My original thread is here; viewtopic.php?f=28&t=59768&st=0&sk=t&sd=a but I'm feeling so distressed I'm posting here in the hope of getting a better answer.
For the last few months or so, my hair has been shedding bad. It really started around January this year, and just recently the shedding has became less. My main area of worries here is the top of my head, which was never much of an issue before (was mainly posting here out of concern of a far receded hairline). It's very patchy in random areas around, and doesn't really form a pattern anywhere and I have little to no crown thinning either. It just has became extremely diffused. :shakehead:
Here is a pic of how it was in April :
And here in May :
Despite using a hard regime of 2 x minoxidil and daily dutasteride (which I have lowered in usage now, only use 1 pill each 2 days) my hair continued to become worse, while I did however experience some regrowth in the very front. Been on minoxidil for about 1.5 year now, and dutasteride I'm using a year and a month. Before I used finasteride, and had some decent results after 6 months but I felt it was not enough to maintain it that's why I switched to dutasteride.
Some people have told me it could be Telogen Effluvium, and frankly I have indeed been very stressed (mostly phycological / mental) in the past couple of months this has been happening. My sheds where also pretty heavy, I never lost "quality" hair in sheds before (long, thick, dark hairs) but in this shed I did, amongst smaller, finer / shorter head hairs, but also hairs from the sides, back, and lots of body hair as well while the original area of worries (hairline) has remained mostly the same (temples are worse though). I have also experienced thickening of the excisting hair, if only a little so it's really weird.
I know this cannot be normal and I'm in huge distress about this. If it's Telogen Effluvium, how can I know for sure? If this was a shed, how come I was shedding for so long? I really hope it's not accelerated balding...
Can someone please give me some help with this?
EDIT: Also would like to add that I have had no testing whatsoever. Would it help to check my thyroid function or have blood tests done?
For the last few months or so, my hair has been shedding bad. It really started around January this year, and just recently the shedding has became less. My main area of worries here is the top of my head, which was never much of an issue before (was mainly posting here out of concern of a far receded hairline). It's very patchy in random areas around, and doesn't really form a pattern anywhere and I have little to no crown thinning either. It just has became extremely diffused. :shakehead:
Here is a pic of how it was in April :
And here in May :
Despite using a hard regime of 2 x minoxidil and daily dutasteride (which I have lowered in usage now, only use 1 pill each 2 days) my hair continued to become worse, while I did however experience some regrowth in the very front. Been on minoxidil for about 1.5 year now, and dutasteride I'm using a year and a month. Before I used finasteride, and had some decent results after 6 months but I felt it was not enough to maintain it that's why I switched to dutasteride.
Some people have told me it could be Telogen Effluvium, and frankly I have indeed been very stressed (mostly phycological / mental) in the past couple of months this has been happening. My sheds where also pretty heavy, I never lost "quality" hair in sheds before (long, thick, dark hairs) but in this shed I did, amongst smaller, finer / shorter head hairs, but also hairs from the sides, back, and lots of body hair as well while the original area of worries (hairline) has remained mostly the same (temples are worse though). I have also experienced thickening of the excisting hair, if only a little so it's really weird.
I know this cannot be normal and I'm in huge distress about this. If it's Telogen Effluvium, how can I know for sure? If this was a shed, how come I was shedding for so long? I really hope it's not accelerated balding...
Can someone please give me some help with this?EDIT: Also would like to add that I have had no testing whatsoever. Would it help to check my thyroid function or have blood tests done?
