Should I jump on treatments or not? With pics.

[Mr. Slap Head]

Idk I saw @losingbattle88 's comment as optimistic. Nothing lasts forever so why obsess about it. Hopefully we are grandparents some day who don't care so much, if at all, about hair or wrinkles. But sure, I'll try to do what I can to improve myself. There is a point where it becomes an unhealthy obsession though.

 

[losingbattle88]

Idk I saw @losingbattle88 's comment as optimistic. Nothing lasts forever so why obsess about it. Hopefully we are grandparents some day who don't care so much, if at all, about hair or wrinkles. But sure, I'll try to do what I can to improve myself. There is a point where it becomes an unhealthy obsession though.

Ye I have already obsessed over my hair for 11 years it has taken over my life and made my life sh*t.

 

[Danjellyman]

I cannot see any noticeable hairloss/recession but then again there are no “before” pics to compare to.

Have you seen a dermatologist about the itching/tingling?

I think you should just continue to monitor your hair. Take good photos (same exact lighting, camera angle, hair length, styling, etc) and compare every 4-6 months.

I’ve seen derms about the itching and tingling they put me on steroids topically for a few weeks but doesn’t do the job. I always wonder why some of us itch and some don’t? I know plenty of bald people “in real life” not report to this type of itching or itching at all.

 

[Mr. Slap Head]

I’ve seen derms about the itching and tingling they put me on steroids topically for a few weeks but doesn’t do the job. I always wonder why some of us itch and some don’t? I know plenty of bald people “in real life” not report to this type of itching or itching at all.

I think it's the same with things like sebum or facial hair. Some of it depends on your receptors/genes. You could be slick bald and have little body hair or be hairy like a gorilla, different genes and sometimes the receptors are sensitive and sometimes they are not. Some probably get a histamine-ic response and some don't.

 

[losingbattle88]

I’ve seen derms about the itching and tingling they put me on steroids topically for a few weeks but doesn’t do the job. I always wonder why some of us itch and some don’t? I know plenty of bald people “in real life” not report to this type of itching or itching at all.

It stops itching and Tingling when the hairs are no longer growing as in being bald is my theory.

 

[Danjellyman]

It stops itching and Tingling when the hairs are no longer growing as in being bald is my theory.

A derm diagnosed Telogen Effluvium on me - which I thought was probably inaccurate but I wonder if the itching is just the constant telogen cycle?

 

[Mr. Slap Head]

It just depends how much you care about your hair. If you don't mind having some hair loss in your 40s and 50s then I wouldn't jump on unless it gets aggressive. But if you really want to maintain what you have then I would just hop on finasteride. No need to get on minoxidil yet since you don't really need regrowth at this point. Personally I would compare with older pics, assess family history, and probably just wait 3-6 months before deciding.

 

[Moz5x]

I’ve seen derms about the itching and tingling they put me on steroids topically for a few weeks but doesn’t do the job. I always wonder why some of us itch and some don’t? I know plenty of bald people “in real life” not report to this type of itching or itching at all.

Ok. Someone on this forum last year had mentioned that a daily aspirin stopped a scalp itch which had plagued him for many years. I don’t remember which user it was though.

 

[Danjellyman]

Ok. Someone on this forum last year had mentioned that a daily aspirin stopped a scalp itch which had plagued him for many years. I don’t remember which user it was though.

I think I might have seen that. Someone else said propranolol which I tried to no avail. Maybe I’ll try the aspirin. I’d give anything to settle that down.

 

[fatelephant]

Don't listen to

Hello,
I’m looking for feedback on starting finasteride/min or not. I purchased a compound of finasteride/min but I’m not sure if this is the right route?


I’ve been experiencing shedding and hair fall since about 27 years old. Some noticeable thinning in the front part area. Some noticeable recession on the left temple. I actually feel like after taking these photos it doesn’t look as bad as I thought - these are under pretty serious light and on a freshly wet head so should be pretty exposed.

The other “symptom” I have is itching and constant tingling - I don’t know if that’s balding related, or something completely different.


I do take lots of supplements to help but figured it doesn’t do much. But it can’t hurt.

guess my question is
Go on finasteride and min
Go on finasteride and dermroll
Just sit and wait/monitor.

Would appreciate feed back before I make a commitment in any way here.

Don't listen to the neurotic whack-jobs on this forum friend. (no offence anyone).

You do not appear to be going bald at all. In fact, you have f--king great hair.

My strong advice is you take the third option wait/monitor. If you absolutely can't help yourself, then definitely don't start taking finasteride - it's a hormone altering drug and it's so powerful that trans-gender men who want to transition to women take it (among other things) to help nuke their masculinity. Obviously 1mg for hair loss isn't going to do that, I'm just exemplifying that it's not nothing. Just start with Nizoral.

Taking hormone-altering drugs for someone like you who is showing zero sign of going bald would be madness. What you have is called BDD - it appears to actually be the leading cause of "hair loss" in this mad-house - and no amount of finasteride or minoxodil will help that. Seriously - am I the only poster here that is actually going bald?

 

[Danjellyman]

It just depends how much you care about your hair. If you don't mind having some hair loss in your 40s and 50s then I wouldn't jump on unless it gets aggressive. But if you really want to maintain what you have then I would just hop on finasteride. No need to get on minoxidil yet since you don't really need regrowth at this point. Personally I would compare with older pics, assess family history, and probably just wait 3-6 months before deciding.

I’d say I care a great deal about it currently. Definitely extremely bothered by it now. I know the older I get the less I’ll care. I doubt at 50 I’ll be terribly bothered (just for the fact it’s so common at that point).
no one in my family is “shiny bald”. Late in life/elderly had some hair loss but nothing major from 30s/40s/50s from the men I know in my family.
compared with older pics there’s def a difference - lifeless and just less density, I’d say some recession on the left temple.