Hey everybody. (Are the forums a completely separate thing than the 'Hairloss Social Network'? Kind of confusing...)
Anyways, Hi. What's going on. I'm Paul.
I'm 26, have always had a thick head of hair, and never even thought twice about hair loss. I've always had widows peaks, but it hasn't necessarily gotten that much worse over the past 10 years, so I never really thought about it....well, until I got my haircut recently.
I came home from my haircut and took a quick shower. Upon exiting the shower and drying off, I immediately noticed in the mirror that my I could see scalp in a small round patch about 1-2" from the front of my hairline in the center of my head. I thought maybe it was the haircut, but 4 weeks later, it's clear to me now. My hair is thinning.
I, to say the least, freaked out a little.
I immediately found this website, and have been lurking over the forums and reading about people and their experiences with all of the different types of treatments since. One of the things that stood out was 'the earlier you start, the easier and more effective it will be'. Well, I figured now is as good a time as any, because I think that I could actually live with how my hair is now. I just don't want it to get worse.
SO. Here I am.
Like I said, my hairloss isn't horrible right now - I just want to nip this problem in the bud while it's still, well, a bud. I also definitely wouldn't mind having some regrowth in the places I have noticed some loss (if possible).
I've been reading a lot about all of the different stories and treatments and was hoping that somebody could help me figure out some kind of regimen to follow. One story that really stood out to me was Zeroheat's: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=56072&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
I am interested in doing something similar to what he did: Generic finasteride, Nizoral, minoxidil. I haven't seen a doctor yet, as I don't think I have enough hairloss to warrant any kind of a prescription yet :-/. Does anybody have any recommended brands/places of purchase? I have a pretty decent job, so money isn't a HUGE factor, although if possible I would really like to keep it cheap.
Anyways, I just wanted to take the first step into actually doing something with this by getting into the community and getting feedback as opposed to just blindly lurking these forums!
Any suggestions are welcome!
UPDATE:
Sorry this took so long - I was out of town. I'll post below the pics of where I am currently at. After looking at some of these, I think the problem is worse than I realize :sobbing:...
I purposely tried to pull my hair apart to get a sense of how much hair was thinning in these pics.
[attachment=0:qzat7p8v]Top 1 - Before Shower.JPG[/attachment:qzat7p8v]
[attachment=2:qzat7p8v]Left 2 - Widows Peak Pulled.JPG[/attachment:qzat7p8v]
[attachment=1:qzat7p8v]Right 2 - Widows Peak Pulled.JPG[/attachment:qzat7p8v]
Anyways, Hi. What's going on. I'm Paul.
I'm 26, have always had a thick head of hair, and never even thought twice about hair loss. I've always had widows peaks, but it hasn't necessarily gotten that much worse over the past 10 years, so I never really thought about it....well, until I got my haircut recently.
I came home from my haircut and took a quick shower. Upon exiting the shower and drying off, I immediately noticed in the mirror that my I could see scalp in a small round patch about 1-2" from the front of my hairline in the center of my head. I thought maybe it was the haircut, but 4 weeks later, it's clear to me now. My hair is thinning.
I, to say the least, freaked out a little.
I immediately found this website, and have been lurking over the forums and reading about people and their experiences with all of the different types of treatments since. One of the things that stood out was 'the earlier you start, the easier and more effective it will be'. Well, I figured now is as good a time as any, because I think that I could actually live with how my hair is now. I just don't want it to get worse.
SO. Here I am.
Like I said, my hairloss isn't horrible right now - I just want to nip this problem in the bud while it's still, well, a bud. I also definitely wouldn't mind having some regrowth in the places I have noticed some loss (if possible).
I've been reading a lot about all of the different stories and treatments and was hoping that somebody could help me figure out some kind of regimen to follow. One story that really stood out to me was Zeroheat's: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=56072&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
I am interested in doing something similar to what he did: Generic finasteride, Nizoral, minoxidil. I haven't seen a doctor yet, as I don't think I have enough hairloss to warrant any kind of a prescription yet :-/. Does anybody have any recommended brands/places of purchase? I have a pretty decent job, so money isn't a HUGE factor, although if possible I would really like to keep it cheap.
Anyways, I just wanted to take the first step into actually doing something with this by getting into the community and getting feedback as opposed to just blindly lurking these forums!
Any suggestions are welcome!
UPDATE:
Sorry this took so long - I was out of town. I'll post below the pics of where I am currently at. After looking at some of these, I think the problem is worse than I realize :sobbing:...
I purposely tried to pull my hair apart to get a sense of how much hair was thinning in these pics.
[attachment=0:qzat7p8v]Top 1 - Before Shower.JPG[/attachment:qzat7p8v]
[attachment=2:qzat7p8v]Left 2 - Widows Peak Pulled.JPG[/attachment:qzat7p8v]
[attachment=1:qzat7p8v]Right 2 - Widows Peak Pulled.JPG[/attachment:qzat7p8v]
