please listen to my story and give me any possible advice...i'm desperate for help...I don't mean to make this an essay but please bear with me
After 6 months on propecia (December), my hair loss had halted and my hair thickened up considerably. Then out of nowhere I started noticing hair fallout like crazy. Since starting propecia I had not noticed a single hair in the shower or on my bed, so I was startled. I was told it was a normal shedding phase and to stick with the program as things will improve. Every time I would run my hands through my hair there would be tons of hairs (not miniaturized, but long, normal-looking hairs) that would shed, hairs were falling off my head like crazy. Also, there would be white bulbs attached to the end of the hairs - I have read this is a sign of telogen effluvium, not sure if that is a good thing..?
Each month that went by the situation got worse. First, I was shedding alot. Then, my hair started to get very oily and my scalp was itchy. Next, I started experiencing inflammation to coincide with the shedding and itchiness. A few weeks later I started getting intense dandruff and scaling all over the top of my scalp, and the hair loss and diffuse thinning has spread over my entire scalp, even in the back and sides that were not thinning at all prior. My derm told me I have seborrheic dermatitis and put me on a number of different medical shampoos and even oral ketoconazole and another anti-fungus pill, and the seb derm side effects have not gone away. I just keep losing hair and the dandruff/inflammation/itchiness will not go away. I never had any scalp problems AT ALL (including dandruff) before, which makes me believe I must be having some sort of side effects from finasteride.
I dont know what to do, stop finasteride or not? I mean it was working fantastic for me for so long, I had completely stopped thinking about my hair and was back to my normal self and then seemingly out of nowhere seborrheic dermatitis drops a load on my forehead. I dont want to stop propecia, because then what will i take for my hair? Nothing? I will almost surely lose it then. I pray to God that since the hair that I've been losing has not been miniaturized that it will grow back. Until then I just have to keep moving on, increasingly afraid to look in the mirror.
I started propecia as a NW2 with a slightly receding hairline and thinning in the temples. I am now diffusely thinning in what looks like a bad Norwood-level. I dont know how my hair could take such a drastic turn for the worst in such a short period of time, but it is extremely depressing.
Please give me any advice.
After 6 months on propecia (December), my hair loss had halted and my hair thickened up considerably. Then out of nowhere I started noticing hair fallout like crazy. Since starting propecia I had not noticed a single hair in the shower or on my bed, so I was startled. I was told it was a normal shedding phase and to stick with the program as things will improve. Every time I would run my hands through my hair there would be tons of hairs (not miniaturized, but long, normal-looking hairs) that would shed, hairs were falling off my head like crazy. Also, there would be white bulbs attached to the end of the hairs - I have read this is a sign of telogen effluvium, not sure if that is a good thing..?
Each month that went by the situation got worse. First, I was shedding alot. Then, my hair started to get very oily and my scalp was itchy. Next, I started experiencing inflammation to coincide with the shedding and itchiness. A few weeks later I started getting intense dandruff and scaling all over the top of my scalp, and the hair loss and diffuse thinning has spread over my entire scalp, even in the back and sides that were not thinning at all prior. My derm told me I have seborrheic dermatitis and put me on a number of different medical shampoos and even oral ketoconazole and another anti-fungus pill, and the seb derm side effects have not gone away. I just keep losing hair and the dandruff/inflammation/itchiness will not go away. I never had any scalp problems AT ALL (including dandruff) before, which makes me believe I must be having some sort of side effects from finasteride.
I dont know what to do, stop finasteride or not? I mean it was working fantastic for me for so long, I had completely stopped thinking about my hair and was back to my normal self and then seemingly out of nowhere seborrheic dermatitis drops a load on my forehead. I dont want to stop propecia, because then what will i take for my hair? Nothing? I will almost surely lose it then. I pray to God that since the hair that I've been losing has not been miniaturized that it will grow back. Until then I just have to keep moving on, increasingly afraid to look in the mirror.
I started propecia as a NW2 with a slightly receding hairline and thinning in the temples. I am now diffusely thinning in what looks like a bad Norwood-level. I dont know how my hair could take such a drastic turn for the worst in such a short period of time, but it is extremely depressing.
Please give me any advice.
