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Hey guys,
First post... I am 25 years old, soon to be 26.
When I was young I had ridiculously thick hair that was totally unmanageable, like I'd wake up in the morning with a huge tuft from where I'd slept, wash my hair twice even three times, dry it, and the tuft would still be there sticking out. It was totally unstyleable with gel, wax, anything. It did what it wanted at all times.
This led to me having a shaved head (#1 or #2 buzz) for the majority of my teens and early 20's. One day I looked at a photo from when I was 18 and another from when I was 22. It looked like my hairline had rise about 1-2cm. The shape had not changed (i.e. no widows peak), it just looked like the entire hairline had shifted back. This started my paranoia.
I decided to grow my hair so that I could cover some of my forehead with it. This is when I realised that between the ages of 16 and 21/22 my hair had thinned in a big way.
I must admit I attribute this accelerated hairloss partly to excessive smoking of marijuana during my late teens and early 20's. I still smoke regularly. I know I need to quit, but if you've ever got into this stuff in a big way you'll know how hard it is.
Since 22 - 25 years old the thinning has worsened. I still keep my hair relatively short. I would say that I am what you guys call a diffuse thinner, my hairline is in tact (although higher than when I was young) and I have thinning over the entire of the top of my head, with thinner parts along that curve (the one from the NW5 pattern).
I have finally decided to do something.
For the last 2 months I have been using nizoral 2% 2-3 times a week. I noticed that the days I use it my hair looks slightly better (the thickening effect of nizoral). Lately (the last 1-2 weeks) I have noticed increased shedding. I am not sure if this is a "good shed", just a continuation of my thinning, or a bad effect from the nizoral. I will keep using it for now.
The next thing I wanted to try was minoxidil in combination with a sebum reducer like dexpanthanol or retin-a. However I am going away travelling/holiday for 5 weeks this summer, and I feel that I would have problems keeping to a strict minoxidil regime right now.
I have always been paranoid about finasteride side effects. There is a lot of scary stuff to be read about them and it put me off. But now I think I have to give it a go and just hope for the best. So I am going to be adding 0.5mg per day to my regime, and continue this regime of finasteride + nizoral for the next few months. I am then going to strongly consider adding minoxidil.
I am going to be using the generic "finpecia" 1mg split in half. I have combed the success stories section and have found several instances of diffuse thinners having great results with finpecia.
Comments invited! Thanks
First post... I am 25 years old, soon to be 26.
When I was young I had ridiculously thick hair that was totally unmanageable, like I'd wake up in the morning with a huge tuft from where I'd slept, wash my hair twice even three times, dry it, and the tuft would still be there sticking out. It was totally unstyleable with gel, wax, anything. It did what it wanted at all times.
This led to me having a shaved head (#1 or #2 buzz) for the majority of my teens and early 20's. One day I looked at a photo from when I was 18 and another from when I was 22. It looked like my hairline had rise about 1-2cm. The shape had not changed (i.e. no widows peak), it just looked like the entire hairline had shifted back. This started my paranoia.
I decided to grow my hair so that I could cover some of my forehead with it. This is when I realised that between the ages of 16 and 21/22 my hair had thinned in a big way.
I must admit I attribute this accelerated hairloss partly to excessive smoking of marijuana during my late teens and early 20's. I still smoke regularly. I know I need to quit, but if you've ever got into this stuff in a big way you'll know how hard it is.
Since 22 - 25 years old the thinning has worsened. I still keep my hair relatively short. I would say that I am what you guys call a diffuse thinner, my hairline is in tact (although higher than when I was young) and I have thinning over the entire of the top of my head, with thinner parts along that curve (the one from the NW5 pattern).
I have finally decided to do something.
For the last 2 months I have been using nizoral 2% 2-3 times a week. I noticed that the days I use it my hair looks slightly better (the thickening effect of nizoral). Lately (the last 1-2 weeks) I have noticed increased shedding. I am not sure if this is a "good shed", just a continuation of my thinning, or a bad effect from the nizoral. I will keep using it for now.
The next thing I wanted to try was minoxidil in combination with a sebum reducer like dexpanthanol or retin-a. However I am going away travelling/holiday for 5 weeks this summer, and I feel that I would have problems keeping to a strict minoxidil regime right now.
I have always been paranoid about finasteride side effects. There is a lot of scary stuff to be read about them and it put me off. But now I think I have to give it a go and just hope for the best. So I am going to be adding 0.5mg per day to my regime, and continue this regime of finasteride + nizoral for the next few months. I am then going to strongly consider adding minoxidil.
I am going to be using the generic "finpecia" 1mg split in half. I have combed the success stories section and have found several instances of diffuse thinners having great results with finpecia.
Comments invited! Thanks