theEvergreen
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So about a year ago or at the very least, many months ago, I posted here that it looked like my hair was starting to thin, etc, etc. Anyways, over the course of those months, I've noticed increased shedding and a lot of pokey-like hairs sticking up through my hairline/all over my head. I think I've got some extreme diffuse thinning going on and it doesn't seem to show any signs of stopping. Even the hair on the sides of my head has become increasingly thin. I was going to grow it long one last time and go out with a bang, but I fear my hair/hairline has become an unworkable mess at this point and I'm probably going to have to shave it off in order to not look terrible. Attached are some photos from about 2 weeks ago when I checked it out in the mirror.
A little backstory here is that I'm 30, currently unemployed, mother's father has hairloss, but of the normal variety, not diffuse thinning. I kind of have a limited budget, but depression is starting to ruin me completely and I barely try to put myself together to leave the house anymore. I dunno. I don't know what to do. Most people don't notice it but it's glaring at me in the mirror anymore. I have an extremely asymmetrical hairline and I used to cover it up by combing it over that side and it looked fine, but now it's getting harder and harder.
I guess my main questions are, if I didn't want to shave my head, would minoxidil and propecia be fine to start using with medium-ish hair? Does it look like I'm too late to get any of this back, or did I wait too long? I can post pics from about a year and a half ago before this all started happening if you'd like.
Disclaimer: I know this post seems kind of trollish, because I still do have a lot of hair, but I feel like at this point the anxiety is pretty crippling because of it. Hair is all I had going for me to be honest and to lose it in such a way (diffuse thinning) is kind of depressing.
A little backstory here is that I'm 30, currently unemployed, mother's father has hairloss, but of the normal variety, not diffuse thinning. I kind of have a limited budget, but depression is starting to ruin me completely and I barely try to put myself together to leave the house anymore. I dunno. I don't know what to do. Most people don't notice it but it's glaring at me in the mirror anymore. I have an extremely asymmetrical hairline and I used to cover it up by combing it over that side and it looked fine, but now it's getting harder and harder.
I guess my main questions are, if I didn't want to shave my head, would minoxidil and propecia be fine to start using with medium-ish hair? Does it look like I'm too late to get any of this back, or did I wait too long? I can post pics from about a year and a half ago before this all started happening if you'd like.
Disclaimer: I know this post seems kind of trollish, because I still do have a lot of hair, but I feel like at this point the anxiety is pretty crippling because of it. Hair is all I had going for me to be honest and to lose it in such a way (diffuse thinning) is kind of depressing.