ANDREW'S story - (20, DIFFUSE THINNER 3 MONTH UPDATE!!!!...)

[ANDREW_J_I]

Hiya guys. FINALLY i have joined this site!! i was having so many problems with my email adress being accepted but now im here so its all good.

I been reading all of your posts for weeks and this looks like a great forum with amazing support for eachother.

Heres my story guys....

I am 20 years old. I went to a tricologist a few weeks ago, and she told me that i have diffuse thinning, on the top of my head and the crown. I sort of already knew it was almost guaranteed that i was suffering from male pattern baldness, and this confirmed it. the problem is im sure iv been thin on top for several years now, i had just never faced up to it til now.

So, we spoke about minoxydil and propecia with eachother and she seemed very keen for me to start minoxydil, and not propecia (probably because of the possible side effects). I decided id have a think for a few days, mean time she gave me some scalp treatment shampoo as she said my scalp was very greasy etc.. and didnt look very healthy atall. After a few days i decided that i wanted to start taking propecia, as before i saw the tricologist i did research on the internet for weeks on all treatments. I also decided i wouldn't be going back to the tricologist as i didnt feel there was any need.

So here I am now 6 days into treatment, a day after purchasing propecia on prescription from my doctor, i also decided to buy kirkland minoxydil 5% after reading this site on THE BIG 3 (i will soon add nixoral to this combo). I want to give my hair the best possible chance, I am desperate.

During the last couple of months when the patch on my crown seemed to appear from nowhere, I have been devastated, and ino alot of you on here know what i mean. I have cried on numerous occaisions when it has all got too much for me, and i dont feel stupid admitting that because this has really affected me badly. It takes alot for me to cry.

I have cancelled going out with my friends etc.. too as I dont feel comfortable with my hair loss whatsoever, as I am 20 years old!! I have continued with the gym but feel very conscious when im there, and always think people are looking at me or something. Anyways, heres a picture, ill add more pictures and text if i can remember anything else i need to say, thanks for reading and sorry iv wrote alot.

MY PICTURES - added on 19/06/2006
TOP - http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4976/p61900413bv.jpg
BACK (with camera flash) - http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/307/p61900321wg.jpg
BACK (without flash) -
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6562/p61900333hn.jpg

 

[hairhaircomeagain]

That buzzed hair looks awesome to me...You can so easily live with that...Good luck with the treatments

 

[ANDREW_J_I]

you dont think it looks that bad do you? that wasnt a very bad pic, but does clearly show my hair loss, its like tht on top too. il put another up withing next few days.

id love peoples opinions and honest ones. thanks for the reply dude.

 

[btp11]

dude, if i didnt analyze every guys hair i see for the past year, i wouldnt have looked twice at you. it looks like youre shaving your head, thats it. go with the way you have it now, and hopefully youll get most of it back over the next year.

 

[ANDREW_J_I]

thanks for the reply man.

iv just added 3 from today. that other one didnt really show the extent of it.

if u look at the top foto, notice at the sides how much darker the hair is. my whole top and crown is properly thinned. i may have left it too late for treatment i think. i dont know if its that each hair is thinner or that there are less of them. its hard to say.

but could you please look at the pics iv just added, thanks.

 

[wangho75]

my advice is to grow your hair out. My have the same pattern as you but I look much less bald when its grown out at least 2 or 3 inches on top

 

[ANDREW_J_I]

^du have a patch too? and does yours look like mine when its as short as mine or not as bad?

thanks for the reply.

 

[Hawaii male]

one word:




Propecia!


I think this will be a intertesting case to follow up on. I would enjoy seeing a nice outcome and think it will happen.

 

[ANDREW_J_I]

^thanks for the interest mate!

started propecia and minoxidil 8 days ago.

getting nizoral soon, cz my scalp has dry skin.

 

[ANDREW_J_I]

can sum1 give some more honest opinions

 

[zombiehair]

similar situation to myself ,my crowns a bit weaker.ive been losing for a bit longer im mid thirtys

 

[ANDREW_J_I]

Haay another supply. wish there was more registered members and less guests!!

anyways, so when did you notice your hair loss starting du think?

i feel like im quite a long way down the line, do you agree? because the further you are along, people say the less likely treatment can help or something.

what regime do you have mate?

 

[zombiehair]

thinking back now ,my hairs been diffuse thinnig since i was around 18.

i just started treatments at the begining of this year.finasteride minoxidil and nizoral ,dont think ive lost a hair since day one .

no regrowth yet but i havent given up hope . could still be early days ,ive been losing hair for years didnt expect it to grow back over night

i think you should be ok mate ,just remember treatments and forget hair loss, could be a long road ahead .

 

[ANDREW_J_I]

^thanks man. good to talk to a fellow diffuse thinner sufferer, lol.

im getting nizoral soon. i been on finasteride and min for 10 days.

do u get a prescription for ur propecia? i asked for 3 months prescription, and my dad went to get it earlier coz i was busy and they charged 10 pounds for it being a private prescription and gave only one months supply!! rnt they allowed to give more than one months? it costs enough as it is (36 per month) so this takes the piss.

 

[ANDREW_J_I]

^cheers mate. apprently my doctor wants to give me a review before he prescribes bigger packaging.

after the 1 month mark ill post up some more pics, but nothing would of happened so early on. i cant decide if growing my hair makes it look worse or better, iv been growing it for two weeks now since totally bicing it.

zombiehair have u got any pics u can show me of ur hair loss please?

 

[ANDREW_J_I]

heres two more pics.after these i will wait forthe month or so mark.but it looks so bad my hair. its worse than these pics let on, beleive me but here you go, id really just like honest opinions....

TOP - http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/3792/p62300334tm.jpg

CROWN - http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/979/p62300322va.jpg

damn, i so wish if started treatment earlier, i feel like iv left it too late.

 

[Primex]

Dude, it doesn't look too bad. At least you're starting it now and trying to stop the loss now before you waited until it's too late. Have you had any sides with the Propecia so far? I know its early, but some people claim to have problems really early on. I've been on it for about 2 months now and haven't had any bad effects yet. I did stop shedding so much, not sure if it's working or if I'm just going through some sort of cycle. Hope everythying works out great for you.

 

[ANDREW_J_I]

Thanks mate. this forum is great.

im the type of person mate to imagine side effects but iv done pretty well so far, been having great sex etc... and im sure it feels better but its prob just the same. if u just cut the thoughts outta ur head about decreased libido etc... it'll help alot.

i been on it for 12 days now. sum1 said u witness any side effects the worst within the first 2 months? i dunno if this is true. and sometimes with continued use they dissapear completely. and that less ejaculation volume is definately not happening lol.

have u seen any results or positive things yet mate?

 

[Primex]

Honestly, I haven't had any sides at all. My dick's as hard as it's ever been and my ejaculations could shoot the head off a bird. I admit that the first 2 weeks I was trying to have sex a whole lot more than usual just keep all the circulation going cause I was afraid of losing all my libido, but now I'm realizing that it was all just in my head. My shedding has decreased by like 75% and I still feel great. It's almost like I'm not taking anything at all. It's so routine now that I take it with my multivitamin in the morning that I sometimes forget that it may give bad sides.

 

[ANDREW_J_I]

i take mine 10.30pm at nite, just took it now. sh*t, i got decreased libido! ;-).

na, on the real, has it prodcued any good results visibily? at the mo no hairs are falling out of my head atall, its wierd. when my hair was longer i was losing loads. perhaps its coz i been washing my hair everyday with scalp treatment for like 3 weeks now.