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Good morning everyone,
I'm going to the Dr. today to ask about Proprecia. I've read on many threads that a lot of you support Proprecia and other finesterides as a way to stop hairfall/thinning.
Basically, my hair started noticibly thinning maybe 5 months back. I'm 24 now and becoming very concerned as I love having long hair (of course). I had hair almost down to my lower back, but tried cutting it chinlength with layers back in Jan-2008. This was a decision that i made but wasnt happy to make.
Can anyone please share with me ideas about combating this thinning and/or experience with Proprecia? Do you think i can reverse the thinning & miniturization? What do you guys think about the thinness of my hair.
Here are pics I took of my hair/crown. Note that when i took the crown pic, my hair was very greasy and flat. In the photo of it back, it was a little matted down ( i tried a leave in conditioner, didnt like how it flattened my hair). The last pic of it down is how it normally looks. my crown isnt like a bald spot, but the part seems wide and long. The frontal bangs are see through, which is no fun.
Thank you all so much for any thoughts/replies.
-Phil
More pics of my hair in action (band photos)
Hi, i had the exact same pattern as you, i went to see a dermathologist and now im taking some vitamins for hair, putting minoxidil 5% on my scalp before i go to bed and taking a med called avodart. Its much much better, its not 100% perfect like it was before that begin but now no one can notice so i am happy. Talk to your Dr. about what i am taking and see what he says. Ill be waiting for news of you. Good Luck
Thanks a lot for your input & regimin Nick. I'll definately bring up avodart today and see what he says. I actually just started taking vitamins: Biotin, Vitamin C & Zinc. Which ones are you having success with?
Thanks again Nick
-Phil
Im taking a food suplement called "piltone" that has vitamins, minerals and aminoacids, its indicated to revitalize hair and nails.
I have shoulder-lenght hair and before starting this treatment i heard things on school like "man, your going bald". Well, the other day a friend of mine was talking about a bald professor we have and she said "with all that hair your never going bald hum?", so as you can see it works, no one notices anything :)!
Good Luck
Haha that's good to hear Nick. I'm glad it's working for you and you also sound around my age which is good to hear also. I havn't yet had anyone notice anything, but I notice it myself which drives me insane.
My hair's about shoulder length now, I'm hopefully gonna try to get it mid-lower back again (I hope). I'm definatly gonna look up Piltone and probably give it a shot.
Thanks for the recommendations and input Nick
-Phil
Im doing those 3 things so i dont know what is working and what is not, and i wont be stoping one medication just to see the effect :)
Good Luck
Haha that's good to hear Nick. I'm glad it's working for you and you also sound around my age which is good to hear also. I havn't yet had anyone notice anything, but I notice it myself which drives me insane.
My hair's about shoulder length now, I'm hopefully gonna try to get it mid-lower back again (I hope). I'm definatly gonna look up Piltone and probably give it a shot.
Thanks for the recommendations and input Nick
-Phil
My hair has never been any thicker than that! If you didn't say you had noticed a change I would have said it was thin, not thinning. In particular your crown is 100% normal. However, you do have a 'widow's peak' and apparent hair loss around the temples, but all guys get the latter to some extent, just some more than others. If you are worried, see a doctor, because right now I'm not sure if you even have a problem or not.
Hey man,
What you said actually did make me feel a lot better; mainly the crown part haha since that's what worries me most. Your mane looks awesome by the way. I basically noted mainly the fact that my temple's have receeded a bit and my hair overall thinned as well. I noticed more small 1-inch hairs in the hairline which makes me nervous of miniturization so I guess that's my main worry. If i was to keep my current hairline and crown the way they are now, I'd be happy; I don't mind having a widow's peak at all. Again, it's good to hear from another long hair that mine isn't out of the ordinary and especially that my crown looks normal. Thanks for your input!
-Phil
It's helped me. I am 40 now. About 6 months into growing my hair out (I was a total buzzer) I started noticing my crown area was much thinner than the rest of my hair (I have no frontal recession though) and started using Propecia and later added Rogaine. I am happy to say that it/they have made a HUGE difference and that area now looks nearly normal. I am in my 21'st month of growing and all is going well. These drugs will NOT help frontal receding hairlines however.
Just a FYI, I take the generic Propecia and cut them in half (Proscar).
Matt