Hi guys,
Short backstory. I'm 19 years of age and first posted and came into the world of hair loss in July 2018. This came after a colleague of mine made a comment about my hairline and said "Has it always been like that?". This spiralled me downhill and I became constantly anxious about it and still am, albeit my feelings are more controlled. Looking at old photos, it is worth considering I have never had a straight hairline and I have a rather wide forehead. For those who like to consider family history, every male I know of in my family has ended up bald, one by 19 and others by 30.
In the same month of July, I hopped onto Regaine in a desperate bid to save my quiff and have used this consistently twice a day since Mid-July (bar missing one or two night applications). I would constantly feel anxious and I believe this stress along with work stress may have supported/sped my hair loss up. I was aware this can take a while to work, so I chose to start taking Finasteride 1mg at night too. Along with a couple of applications of Nizoral recently, this has been my treatment.
So here is a comparison 6 months into my hair loss journey (6 Months of Regaine and 4 Months of Finasteride). The first 3 photos are a look at my hair in July (I also posted on this forum then too if you want another reference), and the next three are the same angles as of today.
I haven't included photos of my hair naturally as it is naturally straight and fairly thick and goes over my nose if I was to leave it! So I style it and have changed gels recently too.
In my opinion, it's pretty much the same which suggests my treatments have prevented even more damaging loss. I wanted your opinions on this and as long as I'm still ok, I'll post another update in 6 more months to commemorate a year.
Appreciate your time.
Ps. I know this may have been put on the treatment section of the forum but I thought as I've used both, this is the better place.
Short backstory. I'm 19 years of age and first posted and came into the world of hair loss in July 2018. This came after a colleague of mine made a comment about my hairline and said "Has it always been like that?". This spiralled me downhill and I became constantly anxious about it and still am, albeit my feelings are more controlled. Looking at old photos, it is worth considering I have never had a straight hairline and I have a rather wide forehead. For those who like to consider family history, every male I know of in my family has ended up bald, one by 19 and others by 30.
In the same month of July, I hopped onto Regaine in a desperate bid to save my quiff and have used this consistently twice a day since Mid-July (bar missing one or two night applications). I would constantly feel anxious and I believe this stress along with work stress may have supported/sped my hair loss up. I was aware this can take a while to work, so I chose to start taking Finasteride 1mg at night too. Along with a couple of applications of Nizoral recently, this has been my treatment.
So here is a comparison 6 months into my hair loss journey (6 Months of Regaine and 4 Months of Finasteride). The first 3 photos are a look at my hair in July (I also posted on this forum then too if you want another reference), and the next three are the same angles as of today.
I haven't included photos of my hair naturally as it is naturally straight and fairly thick and goes over my nose if I was to leave it! So I style it and have changed gels recently too.
In my opinion, it's pretty much the same which suggests my treatments have prevented even more damaging loss. I wanted your opinions on this and as long as I'm still ok, I'll post another update in 6 more months to commemorate a year.
Appreciate your time.
Ps. I know this may have been put on the treatment section of the forum but I thought as I've used both, this is the better place.
