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It's the first time I've ever posted about this on any forum, and I'd like to have some more objective advice about my MPB than the ones I usually get from my family and friends. I'd never been too concerned about it, since it was rather minimal and hardly noticeable.But quite recently, I noticed that the situation had gotten quite worse and became, since then, a daily -and quite unhealthy- obsession.
I first noticed I was losing a bit of hair when I was 25. Not to worry, but I started noticing I was slghtly receding at the temples. I went to a dermatologist at the time (less than a year before the hairloss started) who couldn't really tell me much, but still prescribed me some Minoxidil 5%, which I stopped using after 2 days, since it was giving me tachycardia. The receding slowly continued until today (I'm 28 now), without it worrying me too much, even though you can clearly see, when I'm pulling my hair back, a growing M-shaped hairline, the right side receding slighty faster than the left side, which seems to have stopped receding. Obviously I'm not picking up hundreds of hair in the shower or on my pillow, but quite enough (a dozen, tops, when I shampoo and half a dozen on my pillow in the morning) to have me worried a little bit more today.
Plus I noticed, a few days ago, by using a second mirror, a balding line around the crown.I should add that I have two hair whirls, which is not quite common, and so, a balding line (maybe a 1/3 of an inch wide) between those two whirls.I also noticed my hair had lost some of its density all over, even though it's still minimal and unnoticeable.
Fortunately, I originally have some thick light brown hair, from wavy to curly.Until today, I had no problem styling it rather naturally without it looking like a gross combover, and until now, no one in my family or circle of friends, ever pointed out I had lost quite an amount of hair without me pointing it out myself.
As far as my family hair history is concerned, my father barely started receding in his early 50's and still has decent hair at 60, but my grandfather (still on my father's side)
had already lost most of his hair in his early 30's (NW4/5 around 35), even though he started losing his hair much earlier than I did.
I'm a rather shy and private guy -even though girls among my friends always thought I was rather good-looking- and it's become a huge concern for me now that it's gotten worse.
To such an extent that, a few days back, when I first noticed that balding line on my crown, I freaked out and ordered (after some reasonable research) some K-Max (quite like Toppik but more natural) online, although now I find it quite desperate and am still reluctant to use it. I haven't gone out for a week, unless absolute necessity, and started avoiding mirrors.
I'm still afraid to go and fix it at a barber's, afraid he/she might make unpleasant remarks about my hairloss, and I'm currently considering shaving it myself to an inch long all over, not knowing if it would help hiding the receded part or not.
I even considered shaving it all, but I doubt a bald head will be very flattering on me, since I have quite a long oval face.
So any advice or opinion is dearly welcome, since it's been eating me up for a while, and let's face it, it's quite an unconsistent issue when you're all healthy
Thanks in advance, and sorry btw, I tried to keep it short, but I really couldn't
It's the first time I've ever posted about this on any forum, and I'd like to have some more objective advice about my MPB than the ones I usually get from my family and friends. I'd never been too concerned about it, since it was rather minimal and hardly noticeable.But quite recently, I noticed that the situation had gotten quite worse and became, since then, a daily -and quite unhealthy- obsession.
I first noticed I was losing a bit of hair when I was 25. Not to worry, but I started noticing I was slghtly receding at the temples. I went to a dermatologist at the time (less than a year before the hairloss started) who couldn't really tell me much, but still prescribed me some Minoxidil 5%, which I stopped using after 2 days, since it was giving me tachycardia. The receding slowly continued until today (I'm 28 now), without it worrying me too much, even though you can clearly see, when I'm pulling my hair back, a growing M-shaped hairline, the right side receding slighty faster than the left side, which seems to have stopped receding. Obviously I'm not picking up hundreds of hair in the shower or on my pillow, but quite enough (a dozen, tops, when I shampoo and half a dozen on my pillow in the morning) to have me worried a little bit more today.
Plus I noticed, a few days ago, by using a second mirror, a balding line around the crown.I should add that I have two hair whirls, which is not quite common, and so, a balding line (maybe a 1/3 of an inch wide) between those two whirls.I also noticed my hair had lost some of its density all over, even though it's still minimal and unnoticeable.
Fortunately, I originally have some thick light brown hair, from wavy to curly.Until today, I had no problem styling it rather naturally without it looking like a gross combover, and until now, no one in my family or circle of friends, ever pointed out I had lost quite an amount of hair without me pointing it out myself.
As far as my family hair history is concerned, my father barely started receding in his early 50's and still has decent hair at 60, but my grandfather (still on my father's side)
had already lost most of his hair in his early 30's (NW4/5 around 35), even though he started losing his hair much earlier than I did.
I'm a rather shy and private guy -even though girls among my friends always thought I was rather good-looking- and it's become a huge concern for me now that it's gotten worse.
To such an extent that, a few days back, when I first noticed that balding line on my crown, I freaked out and ordered (after some reasonable research) some K-Max (quite like Toppik but more natural) online, although now I find it quite desperate and am still reluctant to use it. I haven't gone out for a week, unless absolute necessity, and started avoiding mirrors.
I'm still afraid to go and fix it at a barber's, afraid he/she might make unpleasant remarks about my hairloss, and I'm currently considering shaving it myself to an inch long all over, not knowing if it would help hiding the receded part or not.
I even considered shaving it all, but I doubt a bald head will be very flattering on me, since I have quite a long oval face.
So any advice or opinion is dearly welcome, since it's been eating me up for a while, and let's face it, it's quite an unconsistent issue when you're all healthy
Thanks in advance, and sorry btw, I tried to keep it short, but I really couldn't
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