Hair Transplants, Finasteride And How I've Destroyed My Scalp And Really Messed Up My Life.

[BlueFly]

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How long have you been battling hair loss?

 

[yayapapaya]

I'm gonna sleep real good tonight knowing im not you

 

[Jesse Navarro]

If it takes years for DHT to kill a follicle, how is it possible that testosterone (weaker than DHT) kills the follicle in so short time? If the peak in T was the cause, your hair should regrow, I don't know.

 

[UncleMort]

For what its worth, sincerely, you are not alone.

Im a veteran of every failed attempt to correct this disease in my own life, and at the end of many
a day, i have only "i tried like hell". And yes, I was told early-on "just shave it" by all sorts of people, and "women just want a nice guy". Thankfully, i knew that was pure bullshit. That i would more or less be "invisible" bald and that has proven correct.

As a young guy I was a chad (without the sleeping around) out of NO-CAL

Had some early transplants before megasessions, ended up with bad results, a LOT of
which never grew and depleted my donor.

My scalp burns and itches a lot now, not to mention Rosacea on my face, a burning red inflammation
that gets worse.

The top of my skull hurts frequently from the hundreds of grafts in and out. I know exactly what you mean that laying flat on your back is a reminder of thats the only part of my head that doesnt burn at times.

To top it off, im divorced, and despite being a very athletic fellow, women no longer are attracted
to a six-two athletic guy.

You have to be a ten percenter chad with a NW2 minimum. Even what idiotic guys used to call hags want to date George Clooney, and that is NOT an exxageration.

Just google "trolling POF chicks" and it is simply unbelievable. Women belong on a farm, a husband to one wife, instead of swiping rock stars on their celphones invented by men for women.

This is why hairpieces are a good idea for SOME of us, but lets face it, its a really really last option.

But it would be better than living the life you have now, eh?

It's simply another day where I have been awaiting an "appropriate time" to start drinking alcohol. Not only because of horrendous scalp inflammation or because of the shame and disfigurement I've brought upon myself, but because of both. The simple fact is, my scalp feels terrible, absolutely terrible throughout the day and just a couple drinks alleviates the horrendous burning, crawling and itching. Of course I have some level of BDD and I probably need a therapist, but the issues I have created for myself are beyond that.

The only hair I have left remaining in the first three inches beyond my left hair line are poorly spaced, thick hair transplants. Any 2-4 graft transplants I find, I pluck out with tweezers. I love that feeling. They emerge from the skin at angles that are unexplainable and totally unnatural. They look weird and for almost FOUR years, I have had to work, EVERY DAY to try to conceal them. This is the product of an emotional, irrational decision and the product of being poorly educated in the hair transplant industry and feeling invincible to the future effects of Androgenetic Alopecia.

That same area burns horribly throughout the day. A burning that would be bearable if it didn't constantly remind you of a horrible mistake that you made. It became very obvious to me years ago that this specific pain was due to some kind of nerve damage from the procedure. I would get relief when I lay my head down at night, except when I press my head against the pillow, the complete lack of feeling surrounding my FUT scar reminds me of the same mistake.

Finasteride is something that I will instantly recommend to hair loss sufferers, especially those that feel disfigured or ugly because of their Androgenetic Alopecia. Of course, it is worth the risk. Trying to avoid a life as an unattractive person in a shallow society is worth almost any risk in my opinion. The same medication that I advocate has completely altered my hormones and left me with an apparently incurable scalp inflammation that, well.. you would have to feel to believe. Obviously, this is correlated with drastic, sickening diffused hair loss.

It's very weird, watching two brothers with very similar genetics progress normally through this, while you observe yourself progressing so abnormally and rapidly.

I am not writing this for solutions, or even comfort. I am well beyond that. I am writing this because every day I read from people who are considering hair transplants, or jumping on medication. People, who like me, who don't know or consider what could happen. If you are a hair loss sufferer, I do urge you to CONSIDER methods to counteract it, but ONLY with an abundance of proper education. I urge you to consider QUITTING any medication, legal or not if you feel drastic negative changes to your body or scalp. and ONLY consider hair transplants if you have sustained the hair you have now on medication for several years.

Hair transplants are truly a last resort.