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Okay, so I am at the point now where this is really becoming a big deal, so i am coming to the forums for help.
My mom has thinning hair (it just started and shes 54), her father had a receeded hairline that started in his 40's. Her mother had all her hair.
My dad has thin hair, receeded hair line that also started in his late 30's early 40's. His mom and dad both had full heads of hair.
When i was in my early 20's, i'd say about 20, I noticed during the summer my scalp would get really itchy and I would scratch and scratch untill my scalp would have scabs on it from all the itching.
This would happen from mid spring till about mid fall, and then go away. Over and over, I would change shampoos everything, and nothing would stop the chunking flaking which would lead to itching, which would lead to scabbing. Around 22I noticed that I was shedding hair ALOT more fequently than i used to in the shower. I have always had fine hair, and its always been a pain in the *** to style and get cut, but now I was noticing my hair growth damn near stopped, I cut it short and kept cutting it short becuase it looked good. But i would notice after about 5 months or so of no hair cut, I wasn't growing much past 2 and 1/2 -3 inches.
I knew at around 24 I was getting hair loss pretty significantly, temples were always rather high on me, but now they were very pronounced. At 25 my mother started telling me that my crown was starting to be visable, and this freaked me out.
I am now 26 (I will be 27 in october), and its the same thing. I itch in the summer and shed QUITE a bit more in the summer, and shed almost nothing in the winter. You might say i am crazy on that, but i swear I lose MUCH more hair around this time of year. last year the thinning was so bad I shaved my head, it grew back by around winter time, and my hair looked tolerable again.
I started full blown rogaine in october of 06' About the time i stop shedding normally. In march this year I switched over to the foam. I noticed that I do *not* get the headaches i got on the liquid version of rogaine, and I am shedding much much more. When I was on the normal rogaine, I almost never shed, and I got pretty noticeable headaches just after use. Now on the foam I am shedding like mad again, and i have no headaches.
What is going on?
Also, could this be anything OTHER than male pattern baldness (i can hold out for hope can't i?
) As in, SHOULD i see a doctor, or is this pretty clear cut?
I don't mind having a receeded hair-line, as long as the hair that IS there is thick. And right now that is NOT the case.
I have a good deal of gray on my temple air of hair, and now the top of my head is starting to get noticeably peppered with gray hair.
What can I do?
Looking at these pictures after i just took them (I have never looked at it like this before), I have the desire to shave my head once more.
EDIT: I had more hair than this before i started the rogaine, back in october.
Here are the pics:
My mom has thinning hair (it just started and shes 54), her father had a receeded hairline that started in his 40's. Her mother had all her hair.
My dad has thin hair, receeded hair line that also started in his late 30's early 40's. His mom and dad both had full heads of hair.
When i was in my early 20's, i'd say about 20, I noticed during the summer my scalp would get really itchy and I would scratch and scratch untill my scalp would have scabs on it from all the itching.
This would happen from mid spring till about mid fall, and then go away. Over and over, I would change shampoos everything, and nothing would stop the chunking flaking which would lead to itching, which would lead to scabbing. Around 22I noticed that I was shedding hair ALOT more fequently than i used to in the shower. I have always had fine hair, and its always been a pain in the *** to style and get cut, but now I was noticing my hair growth damn near stopped, I cut it short and kept cutting it short becuase it looked good. But i would notice after about 5 months or so of no hair cut, I wasn't growing much past 2 and 1/2 -3 inches.
I knew at around 24 I was getting hair loss pretty significantly, temples were always rather high on me, but now they were very pronounced. At 25 my mother started telling me that my crown was starting to be visable, and this freaked me out.
I am now 26 (I will be 27 in october), and its the same thing. I itch in the summer and shed QUITE a bit more in the summer, and shed almost nothing in the winter. You might say i am crazy on that, but i swear I lose MUCH more hair around this time of year. last year the thinning was so bad I shaved my head, it grew back by around winter time, and my hair looked tolerable again.
I started full blown rogaine in october of 06' About the time i stop shedding normally. In march this year I switched over to the foam. I noticed that I do *not* get the headaches i got on the liquid version of rogaine, and I am shedding much much more. When I was on the normal rogaine, I almost never shed, and I got pretty noticeable headaches just after use. Now on the foam I am shedding like mad again, and i have no headaches.
What is going on?
Also, could this be anything OTHER than male pattern baldness (i can hold out for hope can't i?
) As in, SHOULD i see a doctor, or is this pretty clear cut?I don't mind having a receeded hair-line, as long as the hair that IS there is thick. And right now that is NOT the case.
I have a good deal of gray on my temple air of hair, and now the top of my head is starting to get noticeably peppered with gray hair.
What can I do?
Looking at these pictures after i just took them (I have never looked at it like this before), I have the desire to shave my head once more.
EDIT: I had more hair than this before i started the rogaine, back in october.
Here are the pics:
