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Hey what's up guys. I'm a 25 year old guy and thought I'd share my story. It all started when I was about to turn 21. I noticed that I had some minitiaurized hairs at my hairline and I thought to myself that can't be right because everyone in my family line except for my grandfather on my dad's side has or had a full head of hair. Even my cousins my age still have all their hair! I took pictures of my crown later that day and discovered I had a really small bald spot forming on the top of my head. I went into panic mode and immediately started researching for any types of remedies online.
Eventually I learned about finasteride and minoxidil but after reading all the horror stories about ED and loss of libido, I swore to myself that I would never get on finasteride. I didn't immediately go on minoxidil either because my hair was still pretty thick and the balding was next to unnoticeable.
Here's what it looked like at that time (2010) I deleted the crown pics but I had a small bald spot forming in that area.
Fast forward to 2012. My hair was still in pretty good shape but I felt the top was starting to get a little bit more thin. My hairline was still intact as well leading me to believe I had DUPA.
Here's what it looked like:
So anyways I went to my GP and he prescribed my 5% minoxidil(you need a prescription for 5% in canada). For the next year or so I used minoxidil and I feel like it had regrown a little bit and stalled any further balding.
This is what it looked like a year in minoxidil 5%(2013):
After that, for some reason I just completely stopped the minoxidil because I felt as though my hair was in great shape. Boy what a bad mistake that was lol. After a couple of months or so my hair went through a massive shed and my hair started to look alot thinner at the top(even my ex commented and said it was getting a little thinner). I didn't take any pictures of the crown and the vertex because I was afraid of what I would see.
During this time I thought that it was inevitable, that I was going to go bald so I tried a #1 shave on my head just to see what I would look like. I did not like what I saw. I went through some depression and anxiety at this point.. even refusing to leave the house for a couple of days and ended up breaking up with my ex. I again went back on the internet just as I did 3 years prior and did some more research on the side effects of finasteride. Again I put off going on finasteride because of all the stories and didn't want to **** myself up. The next few months I just tried to live with the fact knowing that I was going to go bald. Oh yeah I went back on minoxidil in December 2013.
Fast forward to June 2014. The minoxidil grew a little bit of what I had lost during that shed but it was still kind of thin at the top. Hairline still the same as it was when I first started balding. During this time I got a new and really attractive gf and although she didn't really comment on my hair(I'm not sure if it was even noticeable) I felt as though something had to be done. I just did not want her to see me go bald + I liked the way she would grab my hair in bed lol. So for the final time I went back on the internet and researched about finasteride. After reading about the low percentage of side effects and the fact I looked like **** bald I finally decided to jump on the pill. I went to my GP and he told me everything all the potential side effects that I had already read a hundred times over and prescribed me 1mg finasteride per day.
So now I've been on finasteride for 3.5 months and am happy to report no side effects. Except maybe watery semen once or twice. No trouble in the bedroom + horny as ever(probably even more now I feel).
Here are some pics:
This is when I started finasteride so late June/early July 2014(I didn't take any crown or vertex pictures):
And here's now mid-October 2014 same shave length:
So yeah officially I've been on the big 3 for a month(Minoxidil 5% foam twice a day - 11.5 months Finasteride 1mg - 3.5 months Nizoral 2% every 3 days - 1 month) and I feel like the vertex/crown filled in a little bit so I'm happy about that. Hoping to see some more regrowth but not holding my breath for it. Honestly, as long as I can maintain I'll be happy because my hair is still pretty thick I'd say and even more now after being on the big 3 for a bit.
Anyways, yeah that was my story feel free to ask any questions if you have any!
Eventually I learned about finasteride and minoxidil but after reading all the horror stories about ED and loss of libido, I swore to myself that I would never get on finasteride. I didn't immediately go on minoxidil either because my hair was still pretty thick and the balding was next to unnoticeable.
Here's what it looked like at that time (2010) I deleted the crown pics but I had a small bald spot forming in that area.
Fast forward to 2012. My hair was still in pretty good shape but I felt the top was starting to get a little bit more thin. My hairline was still intact as well leading me to believe I had DUPA.
Here's what it looked like:
So anyways I went to my GP and he prescribed my 5% minoxidil(you need a prescription for 5% in canada). For the next year or so I used minoxidil and I feel like it had regrown a little bit and stalled any further balding.
This is what it looked like a year in minoxidil 5%(2013):
After that, for some reason I just completely stopped the minoxidil because I felt as though my hair was in great shape. Boy what a bad mistake that was lol. After a couple of months or so my hair went through a massive shed and my hair started to look alot thinner at the top(even my ex commented and said it was getting a little thinner). I didn't take any pictures of the crown and the vertex because I was afraid of what I would see.
During this time I thought that it was inevitable, that I was going to go bald so I tried a #1 shave on my head just to see what I would look like. I did not like what I saw. I went through some depression and anxiety at this point.. even refusing to leave the house for a couple of days and ended up breaking up with my ex. I again went back on the internet just as I did 3 years prior and did some more research on the side effects of finasteride. Again I put off going on finasteride because of all the stories and didn't want to **** myself up. The next few months I just tried to live with the fact knowing that I was going to go bald. Oh yeah I went back on minoxidil in December 2013.
Fast forward to June 2014. The minoxidil grew a little bit of what I had lost during that shed but it was still kind of thin at the top. Hairline still the same as it was when I first started balding. During this time I got a new and really attractive gf and although she didn't really comment on my hair(I'm not sure if it was even noticeable) I felt as though something had to be done. I just did not want her to see me go bald + I liked the way she would grab my hair in bed lol. So for the final time I went back on the internet and researched about finasteride. After reading about the low percentage of side effects and the fact I looked like **** bald I finally decided to jump on the pill. I went to my GP and he told me everything all the potential side effects that I had already read a hundred times over and prescribed me 1mg finasteride per day.
So now I've been on finasteride for 3.5 months and am happy to report no side effects. Except maybe watery semen once or twice. No trouble in the bedroom + horny as ever(probably even more now I feel).
Here are some pics:
This is when I started finasteride so late June/early July 2014(I didn't take any crown or vertex pictures):
And here's now mid-October 2014 same shave length:
So yeah officially I've been on the big 3 for a month(Minoxidil 5% foam twice a day - 11.5 months Finasteride 1mg - 3.5 months Nizoral 2% every 3 days - 1 month) and I feel like the vertex/crown filled in a little bit so I'm happy about that. Hoping to see some more regrowth but not holding my breath for it. Honestly, as long as I can maintain I'll be happy because my hair is still pretty thick I'd say and even more now after being on the big 3 for a bit.
Anyways, yeah that was my story feel free to ask any questions if you have any!