Hey guys.
Been browsing the forum a little, and found some great stuff. All people seem honest and give good advice.
Basically I kind of discovered i was thinning only about 13 weeks ago (it obv will of started before this). My hair i guess had always been thick (heard that a few times.ha) and id had it on a longer style for the past 4 years maybe (beatles like).... Im 29 yo...
I noticed the left side of the fringe wasnt covering as much as my forehead, then the panic started.... Oh god not been a pleasant time... Although I am a outgoing social guy usually, i had suffered bouts of depression in the past, and this has trigged another bout on and off. And dare I admit it vanity issues as well as the silly things what i thought hair loss represented (death, old age etc etc).... Ive kind of went through the motions. Shaving it off etc etc. But now im willing to accept and hopefully keep some with treatment...
The bad thing is a few days before my mother had a stroke, which wasnt a good time anyhow. Thankfully she is on the mend now. So wasnt sure if stress could of caused it as was the same time.
At the start, i went through the denial, is it this? is it that?... And i guess although i know i am thinning and suffering from male pattern baldness, i still think maybe there is something else going on. I have had vitamin b12 defiancy in the past but that has been ok on last check, and have a white blood count which is up and down (but nothing to worry about)... Everything came back from docs ok, but im going to see a derm in 2weeks to get a look over from a specialist cant hurt.
Family history. mothers side . gdad got full head of white hair at 72 and uncle the same at 45. (i thought i would be ok as ive got premature grey hair since i was about 23, guess ive got both...).. fathers side. father bald now on top at 50 (started at 30) uncle bald by 30. grandad also bald young from what i know.
In the past year i have dieted and exercised a lot losing 2 stone. Not sure if this is relevant tbh. But thought id add everything, my diets are sometimes just not eating a great deal which is i know is bad.
I'll post a few pics on here.. I guess im a diffuse thinner as ive been told. But my issue is now, my hair is a little patchy at the sides and round back on ears. Now its hard to tell how long its been like this, not had it short that often. And maybe it has been like this for a while.
But any views on it would be great. Or just views on what think of my hairloss and if they think i have a good chance to save, or even regrow some, or the other way will i just simply go bald. It has seem to thin a lot since i noticed, my widows peak has basically gone and although the hairline looks ok, its just so thin at the front now. Can you go from decent head of hair (had a pic took at a party in august with like a quiff and thick head of hair) 3month ago to a really thinning hair 3month later like now...
The sides where it is thin, are a little brisly if that makes sense. It's a little patchy. Also my head is very itchy a lot feels like lice crawling over it, horrible...
I have been taking Propecia for coming up 2months this week, and have added the Nizoral shampoo this week but only used it once. No sides so far too note. That area was a little numb down below for the 1st week or too. But now seems fine. As for shedding maybe has thinned more, but just so hard to tell it was shaved so hairs in shower u cant see. Now i usually see about 5-10 on my hands when i shampoo it, if that. Maybe 5-6.
Anyway here's the pics, and look forward to a few replies. Thanks guys...
1st pic late september (long)
http://s1181.photobucket.com/albums...rrrrrrr8/?action=view¤t=Picture0044.jpg
a day later when all shaved off
http://s1181.photobucket.com/albums...rrrrrrr8/?action=view¤t=Picture0051.jpg
start of november when i shaved it off to a 2
http://s1181.photobucket.com/albums...rrrrr8/?action=view¤t=111102-125836.jpg
a week later in the light when i was stressing. it looks bad.
http://s1181.photobucket.com/albums...rrrrr8/?action=view¤t=111105-211254.jpg
one week ago
http://s1181.photobucket.com/albums...rrrrr8/?action=view¤t=111124-135834.jpg
today 1 side of head
http://s1181.photobucket.com/albums...rrrrr8/?action=view¤t=111128-134557.jpg
today 2nd side of head
http://s1181.photobucket.com/albums...rrrrr8/?action=view¤t=111128-134700.jpg
Cheers guys.
Been browsing the forum a little, and found some great stuff. All people seem honest and give good advice.
Basically I kind of discovered i was thinning only about 13 weeks ago (it obv will of started before this). My hair i guess had always been thick (heard that a few times.ha) and id had it on a longer style for the past 4 years maybe (beatles like).... Im 29 yo...
I noticed the left side of the fringe wasnt covering as much as my forehead, then the panic started.... Oh god not been a pleasant time... Although I am a outgoing social guy usually, i had suffered bouts of depression in the past, and this has trigged another bout on and off. And dare I admit it vanity issues as well as the silly things what i thought hair loss represented (death, old age etc etc).... Ive kind of went through the motions. Shaving it off etc etc. But now im willing to accept and hopefully keep some with treatment...
The bad thing is a few days before my mother had a stroke, which wasnt a good time anyhow. Thankfully she is on the mend now. So wasnt sure if stress could of caused it as was the same time.
At the start, i went through the denial, is it this? is it that?... And i guess although i know i am thinning and suffering from male pattern baldness, i still think maybe there is something else going on. I have had vitamin b12 defiancy in the past but that has been ok on last check, and have a white blood count which is up and down (but nothing to worry about)... Everything came back from docs ok, but im going to see a derm in 2weeks to get a look over from a specialist cant hurt.
Family history. mothers side . gdad got full head of white hair at 72 and uncle the same at 45. (i thought i would be ok as ive got premature grey hair since i was about 23, guess ive got both...).. fathers side. father bald now on top at 50 (started at 30) uncle bald by 30. grandad also bald young from what i know.
In the past year i have dieted and exercised a lot losing 2 stone. Not sure if this is relevant tbh. But thought id add everything, my diets are sometimes just not eating a great deal which is i know is bad.
I'll post a few pics on here.. I guess im a diffuse thinner as ive been told. But my issue is now, my hair is a little patchy at the sides and round back on ears. Now its hard to tell how long its been like this, not had it short that often. And maybe it has been like this for a while.
But any views on it would be great. Or just views on what think of my hairloss and if they think i have a good chance to save, or even regrow some, or the other way will i just simply go bald. It has seem to thin a lot since i noticed, my widows peak has basically gone and although the hairline looks ok, its just so thin at the front now. Can you go from decent head of hair (had a pic took at a party in august with like a quiff and thick head of hair) 3month ago to a really thinning hair 3month later like now...
The sides where it is thin, are a little brisly if that makes sense. It's a little patchy. Also my head is very itchy a lot feels like lice crawling over it, horrible...
I have been taking Propecia for coming up 2months this week, and have added the Nizoral shampoo this week but only used it once. No sides so far too note. That area was a little numb down below for the 1st week or too. But now seems fine. As for shedding maybe has thinned more, but just so hard to tell it was shaved so hairs in shower u cant see. Now i usually see about 5-10 on my hands when i shampoo it, if that. Maybe 5-6.
Anyway here's the pics, and look forward to a few replies. Thanks guys...
1st pic late september (long)
http://s1181.photobucket.com/albums...rrrrrrr8/?action=view¤t=Picture0044.jpg
a day later when all shaved off
http://s1181.photobucket.com/albums...rrrrrrr8/?action=view¤t=Picture0051.jpg
start of november when i shaved it off to a 2
http://s1181.photobucket.com/albums...rrrrr8/?action=view¤t=111102-125836.jpg
a week later in the light when i was stressing. it looks bad.
http://s1181.photobucket.com/albums...rrrrr8/?action=view¤t=111105-211254.jpg
one week ago
http://s1181.photobucket.com/albums...rrrrr8/?action=view¤t=111124-135834.jpg
today 1 side of head
http://s1181.photobucket.com/albums...rrrrr8/?action=view¤t=111128-134557.jpg
today 2nd side of head
http://s1181.photobucket.com/albums...rrrrr8/?action=view¤t=111128-134700.jpg
Cheers guys.
