Hey Guys
I thought it was about time i posted some pics, so people know my situation and u guys can hopefully help me with my questions better.
About six months ago I noticed I was losing over 200 hairs a day just in the shower, i was in shock, I was on no treatmensts at all. I think that i was probably losing hair b4 that but never noticed. It took me a while to accept that i had male pattern baldness, so i didnt start treatment. I have been on Propecia for 2 months now and using nizoral 2% for about 3. The nizoral has really helped my SB, i used to had so much dandruff and scalp itchness 5 months ago, it was unbearable. About 3 weeks ago it had improved dramatically. Otherwise not much has changed, but I dont expect anything to be different yet, the shedding is still horrible. Plus, i dont know if propecia is causing me to shed because ive always been shedding.
Here are 3 pics. The first is of my hairline right now. See how it slants from the left side of my head to the right. U can see the recession on the right side of my hairline, its quite bad. Remember im only 19 and in the early stages of male pattern baldness. I used to have the thickest hair anyone had ever seen. 2 years ago, i used to have #1 clipper on sides and #2 clipper on top and had bangs in the front that i put straight up. My hair still looked so thick even though it was so short. People used to be amazed. My remaining hairs are mostly still thick, but i have diffuse hairloss with thinning and recession in the front and thinning on top. Anywayz, there is also a little bit of recession on the right side but not much. I hate my hairline because i have a hairstyle where i put my hair in the front straight up. So my hairline is cleary visible. The slant of the hairline and the little square piece that sticks out lower than the rest of the hairline really piss me off, especially cause that little square piece isnt centered on my head. Ive tried many other hairstyles but, everyone says that this is the only one that looks good on me.
Here is the second pic. It is of the right side of my head, in the right temple area. My right temple is quite bad as well, while my left is basically perfect. I could see so many miniturized little hairs in the red triangle and i wanted to see if i would respond to minoxidil 5%. So I put minoxidil 5 % in that area (lower part of right temple) to test it.
Here is a pic of this area now. After 2 months of minoxidil 1x a day. Im very surprised and pleased with the results i seemed to have responded quite well even though i only used 1x a day. The results are not amazing or anything, but good.
Im glad that im a responder to minoxidil. I am now applying it 2x a day to that area to see if it really thickens up. I would use minoxidil on my hairline, but i dont want to make all those hairs minoxidil dependant just yet. Im waiting on propecia, hoping that it will thicken up the hair, and fill in the hairline so that I dont have to go through the annoying process of applying minoxidil there for the rest of my life. Do u think that waiting it out on propecia for the hairline is a not a good idea? Should I just start applying minoxidil there too since i know i have a good chance of responding to it, and that I dont take the chance of waiting for a year for propecia to work. Which has a chance of not working, and causing me to lose hairs on the hairline that minoxidil could have saved? Did question is really bothering me. wut do u think. Any question and comments would be appreciated. I will keep u posted on my progess. I am also taking these daily:
Multi vitamin 1x
Balanced B vitamin 1x
Biotin 500mcg
MSM 2000mg
ZINC 30mg
I thought it was about time i posted some pics, so people know my situation and u guys can hopefully help me with my questions better.
About six months ago I noticed I was losing over 200 hairs a day just in the shower, i was in shock, I was on no treatmensts at all. I think that i was probably losing hair b4 that but never noticed. It took me a while to accept that i had male pattern baldness, so i didnt start treatment. I have been on Propecia for 2 months now and using nizoral 2% for about 3. The nizoral has really helped my SB, i used to had so much dandruff and scalp itchness 5 months ago, it was unbearable. About 3 weeks ago it had improved dramatically. Otherwise not much has changed, but I dont expect anything to be different yet, the shedding is still horrible. Plus, i dont know if propecia is causing me to shed because ive always been shedding.
Here are 3 pics. The first is of my hairline right now. See how it slants from the left side of my head to the right. U can see the recession on the right side of my hairline, its quite bad. Remember im only 19 and in the early stages of male pattern baldness. I used to have the thickest hair anyone had ever seen. 2 years ago, i used to have #1 clipper on sides and #2 clipper on top and had bangs in the front that i put straight up. My hair still looked so thick even though it was so short. People used to be amazed. My remaining hairs are mostly still thick, but i have diffuse hairloss with thinning and recession in the front and thinning on top. Anywayz, there is also a little bit of recession on the right side but not much. I hate my hairline because i have a hairstyle where i put my hair in the front straight up. So my hairline is cleary visible. The slant of the hairline and the little square piece that sticks out lower than the rest of the hairline really piss me off, especially cause that little square piece isnt centered on my head. Ive tried many other hairstyles but, everyone says that this is the only one that looks good on me.
Here is the second pic. It is of the right side of my head, in the right temple area. My right temple is quite bad as well, while my left is basically perfect. I could see so many miniturized little hairs in the red triangle and i wanted to see if i would respond to minoxidil 5%. So I put minoxidil 5 % in that area (lower part of right temple) to test it.
Here is a pic of this area now. After 2 months of minoxidil 1x a day. Im very surprised and pleased with the results i seemed to have responded quite well even though i only used 1x a day. The results are not amazing or anything, but good.
Im glad that im a responder to minoxidil. I am now applying it 2x a day to that area to see if it really thickens up. I would use minoxidil on my hairline, but i dont want to make all those hairs minoxidil dependant just yet. Im waiting on propecia, hoping that it will thicken up the hair, and fill in the hairline so that I dont have to go through the annoying process of applying minoxidil there for the rest of my life. Do u think that waiting it out on propecia for the hairline is a not a good idea? Should I just start applying minoxidil there too since i know i have a good chance of responding to it, and that I dont take the chance of waiting for a year for propecia to work. Which has a chance of not working, and causing me to lose hairs on the hairline that minoxidil could have saved? Did question is really bothering me. wut do u think. Any question and comments would be appreciated. I will keep u posted on my progess. I am also taking these daily:
Multi vitamin 1x
Balanced B vitamin 1x
Biotin 500mcg
MSM 2000mg
ZINC 30mg
Your hair isn't bad at all. You wanna see how big MY red circle would be on MY pictures? (if I had any) Honestly? I can't feel bad about your hairline in any way shape or form. More power to you, but you're doing what you can to fight it and it's not looking bad at ALL, I'd kill for a hairline like that, so just get on with your life!
