Recent content by Randomguy02

Anyone?

Apparently finasteride causes increased shedding after a few months of taking it before stopping again. This is probably what you are seeing.

Those are telogen hairs. This means the hairs were shed through the telogen phase (normal phase where hair sheds). These are the hairs that have stopped growing and will sit in your scalp for 2-3 months as they slowly losen and fall out. The typical person loses 50-100 of these per day, usually...

Here are three pictures I took this morning, two of which have me concerned. Do these look normal? Is it just the lighting? 6 damn months and I am still dealing with constant anxiety and fear over this...

You probably had some sort of telogen effluvium considering it looks better after 6 months. That or its just the lighting.

Okay, good to hear. I will in that case try to put it out of my mind for 3-6 more months to keep monitoring it and make sure it doesn't get any worse. Hopefully getting my anxiety under control in the meantime and just trust the telogen effluvium diagnosis.

So quick background, I am 26 with no real family history of balding save for my paternal grandfather. My father is still a Norwood 1 in his 50s, and my Maternal Grandfather was a Norwood 3v in his 80s. About six months ago I started to worry that my hair was thinning and had started to notice...

Sounds a bit suspect. Could be genetic diffuse thinning, could be something else. Basically, a dermatologist (specfocally one that specializes in hair) would need to tell you what it is.

Looks like a normal hair whorl to me. The bright light obviously makes it look worse, thus why in the two pictures with dimmer light it looks perfectly fine.

Best thing you can do is see a dermatologist. Since it is diffuse thinning it could be lots of different things: stress, thyroid issues, a severe vitamin deficiency, or genetic balding. Thus seeing a dermatologist who can do an exam as well as a blood test to check for thyroid/vitamin issues...

I have two new pictures that worry me. I know I should. Just try to relax and trust the dermatologists I saw, but the shedding I experienced before has started to pick uo again and I am getting quite scared again.

If you are really worried you could always see a dermatologist for a professional diagnosis.

And what about the crown as seen in other pictures posted later

Sorry the bother people again, but I keep worrying about the fact I keep finding these thinner hairs among those I am shedding. I have read these could ne signs of early balding, but the dermatologist I saw said to not worry about it. Most of the hairs seem normal thickness, but it is still...

So just a quick update. I went back to the dermatologist who I saw before who did a the scalp biopsy, who then answered some questions and did another quick visual examination. I got them to explain the biopsy results in more detail, which had apparently showed normal numbers of terminal hairs...