the dateline 12 month study regained hair with it. I've heard surprisingly good things about it. Why hasn't that been added to the big 3 to make a big 4?
Another question I have is what about Saw Palmetto? Does it need to be the Extract? I've read that it's not smart to take this along with Propecia? I understand that it's probably not needed anyway if you're taking Propecia since the Propecia is probably doing its full job and Saw Palmetto may not even be doing anything.
I've done some shopping around and I'm surprised by how cheap I could manage to make a year of the big 3 cost. I can get a years supply of Propecia here by ordering a 90 pill suply of the 5mg for $78 total, and cutting each pill into 4 pieces.
http://www.inhousepharmacy.com/hair-loss/fincar.html
Is this shop legit? Have others here ordered from here? I'd much rather order it from here for $78 for a year (wow that's amazingly cheap) instead of $70 a month or whatever it costs if I get a prescription from my doctor.
6 months of minoxidil for $25...
http://www.amazon.com/Minoxidil-5%25-Ex ... _sim_hpc_3
I feel like the rogaine foam will be a lot easier to apply. Is this true? Does the foam look a lot better?
And the nizoral shampoo is like $12 for a 7 ounce bottle at the local target.
If I can go this route it's like what, $150-175 tops for a year of this? Not bad, not bad at all....
I guess I'm just looking for some input here...
Oh, and I had a consultation at MHR for hair transplant surgery. Well, I don't like the idea of having a long scar on the back of my head. I've seen some horror stories with those scars. I've also seen the dateline 12 month study and how that guy made out very well. The salesman at MHR had it done and showed me the scar on the back of his head and all his before pics. His hair looked amazing for what he had before, which was a bit similar to what I'm developing. However, that costs $8,000-$11,000, it might not work, and I have a permanent scar on the back of my head that could cause problems. I'm not particularly sold. I don't really see it as a $10,000 problem since I haven't even tried propecia/rogaine/nizoral yet.
I'd like to try these 3 things for a year and see what happens. I might even buy a laser comb and try a big 4, would like some advice : ).
Thanks : ). And remember, my wonderful mother was nice enough to tell me it really isn't that big a deal and to be honest, it's a lot lot worse in your mind that it is in others. No matter how small or large your loss may be. Male balding is so common that it really doesn't matter. I can't think of a single person that I've met in my life where I've thought less of them, thought they looked horrible, etc... because they were balding/thinning... a few of my friends are completely bald, few half gone, some have full heads of hair... it doesn't affect anything they do in life. But on that note, I want to stop the loss here and keep what I have at least : ).
