I used to have very thick hair as a teenager/young adult. No one has noticed any hairloss even today, but parting my hair makes it obvious that there is an issue (I usually comb it straight back). There is some temple recession, but it doesn't concern me much - the vertex and mid-scalp is what I really care about.
I started losing some hair around 20, but it wasn't an issue until I was 23 - I think I went through a major shed when I was 22, but my hair up front is pretty healthy, so I didn't notice. At 24, I started using rogaine and my hair was relatively stable for a few years.
At 28, my hair started getting a little worse and by 29, I realized that I had to start using propecia in order to have a chance at regrowth or real maintenance. I have been on rogaine foam for ~8 months and propecia for 3 months.
The switch to the foam ended my issues with dandruff and itchy scalp. On propecia, I don't know if I have experienced any side effects. My libido seemed very high for the first month and has since normalized. I started using 0.5 mg every other day for the first 2 weeks and then went to 0.5 mg/day for the next 2 weeks. After this initial 1-month period, I went to the full 1 mg/day regimen. I started using nizoral 1% last month 2x/week, but I'm not sure if it will do anything since it is the 1% version.
I have attached a picture comparing my hair beginning 2 weeks into treatment and onward. I have noticed a little progress in the last week or two, but I'll have to see in the next few months since it is very subtle if there is any true progress at all. The first pic was taken with an older camera - otherwise, I have tried to keep all other conditions as consistent as possible, although the natural lighting from the window may be different in each picture (all pics were taken with flash). I'll keep updating. [attachment=0:2p76uv2a]comparison.jpg[/attachment:2p76uv2a]
I started losing some hair around 20, but it wasn't an issue until I was 23 - I think I went through a major shed when I was 22, but my hair up front is pretty healthy, so I didn't notice. At 24, I started using rogaine and my hair was relatively stable for a few years.
At 28, my hair started getting a little worse and by 29, I realized that I had to start using propecia in order to have a chance at regrowth or real maintenance. I have been on rogaine foam for ~8 months and propecia for 3 months.
The switch to the foam ended my issues with dandruff and itchy scalp. On propecia, I don't know if I have experienced any side effects. My libido seemed very high for the first month and has since normalized. I started using 0.5 mg every other day for the first 2 weeks and then went to 0.5 mg/day for the next 2 weeks. After this initial 1-month period, I went to the full 1 mg/day regimen. I started using nizoral 1% last month 2x/week, but I'm not sure if it will do anything since it is the 1% version.
I have attached a picture comparing my hair beginning 2 weeks into treatment and onward. I have noticed a little progress in the last week or two, but I'll have to see in the next few months since it is very subtle if there is any true progress at all. The first pic was taken with an older camera - otherwise, I have tried to keep all other conditions as consistent as possible, although the natural lighting from the window may be different in each picture (all pics were taken with flash). I'll keep updating. [attachment=0:2p76uv2a]comparison.jpg[/attachment:2p76uv2a]
