So I'm 23 years old, and I have a baby face. I'm not kidding. I can be mistaken for a teenager as young as 15 (it's happened).
And, to add to that fun, I'm balding. Yup. At 23. Not in my forties, not my thirties, not even my LATE twenties, but TWENTY f*****g THREE.
Moving on.
At first I thought I was only balding at the crown, but now I'm aware that not only have I majorly thinned out there, I also have lost a good portion of the hair on top of my head- not a receding hairline, no that would've been too generous. The. Entire. Top. Of. My. Head.
Now, I realized this was happening probably a year ago, and for about 8 months I'd say, I was using Minoxodil. It was a pain in the *** to do it every morning and night and try to get your hair to not look like a greasy mess, but I did it.
Then, randomly, it started making my head itchy, and I'm talking 8 months in. So I stopped it for a while, and admittedly I bleached and dyed my hair some time afterwards... probably not the best idea, but hey. Mistakes or whatever.
Anyway, my hair seemed fine until about three months ago. I feel like within those three months, I've lost A LOT more hair. You can very clearly see my scalp through my hair when it's styled up, which has made me very self-conscious.
When I noticed just how bad it got, I tried Minoxodil again, but again, it made my head insanely itchy, so I stopped. That's when I got Nizoral shampoo with has ketoconazole and a conditioner with biotin, 'cause apparently they're both good for hair loss.
I've been doing that for a couple weeks, and obviously no improvement yet, but I just got my hair cut very short in an attempt to minimize the obviousness of the thinning.
It didn't really work. Now it just seems more apparent because my scalp is on full display through the not-so-many-hairs I have left up top. That's fun. Anyway, a couple days ago I started using Minoxodil again (this time from Lipogaine, which has some other stuff in it as well). So far no itchiness, maybe it's 'cause of the combo with the shampoo and conditioner.
Sorry for the long post, but does anyone have any general tips? My game plan right now is to literally cling to what hair I have for dear life for the next couple years and then just get a hair transplant.
Now maybe this seems drastic. I've read a lot of, "Just go bald. Men who own it are sexy," but again, I stress. I have a baby face. I can't grow facial hair either (go figure), and so if I just said "f*** it," and shaved my head, I would look like an ill child. This doesn't seem like an option for me, especially at 23.
So yeah, any tips or encouragement are welcome. I try not to stress about it, but this is seriously one of my biggest frustrations that, after looking in a mirror at my all-too-present scalp, really depresses me.
Thanks guys.
And, to add to that fun, I'm balding. Yup. At 23. Not in my forties, not my thirties, not even my LATE twenties, but TWENTY f*****g THREE.
Moving on.
At first I thought I was only balding at the crown, but now I'm aware that not only have I majorly thinned out there, I also have lost a good portion of the hair on top of my head- not a receding hairline, no that would've been too generous. The. Entire. Top. Of. My. Head.
Now, I realized this was happening probably a year ago, and for about 8 months I'd say, I was using Minoxodil. It was a pain in the *** to do it every morning and night and try to get your hair to not look like a greasy mess, but I did it.
Then, randomly, it started making my head itchy, and I'm talking 8 months in. So I stopped it for a while, and admittedly I bleached and dyed my hair some time afterwards... probably not the best idea, but hey. Mistakes or whatever.
Anyway, my hair seemed fine until about three months ago. I feel like within those three months, I've lost A LOT more hair. You can very clearly see my scalp through my hair when it's styled up, which has made me very self-conscious.
When I noticed just how bad it got, I tried Minoxodil again, but again, it made my head insanely itchy, so I stopped. That's when I got Nizoral shampoo with has ketoconazole and a conditioner with biotin, 'cause apparently they're both good for hair loss.
I've been doing that for a couple weeks, and obviously no improvement yet, but I just got my hair cut very short in an attempt to minimize the obviousness of the thinning.
It didn't really work. Now it just seems more apparent because my scalp is on full display through the not-so-many-hairs I have left up top. That's fun. Anyway, a couple days ago I started using Minoxodil again (this time from Lipogaine, which has some other stuff in it as well). So far no itchiness, maybe it's 'cause of the combo with the shampoo and conditioner.
Sorry for the long post, but does anyone have any general tips? My game plan right now is to literally cling to what hair I have for dear life for the next couple years and then just get a hair transplant.
Now maybe this seems drastic. I've read a lot of, "Just go bald. Men who own it are sexy," but again, I stress. I have a baby face. I can't grow facial hair either (go figure), and so if I just said "f*** it," and shaved my head, I would look like an ill child. This doesn't seem like an option for me, especially at 23.
So yeah, any tips or encouragement are welcome. I try not to stress about it, but this is seriously one of my biggest frustrations that, after looking in a mirror at my all-too-present scalp, really depresses me.
Thanks guys.
