Think I need more than finasteride.

[Jacoby77]

Hey all. Anyone else have the same hair as mine when wet, but when dry it looks fine? I've been thinking and came to a point where I accepted my hairloss because I thought it could be maintained with Finasteride alone. But looking at my hair wet, it tells a different story... It tells a severely diffused scalp, nearly bald when wet type story. I'm only 21 coming, I don't think finasteride will be enough. I can't afford minoxidil, literally I can't. Any advice? Should I save for surgery ASAP? Here's the photos.

Dry, looks maintainable, illusion though:

Wet:

 

[losingbattle88]

You need HRT to reverse that. If you cant afford minoxidill then you are sh*t out of luck.

 

[Moz5x]

You haven’t been on Finasteride long enough yet to be thinking about surgery. What country are you in that minoxidil is so expensive?

 

[Jacoby77]

You need HRT to reverse that. If you cant afford minoxidill then you are sh*t out of luck.

So finasteride won't do anything?

 

[Jacoby77]

You haven’t been on Finasteride long enough yet to be thinking about surgery. What country are you in that minoxidil is so expensive?

New Zealand, and someone said finasteride isn't enough. I thought I caught it early?

 

[corkmeister]

I have the same type of hair, and the difference between wet and dry is staggering because the hair clumps together in these thick strands. Those pictures are the worst possible way you can make it look.

Stay on finasteride and monitor your hair when wet, but comb it to both sides with a part in the middle before taking the picture. That'll give you a much better indication of how it's progressing.

 

[losingbattle88]

New Zealand, and someone said finasteride isn't enough. I thought I caught it early?

Finasteride is for maintenance only Lucky few gets regrowth. And some keep thinning.

 

[Jacoby77]

I have the same type of hair, and the difference between wet and dry is staggering because the hair clumps together in these thick strands. Those pictures are the worst possible way you can make it look.

Stay on finasteride and monitor your hair when wet, but comb it to both sides with a part in the middle before taking the picture. That'll give you a much better indication of how it's progressing.

But if I comb it, it just hides the balding. Or do you mean monitor it so if I'm hiding the balding and it's getting worse, then I'll really know? If I middle part it when wet it doesn't look ultra bad.

 

[Jacoby77]

But if I comb it, it just hides the balding. Or do you mean monitor it so if I'm hiding the balding and it's getting worse, then I'll really know? If I middle part it when wet it doesn't look ultra bad. See, isn't this just an illusion. Like my hair is severely diffused so how does it look like this combed.

 

[Jacoby77]

Finasteride is for maintenance only Lucky few gets regrowth. And some keep thinning.

Well I'll keep taking it then go on minoxidil if I can afford. But either way how can my hair be thick ish when dry but severely diffused wet. I don't understand. My donor area is thick as f*** so hopefully I get surgery one day.

 

[Mr. Slap Head]

drink minoxidil, very cheap and effective

 

[losingbattle88]

drink minoxidil, very cheap and effective

Yes so effective that your blood vessles burst and you bleed from your anus hahhahaha.

 

[corkmeister]

Well I'll keep taking it then go on minoxidil if I can afford. But either way how can my hair be thick ish when dry but severely diffused wet. I don't understand. My donor area is thick as f*** so hopefully I get surgery one day.

It's because your hair clumps together in thick strands. Having it wet and messy is just as much an illusion as having it dry and combed

 

[Jacoby77]

It's because your hair clumps together in thick strands. Having it wet and messy is just as much an illusion as having it dry and combed

Idk man when I shampoo with nizoral and scrunch my hair and use a flashlight, I'm basically bald. Literally bald with hardly any hair. I'm so confused. When wet and shampooed it is AWFUL. I don't think it's just an illusion? Isn't that my hair and how bad it really is? If so I need transplant ASAP.

If my hair is decently thick when dry I'd hate to see someones hair wet when their hair is also thinnish dry

 

[NEvratar]

Idk man when I shampoo with nizoral and scrunch my hair and use a flashlight, I'm basically bald. Literally bald with hardly any hair. I'm so confused. When ] and shampooed it is AWFUL like playing . I don't think it's just an illusion? Isn't that my hair and how bad it really is? If so I need transplant ASAP.

If my hair is decently thick when dry I'd hate to see someones hair wet when their hair is also thinnish dry

drink vodka, very cheap and effective

I was in Slovenia and someone said this advise to me while we were playing poker!

 

[Jacoby77]

drink vodka, very cheap and effective

I was in Slovenia and someone said this advise to me while we were playing poker!

bruh. appreciate humor but lowkey want advice yknow because it's really hurting me mentally

 

[Here For the Lulz]

New Zealand, and someone said finasteride isn't enough. I thought I caught it early?

It doesn’t work for everyone. Catching it early depends on whether or not you respond to treatment. If it works, you keep what you started with. If it doesn’t, you keep losing at the same rate. Either way, you need12-18 months to know and obsessing over it will only cause you pain. A watched pot never boils...

 

[Jacoby77]

It doesn’t work for everyone. Catching it early depends on whether or not you respond to treatment. If it works, you keep what you started with. If it doesn’t, you keep losing at the same rate. Either way, you need12-18 months to know and obsessing over it will only cause you pain. A watched pot never boils...

But whenever you comb your hair or shower hair falls out, so if my hair does not get worse technically my hair is still growing, in cycles. So if finasteride successfully works, my hair will keep growing but unlikely will get regrowth? Just normal hair growth

 

[Hairful]

I had ( ) the same type of hair, it just means you will have diffuse thinning and a nw6 or 7 if you don't control it. If it bothers you, you need a hair transplant to get density in there, minoxidil would help too but depends on how long you've been thinning or lost density that minoxidil can't bring those dead follicles to life anymore.

I didn't want to start finasteride due to all the nonsense I heard ( damn those bald bastards who want others to feel misery like them too and spread nonsense about finasteride ) , but eventually started, my dry hairs now looks like your wet but finasteride has been maintaining it like this for 2 years now. A shiny bald head would've been even worse which is why I started finasteride.

 

[Jacoby77]

I had ( ) the same type of hair, it just means you will have diffuse thinning and a nw6 or 7 if you don't control it. If it bothers you, you need a hair transplant to get density in there, minoxidil would help too but depends on how long you've been thinning or lost density that minoxidil can't bring those dead follicles to life anymore.

I didn't want to start finasteride due to all the nonsense I heard ( damn those bald bastards who want others to feel misery like them too and spread nonsense about finasteride ) , but eventually started, my dry hairs now looks like your wet but finasteride has been maintaining it like this for 2 years now. A shiny bald head would've been even worse which is why I started finasteride.

I'll stick with finasteride for sure.