Hey!
I'm fairly new here, but I've lurked around here for about a year now. I'm 22 y/o and noticed the start of my receding hairline around a year ago (hence me finding this site). For a while, I didn't do anything about it, denying that I was receding. Who wants to admit to himself that he's balding at 22, right? Luckily my receding has proven to be a very slow progress, and is impossible to tell when my hair is dry -- hell, wet too for most people. Nevertheless, little by little I'm losing ground, and I'll probably end up as a Norwood 5 (the scale my father is in) years from now (currently I'm starting to see a pattern indicating tht I'll be a Norwood 3 in a few years). So, in November last year, I really decided to do someting about it now that I'm still a Norwood 1.5 or 2.0. I ordered some Nizoral 2% shampoo in order to reduce inflammation (the itch was driving me crazy) and am planning to go on propecia as soon as I've reached six months of Nizoral-only.
The problem, however, is that Nizoral leaves my scalp very dry and my hair quite knotted. I didn't have these problems the first few months, even though I haven't changed anything about the schedule (Tuesdays and Fridays). I'm planning to use conditioner, but I'm not quite sure when I need to apply it. Since my hair becomes knotted directly after applying the shampoo, it seems to be smart to apply it directly after washing out the Nizoral shampoo, but I'm not quite sure if that negates the effect of the shampoo.:unsure:
Any thoughts on this?
Thanks in advance!
By the way, I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this question, but I'm not quite sure where to put it otherwise.
I'm fairly new here, but I've lurked around here for about a year now. I'm 22 y/o and noticed the start of my receding hairline around a year ago (hence me finding this site). For a while, I didn't do anything about it, denying that I was receding. Who wants to admit to himself that he's balding at 22, right? Luckily my receding has proven to be a very slow progress, and is impossible to tell when my hair is dry -- hell, wet too for most people. Nevertheless, little by little I'm losing ground, and I'll probably end up as a Norwood 5 (the scale my father is in) years from now (currently I'm starting to see a pattern indicating tht I'll be a Norwood 3 in a few years). So, in November last year, I really decided to do someting about it now that I'm still a Norwood 1.5 or 2.0. I ordered some Nizoral 2% shampoo in order to reduce inflammation (the itch was driving me crazy) and am planning to go on propecia as soon as I've reached six months of Nizoral-only.
The problem, however, is that Nizoral leaves my scalp very dry and my hair quite knotted. I didn't have these problems the first few months, even though I haven't changed anything about the schedule (Tuesdays and Fridays). I'm planning to use conditioner, but I'm not quite sure when I need to apply it. Since my hair becomes knotted directly after applying the shampoo, it seems to be smart to apply it directly after washing out the Nizoral shampoo, but I'm not quite sure if that negates the effect of the shampoo.:unsure:
Any thoughts on this?
Thanks in advance!
By the way, I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this question, but I'm not quite sure where to put it otherwise.
