Hello guys, I've been a frequent reader of stories on here but I think it's about time I started my own but firstly thank you to everyone who has discussed the problem, it's helped me realise I'm not alone.
I am 27 years old from the UK and beginning to feel the fear of losing my hair. Looking back at pictures I've had a slow gradual loss of hair from about 2 years ago. Mid 2011 I started getting various comments about thinning hair. This coincided with the time I started noticing quite a few hairs falling out when shampooing.
A friend with a similar problem was using 'the P word' and said it was helping them maintain their hair. Being happy with that I bought a supply of them without really doing much research. Anyway I felt like it had reduced the shed of hair a little but not entirely so I started reading up on here.
After 6 months on 'the P' I dropped it this March and decided to replace it with Saw Palmetto. I have continued to shed about 10-20 hairs per shampoo so I bit the bullet and three days ago I started on Regaine Foam 5% and Nizoral 2% shampoo (with saw and multivitamins). The finasteride stories have frightened me off that for now.
I am very worried about my hair loss now though. I have always spiked my hair up in a small mohawk so it hasn't really showed up until I saw a picture of the top of my head!! Frightening!!!
So this is why I'm here. Hopefully I haven't started the fight too late and I will document my progress. I would also much appreciate any thoughts/words of encouragement and advice anyone may have. Wish me luck.....
I am 27 years old from the UK and beginning to feel the fear of losing my hair. Looking back at pictures I've had a slow gradual loss of hair from about 2 years ago. Mid 2011 I started getting various comments about thinning hair. This coincided with the time I started noticing quite a few hairs falling out when shampooing.
A friend with a similar problem was using 'the P word' and said it was helping them maintain their hair. Being happy with that I bought a supply of them without really doing much research. Anyway I felt like it had reduced the shed of hair a little but not entirely so I started reading up on here.
After 6 months on 'the P' I dropped it this March and decided to replace it with Saw Palmetto. I have continued to shed about 10-20 hairs per shampoo so I bit the bullet and three days ago I started on Regaine Foam 5% and Nizoral 2% shampoo (with saw and multivitamins). The finasteride stories have frightened me off that for now.
I am very worried about my hair loss now though. I have always spiked my hair up in a small mohawk so it hasn't really showed up until I saw a picture of the top of my head!! Frightening!!!
So this is why I'm here. Hopefully I haven't started the fight too late and I will document my progress. I would also much appreciate any thoughts/words of encouragement and advice anyone may have. Wish me luck.....