Hi guy!
I've started to notice hairloss back at 1997, when I was 21 years old. Mostly diffuse thinning. I started taking 1mg of Propecia in 2001 and it pretty much maintained all of my hair. So I was really happy with it.
So, last year, I started taking 1mg every other day. To see, if it would still be effective and also to cut the costs. I maybe have skipped a dose here or there before, but never all the way through.
However after several month now I at first wasn't not sure if my hair has gotten slightly thinner. It's was difficult to tell, because I long since don't monitor it, because I hardly ever think about it. Also, out of curiosity I started rubbing my hair over the sink. Every time I did some hairs would come out. But I don't remember ever doing this before, so maybe it's normal?
Ok, so yesterday I was at a dermatologist. I kind of freaked out and wanted a neutral opinion on my hair.
He's supposed to be a hair specialist, also offering PRP. Well, I don't know, but he's supposedly specialised on hair among other things.
He took a look at my hair with a magnifying glass. He said, that he does see some telogenic hair on the front and also a few in the back, but my status is very good, especially the overall coverage. He ran his fingers through my hair with a glove and told me that the hair falling out is nothing to worry about, since he only had a few on his hand.
I told him, that I halved the Finasterid dosage some months ago and that this coincides with what I perceive as a worsened state in the frontal area. He told me to get back on the 1mg dosage and see what happens. He took pictures and proposed that I should come in about half a year to see how I'm doing.
I kind of freaked out, because my lowering of the dosage might have caused me to lose some in the front. I don't know.
I really don't want to add minoxidil, unless it's absolutely neccessary. But I'm thinking about going back on Nizoral . I used it when I first went on Finasterid and I don't know if it did anything, but my hair loss was obviously stopped. I quit using it some 6 years ago.
Another thing, I had recently my Testosteron tested and it's 8,2 (8,32 is the upper limit for the normal Testo rate in a 20-49 year old), which is really high for me being 40. I do workout often and intensly and I eat right and also take Zink. Maybe 0.5mg is just not enough for my high Testo levels?
My plan is to stick to 1mg and Nizoral for half a year and then see how I'm doing. What do you guys think? I hope I'm dong the right thing.
So since then I'm kind of in panic mode now because of my hair, which I haven't been for 15 years. I obsessively look through old photos. where I was already on finasteride and I do think my hair looks much better than now. Especially the temples and front, not sure about the back. Now I'm not even sure that I wasn't worse of 1 year ago before I started havling the dosage.
But then again, these weren't photos supposed to show my hair status. I only have one from 2002 I took of the top of my head.
1 week ago I didn't even think about my hair, I was just enjoying life.
Now it seems like a big cloud of depression has set over me. I feel helpless and in panic.
It's the same feeling I had 15 years ago, will this work, is it the right thing to do? I feel absolutely horrible, which seeing that last week I was feeling fine is kind of crazy, but I just can't "unsee" what I am pretty sure is a worsening of my status and I can't shake the panic.
I've started to notice hairloss back at 1997, when I was 21 years old. Mostly diffuse thinning. I started taking 1mg of Propecia in 2001 and it pretty much maintained all of my hair. So I was really happy with it.
So, last year, I started taking 1mg every other day. To see, if it would still be effective and also to cut the costs. I maybe have skipped a dose here or there before, but never all the way through.
However after several month now I at first wasn't not sure if my hair has gotten slightly thinner. It's was difficult to tell, because I long since don't monitor it, because I hardly ever think about it. Also, out of curiosity I started rubbing my hair over the sink. Every time I did some hairs would come out. But I don't remember ever doing this before, so maybe it's normal?
Ok, so yesterday I was at a dermatologist. I kind of freaked out and wanted a neutral opinion on my hair.
He's supposed to be a hair specialist, also offering PRP. Well, I don't know, but he's supposedly specialised on hair among other things.
He took a look at my hair with a magnifying glass. He said, that he does see some telogenic hair on the front and also a few in the back, but my status is very good, especially the overall coverage. He ran his fingers through my hair with a glove and told me that the hair falling out is nothing to worry about, since he only had a few on his hand.
I told him, that I halved the Finasterid dosage some months ago and that this coincides with what I perceive as a worsened state in the frontal area. He told me to get back on the 1mg dosage and see what happens. He took pictures and proposed that I should come in about half a year to see how I'm doing.
I kind of freaked out, because my lowering of the dosage might have caused me to lose some in the front. I don't know.
I really don't want to add minoxidil, unless it's absolutely neccessary. But I'm thinking about going back on Nizoral . I used it when I first went on Finasterid and I don't know if it did anything, but my hair loss was obviously stopped. I quit using it some 6 years ago.
Another thing, I had recently my Testosteron tested and it's 8,2 (8,32 is the upper limit for the normal Testo rate in a 20-49 year old), which is really high for me being 40. I do workout often and intensly and I eat right and also take Zink. Maybe 0.5mg is just not enough for my high Testo levels?
My plan is to stick to 1mg and Nizoral for half a year and then see how I'm doing. What do you guys think? I hope I'm dong the right thing.
So since then I'm kind of in panic mode now because of my hair, which I haven't been for 15 years. I obsessively look through old photos. where I was already on finasteride and I do think my hair looks much better than now. Especially the temples and front, not sure about the back. Now I'm not even sure that I wasn't worse of 1 year ago before I started havling the dosage.
But then again, these weren't photos supposed to show my hair status. I only have one from 2002 I took of the top of my head.
1 week ago I didn't even think about my hair, I was just enjoying life.
Now it seems like a big cloud of depression has set over me. I feel helpless and in panic.
It's the same feeling I had 15 years ago, will this work, is it the right thing to do? I feel absolutely horrible, which seeing that last week I was feeling fine is kind of crazy, but I just can't "unsee" what I am pretty sure is a worsening of my status and I can't shake the panic.
