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Tell us about your 2 grandfathers.
Am I Losing My Hair At 16? Please Help
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Yes when I had the hairstyle I experienced a level of irritation; sometimes soreness, sometimes itchy-ness, maybe some tingling, no burning. And I say that because the irritation happened at my temples because that’s where it was the tightest, which is why I think it’s a possibility. I can’t pinpoint the hair in the shower but I can say that when I wake up there are anywhere from 8-15 sometimes more, sometimes less on my pillow in the morning. When I run my hand through my hair I get around 1 usually, again; sometimes more, sometimes less. As far as I can tell, my temples are the only place I’m losing hair. I’m hoping I can regain this hair lost somehow. EDIT: I forgot to mention, I haven’t been shampooing consistently; I’m trying to get into the habit of shampooing every few days from now on because I heard that’s best for the hair, but prior to like last week i only shampooed maybe once a week. I’ve heard that how much you shampoo effects your hair fall because the shampoo is what loosens the hair falling out anyways that moves on to the next phase, not shampooing basically equals more hairfall in places like beds or combs because you didn’t get it out shampooing. That being said, when I shampoo I do find hairs in my hands but not over 10 on my pillow in the morning. Basically, my shampooing habits make my hairfall counts weird; when I shampoo, less random hairs and more hairs in the shower, when I don’t shampoo, less hairs in shower and more in random places like my pillow. I have also been growing my hair out so my hairfall count just has naturally gone up because more hair= more fall especially because my sides shed more than my top. Kinda confusing but if it helps, it helps.
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My fathers side only has some recession and minimal thinning on the crown, and he’s 67. My mother’s side, when he passed, was thin on top with some recession but not bald. He was 74.
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Welp... is that it? I’m doomed? I heard minoxidil sheds hair, does this mean if I applied it to where I’m losing hair, my temples, it would shed my little baby hair things and grow new ones? Also I didn’t know that you had to be a certain age to be prescribed finasteride.. 18 I presume?
Not exactly, but a dermotologist might want to wait on finasteride. I just got on finasteride, no sides. But I'm 36, n I waited too long. Just don't f*** around n let any crazies tell you about the massive side effects. Truth is 1.8% in studies reported sides, n nearly all were reversible.
Minoxidil is a hold over. It might buy you some time until you hit eighteen. It may or may not she'd. I didn't. It just increases some blood flow n tries to keep hairs on the anagen phase. It might, buy you SOME time.
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Okay. So say I start rogaine and that brings some of that temple hair back, then get off it and start finasteride when the time is right; will the hair I gained with minoxidil fall back out anyway? Or will that I being on finasteride block the DHT that made those hairs fall out in the first place so that I won’t have to use minoxidil anymore? Or will I just have to use both to keep the hairs I gained with minoxidil using rogaine and keep the hairs I already have using finasteride?
min works in a different way. You'd probably lose whatever you gained on min. It may just keep those miniturizing follicles alive until the finasteride is prescribed. Basically you're looking to buy time right now.
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You could also give microneedling a shot if you don’t want to take the chemical route. You really don’t know how you might respond to a chemical and there is a small chance it could make things worse. It could increase your scalp irritation if not careful. I am not at all trying to freak you out. There is just little recourse at your age if minoxidil doesn’t work. Needling triggers your bodies natural growth response. Plus, if it is only traction alopecia you will have to keep using minoxidil for something that’s not even gene related. Just my thoughts because sometimes less can turn out to be more.
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Maybe the hairloss genetic carriers come from your grandmothers.