Am I receding/thinning? (pics)

taeian

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attached are some with hair pulled up and some relaxed


i'm 19, almost 20

in my family, all there is is some recession at the temples mainly, like i just experienced
my dad is in his 60s and his hairline is about the same as mine, maybe a little further at the temples, he also has a very small bald spot at the crown
he actually had to start taking finasteride 5mg for prostate issues

but in his 40s he had a full head of hair, not even much recession at all from what i could see in pictures

mom's side recedes slightly as well


i doubt i would have experienced this yet if i had not done a steroid cycle
it started during the cycle, and stopped/regrew somewhat after
although my skni texture is worse now (not sure if thinner or what, it seems coarser actually, in a bad way, i always had naturally thin hair and a high hairline as well)
also, my parts of my hair became wavy (the parts that grow by my ear and hair growing from around the temples as well, they become really wavy/rigid once my hair gets decently long)

i should add it was a lot worse during the cycle,

well i actually don't "cycle," as i've made the decision to stay on, at the minimum trt dosages to maintain normal test levels

all i've ran so far is a few orals, along with 100mg of test

while i was on a certain oral, my hair was shedding really fast, several coming out every time i pulled at it, see through spots forming on the left side, temples going back fast

once i stopped that certain oral steroid, the see through spots thickened up, temples seemed to have regrown a little

and i no longer notice hair falling out anywhere

but i still am worse off than before
 

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zzzzz

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you probably aged your hair like a decade it may stay like that or it may get worse. It will probably get worse as damage to hair by DHT is cumulative and you exposed it to many years worth of DHT....

You can start finasteride and continue taking testosterone, but you should avoid all steroids which are DHT based such as trenbolone and others. Ive never taken steroids so I cant give you all the specific ones to avoid. Nothing can stop these DHT based steroids from getting to your hair.

Finasteride will likely maintain your hair over the long term
 

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^dang, yeah

i just thought i would be one of the guys who wouldn't get any shedding

there are tons of fitness models who use steroids whose hairlines haven't budged

maybe they're all on finasteride
i don't think genetics can save you when using high doses of certain steroids

so you think finasteride won't inhibit my development? considering i still have some more bone/facial hair development left
it only blocks dht in the genitals, hair, and prostate, etc. right
not in bones and muscles

i actually used it for a short time, 5mg a day for like 2 weeks
and during that time my hair looked noticeably thicker and a lot better, but my morning wood and libido did suffer a lot
so i stopped
 

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^dang, yeah

i just thought i would be one of the guys who wouldn't get any shedding

there are tons of fitness models who use steroids whose hairlines haven't budged

maybe they're all on finasteride
i don't think genetics can save you when using high doses of certain steroids

so you think finasteride won't inhibit my development? considering i still have some more bone/facial hair development left
it only blocks dht in the genitals, hair, and prostate, etc. right
not in bones and muscles

i actually used it for a short time, 5mg a day for like 2 weeks
and during that time my hair looked noticeably thicker and a lot better, but my morning wood and libido did suffer a lot
so i stopped

1. Fitness models/bodybuilders who don't have hairloss don't have it in their genes. You do.
2. No finasteride wont inhibit your development you are almost 20
3. It blocks DHT everywhere. Its not that important. I am a natural lifter and am taking dutasteride (much stronger then finasteride) and have noticed 0 change in my abilities to gain strength/mass.
4. You cant see noticeable change on finasteride in 2 weeks, or even 2 months. Also 5mg is too much, you only need 1mg.
 

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1. Fitness models/bodybuilders who don't have hairloss don't have it in their genes. You do.
2. No finasteride wont inhibit your development you are almost 20
3. It blocks DHT everywhere. Its not that important. I am a natural lifter and am taking dutasteride (much stronger then finasteride) and have noticed 0 change in my abilities to gain strength/mass.
4. You cant see noticeable change on finasteride in 2 weeks, or even 2 months. Also 5mg is too much, you only need 1mg.

Z

Why don't you just take a high dose of finasteride? It inhibits same DHT as dutasteride in the scalp without knocking out type 1 which is unnecessary and not advantageous for hair loss. Also might be risky.

I do admire the fact you are side effect free and taking dutasteride daily :$
 
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