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Hey everyone. I've been noticing some pretty decent receding around my temples within the last year or so. This sucks! The hair on each temple is probably at least 1 inch behind where it would be if the hairline were straight. It's not a particularly wide area yet, about 2 finger-widths across, and the rest of my hair still covers it up for the most part when I part it in the middle. The rest of my head still looks fine.
But anyway, here's the question. Does anyone here use (or tried?) any of the medications or solutions that are out on the market? I don't need to grow anything back, but I definitely want to keep whatever I still have. I know I have the genetics for balding... my mom's brother was probably half bald by the time he was 25, and I definitely inhereted my hair from that side of the family. Even my mom has hair thinning problems. I'm only 21 now, so I'm hesitent about taking any medications like Propecia that I heard can have some crappy side effects, and smearing on stuff like rogaine twice a day seems like a real pain in the ass. If anyone has tried any of these things, or know someone who did, please let me know how it worked (or didn't) and what benefits the stuff might have in reality, not just based on their comercials. Thanks a lot.
Luckily my family have not got this problem. I suggest going to the doctor and getting some stuff off them. Otherwise I suggest marrying my sister and at least then your kids have a fighting chance of not balding so badly.
Go to a doctor and get a prescription for Propecia. Side effects are extreemly rare and immediately reverse if you stop taking the drug. I have had fantastic results with no side effects at all. BTW for most people, it will not significantly re-grow lost hair, only prevent further hair loss. So time is of the essence.
Hi. Thanks for the advice. I was definitely considering looking into Propecia. I've done a lot of searching online to find out all I could about it, and for experiences on how people tend to react to it. I found a lot of people complaining of "shedding" every few months or so for up to the first 2 years, where they actually lost a lot more hair before everything finally stabilized. Supposedly, the drug acts on all hairs that are being at all affected by DHT, and causes the body to push them all out first before regrowing starts. The promotional sites claim that this is just a good sign that the drug is working. Though a lot of people reported that they started to look really bad when this happened, and it seemed to almost give them a couple years worth of hair loss in just weeks, and that what fell out in this period hasn't grown back.
Anyway, did you experience any of this? This almost seems like the biggest potential drawback. Also, how long have you been taking it?
Oh yeah, one more thing... how was your doctor about it? Did you see a dermatologist and were they knowledgeable enough, and friendly about the problem? I heard a lot lof people complaining about this aspect too. Thanks a lot.