Going Bald In Less Than A Year, Need Advice

[bluecyclone]

Can you send a picture like the one above now with dry hair after shampooing?

Have some thickener in, not fiber just hair care stuff. I’m thinning fast at the temples more so than anywhere else. You can at least see the crown thinning. Flat.

 

[bluecyclone]

That is completely dry.

 

[bluecyclone]

I take a lot of criticism for over reacting but this rate of loss and the net loss of density from my baseline in just two years is pretty devastating. I’m hiding it well but I’m going to NW7 diffuse in a year and nothing has made a dent in the shedding.

Wet no comb, wet side part.

The vertex is where the thinning is most pronounced and recently (4 months) the temples are increasingly thin. Hair all over my hair and even beard feels thin and strange. Definitely still growing but can’t keep pace with loss.

Is CB worth a shot? Or try the RU I have?

 

[Mushu]

Hey Blue,

If you can try to get the same current pictures as the ones below(not wet), it'd be a better comparison. From your updates, you've shed a lot, but some people also grow hair faster.

 

[bluecyclone]

Dermatologist put me in Minocycline and my hair has gotten worse, two weeks. Is this know to cause hairloss?

 

[JonnyGo]

Your hair looks exactly the same to me. You’re 42 with a NW0.5 hairline and very minor loss of density. I can’t even imagine how you would’ve reacted if you started balding in your 20s.
All of the picture you post are under severe lighting and still you can barely see your scalp. Maybe you should consider seeing a psychologist.

 

[bluecyclone]

I still have a lot of hair. I’m just trying to stop this shedding. The change in density just from last year is significant. The length hides a lot. There’s cover but it’s completely flat now. In picture three you can see the scalp.

Anyway appreciate the feedback. If I could go a day without dropping 200+ hairs I would chill out. Baseline was very thick.

 

[Mapleman]

Most people won't have perfect hair through their 40's.. I see no significant difference, you are just greedy.

200 hairs shedding every day is not alot when you have 1000000 hairs on your head.

 

[1knox1]

Both guys in here have focused far too much on shedding.

@davesmith420 and @AnxiousAndy, some of the thickest hair ever, originally had the same worries. Then they realised that shedding was not a great indicator.

 

[bluecyclone]

I get it I’m just looking for practical ways to reduce shed as I am noticing a cumulative loss of density. It’s not that I’m unrealistic it’s just the rate of change that’s concerning me and possible causes of the shed. Age, medicine, male pattern baldness, nutrition etc.

Also I’m using topical Finasteride and want to determine if it is helping or doing harm.

At 40 I had no issues, started thyroid medication and from there my hair has been in rapid decline. I’m healthy and having constant hair fall is constant distraction.

Using oral minoxidil, helping or doing harm etc.

 

[bluecyclone]

I have zero density compared to my base line and shedding matters when it is not growing back, what does grow back is thin garbage that can’t reach more than 3 inches. I know I’m not quite bald but For just a few years and having no hairloss to this thin mess I live with now. I’ve tried everything spend about 15k on treatments and doctors and nothing has even slowed the thinning.

 

[MKP05]

I think part of the problem with these pages is that it’s all relative. Guys are going to knock you because you’re in your 40s and still have quite a bit of hair. Some of it is fair and some isn’t. No one can tell you more about your hair loss situation than you. What these guys aren’t understanding is that you’re simply hiding it with length. When you show what’s going on underneath it’s obvious that there are issues. I totally understand what you’re going through as I’m a similar age and have very similar loss of density across my entire scalp since I started finasteride 13 months ago. I’m also able to hide it well but it gets more difficult with each passing month. I’ve been consistent with me treatment but my hair loss has still increased dramatically in the last year. You’ve bounced around on a lot of different treatments. Have you ever thought about simply stopping everything for a few months and just letting everything get back to normal? I’m convinced that some people just have an adverse reaction to these medications. I’m close to stopping everything to see what happens. And I know you don’t want to hear it but your situation could be far worse. You seem to be panicking for months on end and that surely cannot be helping. You do know that stress causes hair loss right? Take it easy.

 

[bluecyclone]

Thanks @MKP05 I know it’s relative and I’ve been fortunate. I know I jumped around earlier but August marks 1 full year on topical Finasteride and 2.5 years on oral minoxidil.

Nothing has slowed down the thinning. I considered a few months off but I am terrified by the stories of a reaction shed.

Really not sure where to turn next. I didn’t respond well to Propecia and to be honest I don’t feel 100% on topical Finasteride. Been working on the Lipsomal version but no luck yet. Even tried Vegan. This isn’t just age. I mean it hit fast and has been relentless.

 

[djhype]

My friend, I am the same age and was previously with a very thick head of hair. In my case the shedding started with a Trenbolone steroid cycle in June and still continues after pct. I also fasted for days at a time and worked out like a fiend during my cut, both of which are also know to trigger Telogen Effluvium. I have no intention of using finasteride or Min and am at the stage you were at during your initial thinning (30-40 hairs a day) with delicate treatment of my hair daily. All I use is Regenpure DR Shampoo. Not vigorously scrubbing, just allowing it to soak into my scalp with little manipulation.

I believe in your case you had age, hormonal or physical stress related thinning/Telogen Effluvium and then started drugs that are both known to perpetuate Telogen Effluvium (abundant shedding), giving yourself chronic Telogen Effluvium, which in itself can even trigger male pattern baldness. These drugs are designed for regrowth (minoxidil) and to stop miniaturization (finasteride). Meaning, they were not designed for you to begin with.Any doctor who precribed them to you did so out of negligence without sufficient diagnostic testing. They are not designed to stop shedding and anyone who claims otherwise stopped shedding for other reasons. You are putting gasoline on a fire. Brave the shed and get the f*** off the drugs. You will likely recover some or a good portion of your hair or at the very least mitigate the damage. Given how long you have been using these drugs it may take a very long time to break the chronic nature of the cycle but overtime if the offending agent causing insult to the hair is removed, so will the problem.

 

[Me Vs DiffuseThinning]

You have mental illness, not male pattern baldness.

 

[djhype]

You have mental illness, not male pattern baldness.

I would say he has Telogen Effluvium. No normal person visibly sheds 300 hairs a day (probably closer to 500 if you want to talk about the hairs the randomly fall out during the day that are not counted.). Nor should the rate of shedding be increasing.

OP is being judged by his initial pics but the ones he has posted since show Telogen Effluvium like diffuse thinning.

This is still a pretty good head of hair at 40 but the pics demonstrated that he started with initially showed an unusually, incredibly thick head of hair for his age bracket.

 

[Me Vs DiffuseThinning]

I would say he has Telogen Effluvium. No normal person visibly sheds 300 hairs a day (probably closer to 500 if you want to talk about the hairs the randomly fall out during the day that are not counted.). Nor should the rate of shedding be increasing.

OP is being judged by his initial pics but the ones he has posted since show Telogen Effluvium like diffuse thinning.

This is still a pretty good head of hair at 40 but the pics demonstrated that he started with initially showed an unusually, incredibly thick head of hair for his age bracket.

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C’mon bro. Any head of hair can look thinning if wet and messy under a harsh light.

 

[djhype]

A month ago. Currently losing what I think are the last of the healthy long (8in) hairs from the forelock. I occasionally have a loose tie of the hair in and worried I’m tanking out a bit. If I could slow the shed I think I could stabilize and makeup some ground. The miniaturization on the sides concerns me but may have a connection to the oral minoxidil.

Also not sure if workout plays a role. Pre hairloss I was training for Ironman, quit because of hair and the pool. Only lift these days and run a few marathons. The stronger I get the worse my hair gets. I never post stuff but this is a funny shot at mile 25 of a May 2019 marathon.

Okay just read this post, this is the clincher.

The reason your Telogen Effluvium began, pushing yourself like this at 40 has it's consequences, this is what is likely to have started your Telogen Effluvium, and the meds put gasoline on the fire. A myriad of events that have lead to your current predicament.

 

[djhype]

C’mon bro. Any head of hair can look thinning if wet and messy under a harsh light.

Dude, from someone to go to a dense head of hair to this in a year in NOT normal.

This is clearly not simply male pattern baldness. It completely defies the slow progression of the disorder.

 

[Me Vs DiffuseThinning]

Dude, from someone to go to a dense head of hair to this in a year in NOT normal.

This is clearly not simply male pattern baldness. It completely defies the slow progression of the disorder.

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Any full head of hair can look thinning if you part it and burst it with flash.