how old is everyone here?

[allen_australia]

just out of curiosity, at what age do we all feel the weight of hair loss?

i'm 30 and have been aware of it seriously for about a year or so now.

 

[s.a.f]

Lucky you, mine started at 19. I guess most guys on here are early 20's? Obviously it depends on the individual but the younger you are when you see the signs of hairloss the more its likely to bother you. Having said that I think the realisation that you are losing your hair is pretty bad at any age.

 

[lain]

31, first noticed loosing when I was 22ish...

Approaching Norwood 3 sir!

I think the realisation that you are losing your hair is pretty bad at any age.

Very true. Even after almost 10 years of getting used to the idea and seeing the signs I still dont want to part with it.

 

[Guest]

24, will be 25 in 4 months. Have been losing hair since I was 21 or so.

 

[flimflam]

im 26, nearly 27. hair loss started at 23, didn't care until erm .. age 26.

 

[Sean68]

someone actually pointed it out to me first after i made a comment on someone at work's hair who mustve been around a nw4/5. i could only
have been about a nw1.2 or something at the time the b**ch! i still have
painful memories of that night but id kill to have that much hair now!
think i was almost 23 at the time and here i am three years later.

 

[tomas99]

24 years old. Hairloss started October 2006 I guess. Since 17 I gradually was losing hair but it was kind of really small miniaturization, no temples. I am well aware of this now because at 17 I had better hair than at 23.

But I did notice this because even with this small loss I had at 23 super-thick teenage hair, in fact better than most of teenagers. Most depressing is the fact that despite I have started to treat it with almost no temples, I was not able till now to stop it.

Now finasteride gave me some kind of sides (depression and really bad moods in one month of using it), so I have to stop it today. Only on naturalls from now.

 

[Trash]

i m 24....

started loosing at 21.... started to bother me at 23

obviously the degree of impact is not just when it started but how fast it progresses....

 

[tomas99]

i m 24....

started loosing at 21.... started to bother me at 23

obviously the degree of impact is not just when it started but how fast it progresses....

Totally agree.

 

[OverMachoGrande]

36 and started treatments 2 years ago

 

[Hans Gruber]

im 27 now,hairloss actually probably started about 21 but didnt become really noticeable til about 24ish.....i only really want my hairline back to something reasonable and to keep what i have on top


im getting there!

 

[Guest]

started losing mine at 36, now i'm 49 and not really on any regime except trying to conceal the thinness

my son started at 23 and progressed quickly thinning on top in one year.

saf didn't give up his age.....!!!!! (smile)

 

[Guest]

A 25 year old one here, must have started losing it at about 22, but was in denial until one year ago. So stupid.... :cry:

 

[barcafan]

19. Started at 16.

Temples went insanely fast.

 

[Londo]

I'm 45. Where do the old farts hang out?

My problem has been having fine hair and not enough of it. I'm a diffuse thinner. I hate that kind of thinning. I think it makes me look sick or like a nuclear blast victim.

The thinning has mostly been noticeable and really started bothering me in my late thirties, when it was mostly on the back of my head. Lately, I've noticed much thinning on the front and middle. That REALLY bothered me.

I hadn't given much thought to treatments until lately. I think guys my age view all treatments as snake oil because they all have been until the last few years.

I've been on finasteride and minoxidil for the last 5 months and they have done wonders. Here is my success story:

http://www.gourmetstylewellness.com/discussions ... hp?t=38022

My baby fine hair has thickened up a ton and filled in a lot. I think I can pull off a flat top haircut now, something I could never do before. I just had my hair buzzed for the first time and it looks good.

I love this website. It is good to read and talk about things. One thing I keep coming back to in this experience is that most people really don't care what your hair looks like. Your hair doesn't define you to them. I know I don't mind thinning hair on OTHER people. I know it is easier said than done, but we shouldn't let our hair bother us.

Any guys older than me here? I'd love to see how older guys react to finasteride.

allen_australia, have you noticed any improvement from your regimen? I noticed a lack of finasteride and Min in it.

Take care and best wishes to all.

 

[recognition2]

22, thinning since 19-20.

 

[VikingHair]

I'm 20, apparently my hair has been thinning since I was 18. :cry:

 

[Wash n' Gone]

I am 33. I have probably been thinning since the age of 30, but didn't really notice til last year. Looking back on old photos my hair was pretty thick before thirty, a little thinner afterwards and starting to notice more in the last 18 months. Now approaching a NW3v, although the scalp at the back is mainly covered and only noticable under direct sunlight. It is getting a bit better with the propecia.

 

[kalbo]

26 and got my first "dude, you're balding!" comment at the age of 16 :cry:

I'm actually grateful that I was only a nw2.5 before I started treatments a year ago.

 

[Chemical J]

18 Years old Norwood 2.5

That will soon be changed though.

Rogaine ftw.