Encouragement

[Thinneritgoes!]

Well I've been on propecia and nizoral for a little over 6 months. y hair doesn't seem much worse but definitely not a lot of regrowth. Can I still expect regrowth? I'm only 19 and i have a receding hairline, thinning crown and front.. but I can still hide my male pattern baldness significantly well. I just can't lose my hair this early in life.. I hope something happens soon!

 

[juststarting]

Probably maintenance at a minimum from your description.

Funny, people always say "I can't lose my hair this early in life" Wanna know something? I am 32, just starting, and frankly its not any easier, trust me... Hair loss at any age sucks! If you think age makes it easier to cope, uhm, it hasn't for me! lol

 

[LosingmyhairIthink]

Probably maintenance at a minimum from your description.

Funny, people always say "I can't lose my hair this early in life" Wanna know something? I am 32, just starting, and frankly its not any easier, trust me... Hair loss at any age sucks! If you think age makes it easier to cope, uhm, it hasn't for me! lol

for some of us it would. If I started balding at 32, I wouldn't care. That's 15 years from now, i'm sure HM would be out by then.

 

[pleasegodno]

you have no clue how much harder it is to lose it young. get some perspective. i would really have liked those 12 carefree years.

 

[juststarting]

for some of us it would. If I started balding at 32, I wouldn't care. That's 15 years from now, i'm sure HM would be out by then.

You wanna bet? I used to say the same thing at 20 when my hairline first changed to like a norwood 1. Unfortunately, no one can have their hairline change more then 1x, so we can't compare.

 

[goingoinbutnotgone]

I've been around 60 year olds who were self conscious about their hair loss!

Age matters not. The fact is, most people have hair. :-x

 

[juststarting]

you have no clue how much harder it is to lose it young. get some perspective. i would really have liked those 12 carefree years.

Well, thanks for glossing over my own pain. Hate to break it to you, but despression/sadness/pain feels the same at any age. I am very upset (devastated), if not MORE then others since I thought male pattern baldness would not be in my future. And, please don't say "oh you were lucky enough to have 12 yrs", because trust me, it doesn't make anyone feel better. The psyche doesn't work that way... :cry:

I will ultimately have to go through all the stages of dealing with this as eveyone else in this forum. Anyway, comparing the amount of pain is silly. Pain is pain. And when it is YOUR pain, I am sorry to say, that is all that matters and consolation of "well, i had 12 good years" honestly doesn't matter or help.

 

[dan65]

About the whole age thing I am 22 and just starting. But on a positive note, at least these days there are options to drastically slow down or even stop the process. At first I was real upset about losing hair, and I am still not happy about it, but I know that there will be better and better treatments in the future and honestly it doesn't make me depressed anymore. So just try and look up and look forward to better treatments down the road whatever your situation is.

 

[juststarting]

About the whole age thing I am 22 and just starting. But on a positive note, at least these days there are options to drastically slow down or even stop the process. At first I was real upset about losing hair, and I am still not happy about it, but I know that there will be better and better treatments in the future and honestly it doesn't make me depressed anymore. So just try and look up and look forward to better treatments down the road whatever your situation is.

What a nice, upbeat attitude! Thanks!

 

[LosingmyhairIthink]

for some of us it would. If I started balding at 32, I wouldn't care. That's 15 years from now, i'm sure HM would be out by then.

You wanna bet? I used to say the same thing at 20 when my hairline first changed to like a norwood 1. Unfortunately, no one can have their hairline change more then 1x, so we can't compare.

Yes, but HM is actually plausible in less than 15 years. Why were you thinking about hair loss treatments at 20? When I wasn't losing hair, I never thought about my hair, except if I should try a new style. Balding isn't really in my genes, so it never really crossed my mind that I might go bald one day.

 

[pleasegodno]

i'm not saying you aren't suffering, but imagine if the ordeal you're going through right now started 10 or 15 years earlier. i guarantee you would be even MORE devastated. did you have your youth stolen from you? the simple fact is hairloss becomes more prevalent as one ages. that means many of your friends, coworkers, and cohorts are losing hair as well. when you are young and losing hair, you are one in a very small and embarassing minority. not to mention the fact that if you are losing hair so young, your chances of keeping it are much reduced. you say comparing pain is silly, but you just did it again-- like you, i wasn't expecting to lose hair either, my dad has a full head of it. and those carefree years you had may not be any consolation to you, but they are a great loss for us. you saying age doesn't matter is glossing over our own pain because age sure as hell matters to us--that's why i spoke up in the first place.

 

[LosingmyhairIthink]

i'm not saying you aren't suffering, but imagine if the ordeal you're going through right now started 10 or 15 years earlier. i guarantee you would be even MORE devastated. did you have your youth stolen from you? the simple fact is hairloss becomes more prevalent as one ages. that means many of your friends, coworkers, and cohorts are losing hair as well. when you are young and losing hair, you are one in a very small and embarassing minority. not to mention the fact that if you are losing hair so young, your chances of keeping it are much reduced. you say comparing pain is silly, but you just did it again-- like you, i wasn't expecting to lose hair either, my dad has a full head of it. and those carefree years you had may not be any consolation to you, but they are a great loss for us. you saying age doesn't matter is glossing over our own pain because age sure as hell matters to us--that's why i spoke up in the first place.

My sentiments exactly.

 

[The Rock]

double that.........if i started losing at late 20's it woudlnt bother me cuz i would kinda start to expect it, not at 18 now 19 thast bullshit...but

I at least have hope, and that's one thing you can't afford not to have.

 

[losin_it]

Im 33 and had some people notice my hair loss around age 31. My dad was completely bald my the time he was 30. I thought I wouldnt experience balding but the last laugh was on me.

It doesnt get any easier, even at this age. When your 19 you think, "wow 30, thats so far away and your old by then so who cares about hair loss."

Well guess what, 30 isnt old. Its a great time to be alive for more reasons than I have space to write why it is. So in many ways we arent that different, cause even at my age only 30% of the population is noticbly balding. That's only like a 1/4 of the population.

Anyway, satistics and balding aside, the best thing I ever did for myself was stop all the Propecia and minoxidil and all that other crap and stop feeling sorry for myself and stay away from negative posts on sites like these. All those things I feared I would miss out on because I was balding didnt happen because I refused to let it bring me down. Its not ALWAYS easy but you do accept the inevitable in time and with a good attitude.

good luck.

 

[juststarting]

Thanks for responding to these young guys who just don't get it. Your response is exactly what I was trying to get across.

At 32 I am still out there, partying etc. In fact MORE then when I was 20yrs of age, MUCH more. I remember thinking the same thing, oh 30 is soooo far away and old, it won't matter. Guess what? I am 32 and I don't feel old (FAR better shape then i was at 20), and I NOW get the 24/yr old hot chicks who would ignore me for their older boyfriends when I was in my early 20, Have you noticed that women in their 20s prefer older guys (maturity, money, confidence, etc)? I did when I was 20, and I have been looking forward to the "gold rush" of my early 30s for at least 10 yrs now!

The end result is this, male pattern baldness sucks at any age. To get into an arguement about who is in more pain etc is really silly. We are all just as pissed off about it as anyone, and being jealous (or casually dismissing) someone starting male pattern baldness at 32 is the same thing as me being jealous of the guys starting male pattern baldness at 42

On another topic, when did you quit fighting male pattern baldness?

Im 33 and had some people notice my hair loss around age 31. My dad was completely bald my the time he was 30. I thought I wouldnt experience balding but the last laugh was on me.

It doesnt get any easier, even at this age. When your 19 you think, "wow 30, thats so far away and your old by then so who cares about hair loss."

Well guess what, 30 isnt old. Its a great time to be alive for more reasons than I have space to write why it is. So in many ways we arent that different, cause even at my age only 30% of the population is noticbly balding. That's only like a 1/4 of the population.

Anyway, satistics and balding aside, the best thing I ever did for myself was stop all the Propecia and minoxidil and all that other crap and stop feeling sorry for myself and stay away from negative posts on sites like these. All those things I feared I would miss out on because I was balding didnt happen because I refused to let it bring me down. Its not ALWAYS easy but you do accept the inevitable in time and with a good attitude.

good luck.

 

[Guest]

I'm 19 and thinning/receeding.

I have the worst hair out of ALL OF MY FRIENDS.

Just read that again.

I have the worst hair out of ALL OF MY FRIENDS.

By at least a whole Norwood, maybe 2.

You don't really know what that makes me feel, being the hair-freak of the group.

Sure they don't speak about it, but it's there all right.

At 30, 33, whatever, other people are thinning as well, maybe not so much, but they are still thinning.

So for all of you who cry 'ahh yeah im older but it still affects me' you try living where EVERY SINGLE PERSON NO EXCEPTIONS who is in your social circle has NW1 hair, while your struggling with 2.5 - 3.

Sorta put's things in perspective juststarting aye?

 

[losin_it]

Well, here's a boo hoo for ya if it'll make you feel better, Random.

Boo Hoo.

Feel better?

Anyway, I used to visit here quite often a little over 2 years ago and probably lost more hair from feeling all the stress from everyone else complaining about losing their hair!

I jumped on Propecia and minoxidil but I was honest with myself and after a year and a few months of taking those I still continued to notice my hair thinning all over the top, so I quit.

Its been a while since i weened myself of the drugs. I admit I was scared of quitting but what was the alternative, pay for meds that arent working? My hair continues to degrade more and more, faster and faster as time goes on but I hang around positive people and ignore any negativity like the plague.

Life doesnt end with hair loss and I take risks that was afraid take even when I had hair, so attitude accounts for everything. Life just gets better and better.

By the way, I feel much better off of Propecia than when i was on. Erection issues hit me pretty hard towards the end of the year of usage.

 

[juststarting]

Uhm, Random, this board seems to be FULL of people around your age balding. Perhaps expand your social circle?

 

[pleasegodno]

yea, and why do you think these hairloss forums have such a great proportion of young people? it's because it affects them emotionally to such a great extent. nobody's jealous--we're just pissed off that you think age doesn't play a factor in how hairloss affects someone. i'll readily admit that it's even worse for someone to begin losing hair in highschool--i would have been even more devastated if i had lost hair at a younger age so i have a great deal of sympathy for anybody who has. why you continue to insist that age doesn't matter in terms of emotional consequence when it so clearly does is beyond me.

 

[Guest]

People who start balding in their 30's didn't even have to think about it in their twenties. If nothing else, you guys had an extra decade wherein you were minus one extremely large stress factor. To just write that off bugs me--especially when it's true, most people our age by a BIG margin aren't affected by this. If it starts in your early thirties it's more acceptable: early 30's are widely viewed as the beginning of adulthood. To walk around with a "premature" attached to one of your physical traits is demeaning, to say the least. I am personally very grateful I got to not worry about my hair during undergrad or highschool, and I thank God every day that I didn't. Every bit older I get makes me better adapted to deal with this. Anyone who's in their thirties and bitching about how their "pain is equal" needs to find a job they care about or a family, or something. Your 20's are where you're finding yourself and working on getting the career. Your 30's are the beginning of adulthood. How would you guys in your 30's like to have deep lines in your face, or sagging skin under your jaw? That'd make you look like you're in your 40's, just like male pattern baldness makes us look like we're in our 30's. Fuckin sucks. Thank your lucky stars and squirt your minoxidil up your ungrateful asses.