time to buzz? hairline help! rogaine? (pic)

[jeffsss]

well my hair daily is looking worse and worse.. while no one says anything.. i know people have noticed that my hair is horrible, especially for my age.

what should i do? is it at the point where i should buzz it down? damn my huge melon of a head and oily skin.. ..

 

[htownballa]

Looks better than my hair...I'm not sure why you would want to buzz it? I dont even see any spots of thinning...maybe a better picture would help

 

[Apoc]

I'd say buzz it down to 1/4 inch before it gets really bad. Your front is thinning in that classic triangle and it's better to buzz it down because you'll be happier and it will be much easier to apply topicals.

 

[H/B]

Jeffsss. get on rogaine but stay on finasteride. you have just the kind of thinning that could respond well to it. Minoxidil alone could in the least halt further loss for 5 years.

 

[htownballa]

Oh ok now I see...Dude I have that same thinning in the front, and some more on the sides so I think I'm slightly worse off...it seems like your putting gel in your hair, try leaving it dry and combed slightly downwards and it wont be THAT noticeable...of course there is nothing wrong with buzzing

 

[JayB]

you want to know whats annoying about you Jeffss? You complain and complain. You insist youre losing so much hair, but you purposely post the most flattering pictures of your hairline all the while asking us for honest advice. Be honest with yourself. I dont doubt you that your hair looks bad in the front..then go take some shots of it in a lighting that doesnt look like it was perfectly placed like a hair transplant surgeon would do.
its annoying already. Take it in sunlight or adjust the flash. but if youre going to come on here asking people to look at your pics and give u an answer, then be honest with yourself and them and show us what you look like in a normal setting with normal light, not optimal settings like u keep doing.

 

[CCS]

I can't see his temple hair, which would indicate recession, but at this close angle, it could just be hidden. There is some tiny thinning maybe.

no need to shave. finasteride is cheap and can help prevent prostate cancer. use it if you want. you can buy it online without a prescription.

 

[chino20]

What the f is a 'classic triangle'?!

And 'buzzing' it doesn't have to be done BECAUSE your hair is thinning, you can do it and see if it looks better like that than it does longer.

Btw, I'm not saying that your hairs thinning.

 

[Guest]

you may just have a naturally high hairline. it's hard to see the temples but i don't really see any recession. has your hairline always been that high?

 

[abcdefg]

I dont know what you guys are talking about but it looks like he has clearly lost hair and thinned out in the middle in the front. Just because its not completely bald doesnt mean hair was not lost, it looks pretty clear to me. Unless your hair looked that thin as a teenager at like 16 years old then you have lost hair.

 

[jeffsss]

my temples are much worse than the front..
my hair used to be so thick i would use conditioner after shampoo so that i could run a brush though my hair after a shower..

now i blow dry it and try to fluff what i have left :cry:

I guess i should go forward with minoxidil.. i'm just worried about being dependent on it.. and of course the dreaded initial shedding.

 

[Sean68]

go with minoxidil man, it is a bit of a pain but at least you would know youre doing all you can.its so cheap as well compared to a lot of other treatments.

 

[IBM]

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[FabioM]

WTf your hair looks good...why do you complain alot?

You are still a long way until you go completly bald...at that time HM will be avalable

 

[BubblyToes]

Your hair looks fine from what I can see in the pictures. If I were you I wouldn't buzz it all.

 

[YoungAndThin]

takes some pics of your actual temples man.
Use one hand to flip the hair up around the temples and take a pic.

It's hard to gauge your hairloss with those pics.

 

[jeffsss]

you're hair seems lifeless and very oily. But your hairline is good. I wish i had it.

my complexion is just as oily.. :cry:

Nothing i've found will hault my oil production.. and believe you me... i've tried a LOT!

 

[Felk]

...have you tried spironolactone as a facial cream? Probably not

It might interest you to know that "people with androgen insensitivity (like children before puberty) have a clear complexion, without acne."

Studies have been done in topical spironolactone and acne, some successful, some very successful, one where nothing happened, etc. Anyway, it would stand a good chance of reducing sebum production.

Im considering giving a go soon actually for the same purpose.

 

[jeffsss]

...have you tried spironolactone as a facial cream? Probably not

It might interest you to know that "people with androgen insensitivity (like children before puberty) have a clear complexion, without acne."

Studies have been done in topical spironolactone and acne, some successful, some very successful, one where nothing happened, etc. Anyway, it would stand a good chance of reducing sebum production.

Im considering giving a go soon actually for the same purpose.

Do you have a link to purchase spironolactone? how expensive is it?

 

[souldoctor]

jeffs i have exactly the same predicament as you i think. i've had ups and downs with propecia over the last 15 months or so, generally been good but right now recently i've had a huge shed which has left my hair in almost exactly the same state as yours (Front and middle noticeable thinning). In fact my frontal area is probably worse than yours at the moment...everyone here seems to be saying minoxidil? is that the way to go?

it's so annoying having the front go..i have friends whose sides/middle is maybe a bit thin, but they have this thick frontal hairline which means everything still looks ok just about, balances out the size of the fore head etc..but when the front goes, everything just looks sh*t. Combing it down dry just looks geeky...