Is There Something Else Wrong With Me? (pics)

[michel sapin]

i am also constantly depressed man . but this is not the fina , but because of my hair .
If i had you're hair regrowth i would be the happiest man on earth .

but i understand that depression is horrible

 

[sunchyme1]

i am also constantly depressed man . but this is not the fina , but because of my hair .
If i had you're hair regrowth i would be the happiest man on earth .

but i understand that depression is horrible

this depression was 100% finasteride. ive had problems with depression before so i guess im susceptible to it. but this was different. it was scary. i was very very ill because of finasteride. i went from bald to fullhead in a year. i had no reason to be depressed at all.

 

[buckthorn]

I lost a lot of my sides on finasteride. I have no f*****g idea why, or how it's even possible. My middle and upper right and left sides are diffused as f***. I also get crawling in those areas. Do you have any sensations in the area you're losing? crawling, itching, burning, etc...

 

[sunchyme1]

I lost a lot of my sides on finasteride. I have no f*****g idea why, or how it's even possible. My middle and upper right and left sides are diffused as f***. I also get crawling in those areas. Do you have any sensations in the area you're losing? crawling, itching, burning, etc...

i dont know if this is how my sides always were, or were always gonna be, regardless of me using finasteride. all i know is this sh*t looks sad as f*** man. so weak and pathetic. it cant be normal

i have had the typical crawling feeling since i started balding 17/18. nothing too bad, and not all the time. but fairly regularly. finasteride stopped that, and fucked my hormones good. i dont get the itch as much now anymore but its slowly coming back which im happy about. im hoping the returning of the itching means my body is recovering

 

[sunchyme1]

i dont have the itching on my sides. just on top

 

[dralex]

pics during finasteride shed..brutal.
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pics after one year

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last two with bit concealer at temples but not much. f*****g fullhead again lol

Holy fuckn sh*t thats insane. I would kill for any regrowth, let alone maintenance at this point.

 

[dralex]

I'm curious. When you did experience such great success on finasteride and went from a nW5 to like a NW1.5, what did people say? Did they assume it was a hair piece? If I knew you I would never in a million years believe you got that regrowth from finasteride and minoxidil. I would have just assumed you have a very high quality hair piece.

 

[sunchyme1]

I'm curious. When you did experience such great success on finasteride and went from a nW5 to like a NW1.5, what did people say? Did they assume it was a hair piece? If I knew you I would never in a million years believe you got that regrowth from finasteride and minoxidil. I would have just assumed you have a very high quality hair piece.

i used the drugs a few years ago. before that i used concealer. and i was still a nw3ish so concealer worked very well. and also used concealer during my shedding phases. and wore a hat a lot. i never showed my head like that in public. once i regrew noone really mentioned anything apart from the constant changing hair cuts i had.

man it was nice not having to use a lot of concealer. i f*****g cover myself in it now lol

 

[dralex]

i used the drugs a few years ago. before that i used concealer. and i was still a nw3ish so concealer worked very well. and also used concealer during my shedding phases. and wore a hat a lot. i never showed my head like that in public. once i regrew noone really mentioned anything apart from the constant changing hair cuts i had.

man it was nice not having to use a lot of concealer. i f*****g cover myself in it now lol

Yikes that sounds brutal. I can't stand concealers. Always so afraid that people would see me without them and call me out on it. Use them sparingly still for going out as they can make a huge difference. Hats are my cure now. I wear a hat like 75% of my time awake. Don't know what I will do when my full time job starts. Was honestly contemplating quitting school to find a job I could wear a hat, but realized I would never be able to pay off my student loans then. Man hair loss has been fun.....really makes life easy /s

 

[hairblues]

i used the drugs a few years ago. before that i used concealer. and i was still a nw3ish so concealer worked very well. and also used concealer during my shedding phases. and wore a hat a lot. i never showed my head like that in public. once i regrew noone really mentioned anything apart from the constant changing hair cuts i had.

man it was nice not having to use a lot of concealer. i f*****g cover myself in it now lol

Did you look into topical Anti Androgens...Im using spironolactone and just started finasteride

@rclark (RIP) was a big proponent of topical progesterone( progestin cant remember) and estrodial..I can forward or add you to our emails, think he committed forum suicide by call mods a fowl name.

 

[Dontwannabeabetabob]

pics during finasteride shed..brutal.
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pics after one year

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last two with bit concealer at temples but not much. f*****g fullhead again lol

Holy sh*t dude you responded wonderfully. Man I hope that these new treatments can regrow for you like that again, hopefully with the minoxidil it'll keep enough follicles alive for better treatments. That sucks you had sides. Some of the best results I've seen. Wish you the best from one balding bro to another.

 

[michel sapin]

how long since you have quitted propecia ?

 

[hollow11]

you went from Norwood 5 to conor mcgreggor in a year, lol
too bad you experienced such sides though, that sucks

 

[Dench57]

RU

 

[whatevr]

ive have random tests over the years about my hormones and thyroids etc, all have come back 'normal'. but maybe this sh*t aint normal, i need more tests?

Try to find your thyroid results and look at the number called 'TSH' - if it's above 1 you are hypothyroid and not making enough hormones most likely.

My sides look like that, or even a bit worse - generalized thinning all over the head coincided with developing hypothyroidism, my TSH was up to 8.
'Normal' range is 0.4 - 4.0, but healthy people rarely have anything over 1.0.

 

[WMQ]

Try to find your thyroid results and look at the number called 'TSH' - if it's above 1 you are hypothyroid and not making enough hormones most likely.

My sides look like that, or even a bit worse - generalized thinning all over the head coincided with developing hypothyroidism, my TSH was up to 8.
'Normal' range is 0.4 - 4.0, but healthy people rarely have anything over 1.0.

Really?
My tsh was 1.44 last time I checked, ft3 and ft4 both in range. Does that mean a subclinical hypothyroidism?
I do notice my donor not as thick as years ago on top of my already existing retrograde.

 

[IggyPop]

yeah i read that mate. im gonna wait to see how others do with that stuff lol. seems very hardcore

Try to find your thyroid results and look at the number called 'TSH' - if it's above 1 you are hypothyroid and not making enough hormones most likely.

My sides look like that, or even a bit worse - generalized thinning all over the head coincided with developing hypothyroidism, my TSH was up to 8.
'Normal' range is 0.4 - 4.0, but healthy people rarely have anything over 1.0.

Where did you get that from? Mine is 1.5. and I also have thinning all over the head.

 

[whatevr]

Really?
My tsh was 1.44 last time I checked, ft3 and ft4 both in range. Does that mean a subclinical hypothyroidism?
I do notice my donor not as thick as years ago on top of my already existing retrograde.

Other than just being 'in range', what matters more is where on the range you fall. You could be on the bottom of the range and near the top of the range and that would be significantly different.

FT4 - [12 - 22] - you probably want to be 19 or 20, rather than 13 or 14, for example.

The absolute best way is to look at symptoms, and body measures such as pulse or temperature. If your pulse is lower than 60 that could indicate hypothyroidism, same if you don't have a body temperature of 98.6°F during the day as well.

Where did you get that from? Mine is 1.5. and I also have thinning all over the head.

Doctors will never agree that you are lacking thyroid hormones if your TSH is within their predetermined range, but in 5 years that I've personally been fighting against hypothyroidism, every time I've seen a person with thinning hair, fatigue, low libido, no energy and other general thyroid symptoms, they always had a TSH of at least 2, and usually higher, even though the range goes up to 4 and they would technically not be diagnosed.

Consequently, the people who I know to be vigorous, youthful and energetic, that have had their thyroids tested, usually come out between 0.5 and 1.2 at most.

My TSH was as high as 8 and I've lowered it to 3.5 without use of thyroid hormones, through diet supplement and lifestyle intervention. I will continue working on it until I get it below 1 and fix it completely.

 

[sunchyme1]

Yikes that sounds brutal. I can't stand concealers. Always so afraid that people would see me without them and call me out on it. Use them sparingly still for going out as they can make a huge difference. Hats are my cure now. I wear a hat like 75% of my time awake. Don't know what I will do when my full time job starts. Was honestly contemplating quitting school to find a job I could wear a hat, but realized I would never be able to pay off my student loans then. Man hair loss has been fun.....really makes life easy /s

concealers are a motherfucker, but have been a life saver for me. its only now really my hair so so f*****g thin its kind of a joke use them. less is def better

Did you look into topical Anti Androgens...Im using spironolactone and just started finasteride

@rclark (RIP) was a big proponent of topical progesterone( progestin cant remember) and estrodial..I can forward or add you to our emails, think he committed forum suicide by call mods a fowl name.

i will look into all this cheers.

how long since you have quitted propecia ?

around 2.5 years ago it think

Try to find your thyroid results and look at the number called 'TSH' - if it's above 1 you are hypothyroid and not making enough hormones most likely.

My sides look like that, or even a bit worse - generalized thinning all over the head coincided with developing hypothyroidism, my TSH was up to 8.
'Normal' range is 0.4 - 4.0, but healthy people rarely have anything over 1.0.

ive thought about my thyroid. cant remember my exact numbe it was on the high end but within range, i think was 4 though. so thats relatively high right? f*****g doctors told me is was fine lol

 

[hairblues]

concealers are a motherfucker, but have been a life saver for me. its only now really my hair so so f*****g thin its kind of a joke use them. less is def better



i will look into all this cheers.



around 2.5 years ago it think



ive thought about my thyroid. cant remember my exact numbe it was on the high end but within range, i think was 4 though. so thats relatively high right? f*****g doctors told me is was fine lol

I will add you to the PM with R clark if i can--it was just about topical not anything private or personal etc.
No reason not to add you.