Hey all! Had a bit of a slow and boring night so I thought I'd see what's happening on the ol' stomping grounds of HLsucks.com I haven't been on here in god knows how long, and I couldn't remember my old password so I had to start a new account. As I promised long ago when I started whole hairloss journey, let's see, august of 2004, that I would let everyone know my progress because I was always so mad when people had success and never returned leaving the hairloss board flooded with only negative posts all the time, diluting all the positive stuff you can get from treatments. My story, basically started on propecia in october 2004, and been on it since. I use nizoral occasionally for good measure but basically that's my regimen.
Just wanted to say things are still holding up. I started on treatments doing horribly, visible (but mostly bright light and sun visible) generalized diffuse thinning everywhere, worse in the front, spent 6 months swearing I was only getting worse and then around month 9 things began to turn around. They got better and better for about 6 months or so, then plateaued. I've been stable there ever since. I see a dermatologist once a year (who is also a hair transplant surgeon just in case he thinks I become a candidate), get my propecia script renewed, and get on with my life. Do I have the perfect hair that I want? No, it still looks kinda shitty when its wet, but most important I rarely think about my hairloss and I'm just able to live and enjoy my life which is really the goal. Just want everyone to know, there is hope. Not only for improving hair, but for improving your outlook on the whole thing. It really is just hair people, be pro-active, do whatever you can that's safe and reasonable to fight it, feel good about doing everything you can, and enjoy yourself. That's my advice. Anyway, good luck to everyone else on here. This board was a huge aide to me during some very dark times in my life. Cheers!
Trent.
Just wanted to say things are still holding up. I started on treatments doing horribly, visible (but mostly bright light and sun visible) generalized diffuse thinning everywhere, worse in the front, spent 6 months swearing I was only getting worse and then around month 9 things began to turn around. They got better and better for about 6 months or so, then plateaued. I've been stable there ever since. I see a dermatologist once a year (who is also a hair transplant surgeon just in case he thinks I become a candidate), get my propecia script renewed, and get on with my life. Do I have the perfect hair that I want? No, it still looks kinda shitty when its wet, but most important I rarely think about my hairloss and I'm just able to live and enjoy my life which is really the goal. Just want everyone to know, there is hope. Not only for improving hair, but for improving your outlook on the whole thing. It really is just hair people, be pro-active, do whatever you can that's safe and reasonable to fight it, feel good about doing everything you can, and enjoy yourself. That's my advice. Anyway, good luck to everyone else on here. This board was a huge aide to me during some very dark times in my life. Cheers!
Trent.
