Hey guys,
I've just signed up but I have been reading the forum for a few months.
Here's my story.
I am a 28 year old guy from Ireland. All the males on my dads side of the family are almost completely bald. The males on my mums side have very little hairloss. I kinda always assumed I'd be ok since I believed the old wives tale that you take after your mothers side of the family...
About 2 years ago I became conscious of hairloss when my housemate started to lose his hair at the crown. The guy was a complete mess panicking about it and it really freaked me out too. I started freaking out incase it happened to me too. I was checking my hairline everyday looking for signs. I was almost convincing myself i was going bald but everyone else said my hair was fine and there was no sign of any hairloss at all.. well that was 2 years ago.. since then I have become more and more convinced my hair is thinning at the hairline.
about 6 months ago I noticed my younger brothers hair had also thinned at the front. This really freaked me out.
for the past 2 years altho I have been obsessively checking my hair for any signs of hairloss but it hasnt really bothered me that much because it has been a very insignificant amount of loss that noone apart from me has even noticed but 2 days ago that all changed..
I tried to shave my head at the sides,with just a number 2 guard on the clipper. This didnt take any off so i switched to the number 1, this took loads off!!! way too much and I couldnt blend it into the top of my head so I thought, screw this.. ill just do the 1 all over and see how i look with a shaved head. so I did the number 1 all over and after i was finished noticed i had missed a few hairs near my crown, so i grabbed the clipper and without looking trimmed the few stray hairs.... I had forgotten that i had taken the guard off the clipper and had just shaved a bald patch with no guard on the clipper right at my crown!!! I had no choice but to shave the rest of my head with no guard!!! my shaved head looked ridiculous!! I have quite a small head, slightly prominent ears and a thin face. I work out though so I have broad shoulders which makes my head look even more disproportianate! The worst thing however is that now thats been a few days since i shaved my head, the hair has grown back slightly and the thin areas are very noticeable, It looks like im going to be a Norwood scale 2. This had caused me great distress in the past few days. I havent left the house and even missed out on new years eve celebrations because of it. My confidence is shot!!! I am due back into work after the xmas break on Monday and I am dreading it!
I dont know what to do! I know I was kind of stressing before about losing my hair and even when i noticed very slight thinning I almost convinced myself that it wasnt happening but now that ive completely shaved my head and can see very clearly the thin and thick areas its confirmed to me that I am definitely losing it. I have been taking herbal treatments for about a year such as saw palmetto and ive been using hair retention shampoos "just in case" but I dont know if they have been doing very much if anything.
I dont know what to do now, I am due to go on a skiing holiday with my mates in 2 weeks and i feel so depressed right now about the whole hairloss thing I dont even wanna go now. None of them have seen my shaved head either so I know I would be in for a week of abuse about it!
I have heard bad things about propecia which scare me and ive also heard it doesnt work for hairline loss..
please help..!!!
I've just signed up but I have been reading the forum for a few months.
Here's my story.
I am a 28 year old guy from Ireland. All the males on my dads side of the family are almost completely bald. The males on my mums side have very little hairloss. I kinda always assumed I'd be ok since I believed the old wives tale that you take after your mothers side of the family...
About 2 years ago I became conscious of hairloss when my housemate started to lose his hair at the crown. The guy was a complete mess panicking about it and it really freaked me out too. I started freaking out incase it happened to me too. I was checking my hairline everyday looking for signs. I was almost convincing myself i was going bald but everyone else said my hair was fine and there was no sign of any hairloss at all.. well that was 2 years ago.. since then I have become more and more convinced my hair is thinning at the hairline.
about 6 months ago I noticed my younger brothers hair had also thinned at the front. This really freaked me out.
for the past 2 years altho I have been obsessively checking my hair for any signs of hairloss but it hasnt really bothered me that much because it has been a very insignificant amount of loss that noone apart from me has even noticed but 2 days ago that all changed..
I tried to shave my head at the sides,with just a number 2 guard on the clipper. This didnt take any off so i switched to the number 1, this took loads off!!! way too much and I couldnt blend it into the top of my head so I thought, screw this.. ill just do the 1 all over and see how i look with a shaved head. so I did the number 1 all over and after i was finished noticed i had missed a few hairs near my crown, so i grabbed the clipper and without looking trimmed the few stray hairs.... I had forgotten that i had taken the guard off the clipper and had just shaved a bald patch with no guard on the clipper right at my crown!!! I had no choice but to shave the rest of my head with no guard!!! my shaved head looked ridiculous!! I have quite a small head, slightly prominent ears and a thin face. I work out though so I have broad shoulders which makes my head look even more disproportianate! The worst thing however is that now thats been a few days since i shaved my head, the hair has grown back slightly and the thin areas are very noticeable, It looks like im going to be a Norwood scale 2. This had caused me great distress in the past few days. I havent left the house and even missed out on new years eve celebrations because of it. My confidence is shot!!! I am due back into work after the xmas break on Monday and I am dreading it!
I dont know what to do! I know I was kind of stressing before about losing my hair and even when i noticed very slight thinning I almost convinced myself that it wasnt happening but now that ive completely shaved my head and can see very clearly the thin and thick areas its confirmed to me that I am definitely losing it. I have been taking herbal treatments for about a year such as saw palmetto and ive been using hair retention shampoos "just in case" but I dont know if they have been doing very much if anything.
I dont know what to do now, I am due to go on a skiing holiday with my mates in 2 weeks and i feel so depressed right now about the whole hairloss thing I dont even wanna go now. None of them have seen my shaved head either so I know I would be in for a week of abuse about it!
I have heard bad things about propecia which scare me and ive also heard it doesnt work for hairline loss..
please help..!!!
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