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Hi all,
20 years old and I’ve been experiencing what seems to be male pattern baldness for about a year and a half. I started on propecia 2 and a half months ago as well as biotin vitamins and sea kelp, and have just this week added rogaine to my regime.
It’s safe to say my receding hairline and diffuse thinning at the front of my scalp has got worse in the past 2 months but I understand this may be because of a ‘shed’ and often think it would probably of got worse anyway.
However, I do worry I may be experiencing reflex hypoandrogenicity ( if that’s how you spell it ) just of very recent I have experienced an increase in libido, I’ve also been feeling my skin to see if it’s oily but honestly I’m not sure if it’s any worse than normal or I’m just in my head.
Anyhow, I’m having a blood test on my testosterone levels in a week, if I find my DHT levels are way above the average males am I right in presuming this is what I am experiencing? If so obviously, like anyone else would I would want to stop taking the drug if that’s the case. If anyone could clarify this for me I would massively appreciate it. It’s a struggle in the UK as I don’t feel there’s easy access to dermatologists and my GP is as clueless as I am when it come male pattern baldness, very much feel like I’m on my own taking meds without any real advice other than the internet as to what might happen.
Any help would be much appreciated, any similar success stories from where I’m currently at?
Pictures attached for those curious.
20 years old and I’ve been experiencing what seems to be male pattern baldness for about a year and a half. I started on propecia 2 and a half months ago as well as biotin vitamins and sea kelp, and have just this week added rogaine to my regime.
It’s safe to say my receding hairline and diffuse thinning at the front of my scalp has got worse in the past 2 months but I understand this may be because of a ‘shed’ and often think it would probably of got worse anyway.
However, I do worry I may be experiencing reflex hypoandrogenicity ( if that’s how you spell it ) just of very recent I have experienced an increase in libido, I’ve also been feeling my skin to see if it’s oily but honestly I’m not sure if it’s any worse than normal or I’m just in my head.
Anyhow, I’m having a blood test on my testosterone levels in a week, if I find my DHT levels are way above the average males am I right in presuming this is what I am experiencing? If so obviously, like anyone else would I would want to stop taking the drug if that’s the case. If anyone could clarify this for me I would massively appreciate it. It’s a struggle in the UK as I don’t feel there’s easy access to dermatologists and my GP is as clueless as I am when it come male pattern baldness, very much feel like I’m on my own taking meds without any real advice other than the internet as to what might happen.
Any help would be much appreciated, any similar success stories from where I’m currently at?
Pictures attached for those curious.
