I am balding ,please advise what to do

[Artista]

Hi Aik82, Thank you for sharing your hair photos..!!

I can understand why you could initially become a bit upset over hairloss.
Many people have done the same.
The healthiest thing that you can do for yourself right now is to accept it, of course NO ONE wants to loss their hair, but when you stay positive and that you do NOT ALLOW hairloss to stress you out and make you depressed, then you can do whatever it takes to IMPROVE your hairline.
Acceptance is so very IMPORTANT for all of us that have hairloss.

Based on those pics bro, I would suggest that you
certainly do see your doctor and be prescribed Finasteride.
Hubris was correct in bringing Fin up to you.

I personally have never experienced BAD sides' from Finasteride and I have been on it for over 2 years now.
If you do decide to begin Fin' you must not expect it to change your hairs condition 'over night' ...
It takes quite a while for most men to see a positive change.
You may see, like I did, a positive beginning after about 4 months of its use.
I am on 1 mg per day.
Of course, your doctor would explain what should be done for you.
As I have said before , stress will cause more hairloss.
Stay happy and positive bro!!!!


Oh another thing, start taking the multi-vitamin~ Biotin as well.
Look up its information especially for hair.
Biotin DOES help hair!!
I take it every day.
Also, if you do start taking Finasteride take it like you would vitamins-
Take it and forget about it!! Live your life in a positive spin, you will see a change in time ~~~~
Do not continue to focus on your hair trying to see an improvement taking place.
More than likely it will happen for you but you must be patient.

[Aik82]

This is my situation. And I used to have hair like my profile pic.

It is really tough and sad. Losing all my confidence. I hope they will come up with a solution soon.

[Aik82]

Aik82~ HELLO!

First of all Aik82, you must step-back as much as possible from your worries and depression over the possibility of more hairloss.
Being that you are 33 years old now,
you MUST BE accepting of what your hair is looking like today.
There are things that you can do to IMPROVE your hair but first you must stop being so emotional and depressed about this.
As I have said to many others here, STRESS WILL cause more hairloss than normal.
It happened to ME..!!
So you must step-back a bit and become objective in the way that you should accept
what is going on FOR 'TODAY'.
When you are older, like me, you will look back on this and wish that you had not become so depressed and saddened by this.
You must stay POSITIVE regardless of how much of your hair has diminished.
It would be good for you to post us photos of your hairline, front and back.
(no need to show your face of course)
You would look at your own photos with emotions.
We will not...
There are quite a few of us members that are here to HELP.
You have said-
"It is bad both professional and private life"
It can be if you do not stay positive and try the different avenues to improve your hair.
There are different options for you to use.
Now Hubris had recommended using Finasteride and he is going based on your words Aik82.
That is NOT a bad recommendation by Hubris but-
before I can see recent photos of your hairline I would not recommend just yet.
It certainly IS working for me and many others but, maybe you dont need it.
Maybe you do....No one knows yet.
My doctor prescribed Fin' to me and just over 100 of his other patients years before me.
NONE have had bad sides from it.

Back to you ,, there are other options available as well to improve your hair.
I hope to hear back from you Aik82 and that you share your photos.

Hi Djodjo123, how are you doing today?!?
Im glad that you are becoming more positive my friend!!

Thank you so much for your encouragement and your words to both of you. I am having really a bad time.

It is really good to hear that you are not experiencing any sides. My biggest fear is compromising my fertility.

I read here that Desmond, and I have great consideration of him, suggested taking 0,25mg twice a week to avoid any sides. I think I am going to try that and increase if it won't work. How long does it take to show any results?

I am trying to upload the pictures..

[Artista]

Aik82~ HELLO!

First of all Aik82, you must step-back as much as possible from your worries and depression over the possibility of more hairloss.
Being that you are 33 years old now,
you MUST BE accepting of what your hair is looking like today.
There are things that you can do to IMPROVE your hair but first you must stop being so emotional and depressed about this.
As I have said to many others here, STRESS WILL cause more hairloss than normal.
It happened to ME..!!
So you must step-back a bit and become objective in the way that you should accept
what is going on FOR 'TODAY'.
When you are older, like me, you will look back on this and wish that you had not become so depressed and saddened by this.
You must stay POSITIVE regardless of how much of your hair has diminished.
It would be good for you to post us photos of your hairline, front and back.
(no need to show your face of course)
You would look at your own photos with emotions.
We will not...
There are quite a few of us members that are here to HELP.
You have said-
"It is bad both professional and private life"
It can be if you do not stay positive and try the different avenues to improve your hair.
There are different options for you to use.
Now Hubris had recommended using Finasteride and he is going based on your words Aik82.
That is NOT a bad recommendation by Hubris but-
before I can see recent photos of your hairline I would not recommend just yet.
It certainly IS working for me and many others but, maybe you dont need it.
Maybe you do....No one knows yet.
My doctor prescribed Fin' to me and just over 100 of his other patients years before me.
NONE have had bad sides from it.

Back to you ,, there are other options available as well to improve your hair.
I hope to hear back from you Aik82 and that you share your photos.

Hi Djodjo123, how are you doing today?!?
Im glad that you are becoming more positive my friend!!

[Hubris]

Hi guys,

I am 33 and now my balding is going faster and going from the temples to the crown. I am really unconfortable and depressed. I always had blond hair and medium long, so now I am losing confidence in my look. It is bad both professional and private life.

I know it's "just hair" and that I am healthy and I should focus on living my life, but I am really really depressed. I am unsure to try fina as I am scared of the side effects because I also want to have a family one day. I don't want to lose my libido and my fertility.

I believe I can't do anything about it and I am really depressed. I am not going out anymore and I am avoiding people. This is so sad.

Take finasteride. I've been on it for a month now with no side effects. I was so scared about it that I put it off for a good two years. Had I have just started then I could now have a just about passable amount of hair. Instead, even with a best case scenario where I make a big recovery from finasteride and minoxidil, I'm still going to be thin with heavily receded temples.

Just take the finasteride, and don't worry yourself about it. No offense to those minority of people who are suffering as a result of this medication, but I'm convinced a lot of people are getting side effects simply because they're freaking themselves out psychologically.

[Aik82]

Hi guys,

I am 33 and now my balding is going faster and going from the temples to the crown. I am really unconfortable and depressed. I always had blond hair and medium long, so now I am losing confidence in my look. It is bad both professional and private life.

I know it's "just hair" and that I am healthy and I should focus on living my life, but I am really really depressed. I am unsure to try fina as I am scared of the side effects because I also want to have a family one day. I don't want to lose my libido and my fertility.

I believe I can't do anything about it and I am really depressed. I am not going out anymore and I am avoiding people. This is so sad.

[Artista]

Thank you Voxman! Your advice is also very good for Djodjo' !
I have a feeling that Djodjo' will not suffer major hairloss... of course no one can really know for sure.
Most of all men in life experience a MATURING of their hairlines...a percentage of men do NOT suffer major hairloss.

[voxman]

Artista is spot on - sometimes hair loss begins INSIDE of our heads before it actually occurs. Which is why I always advise a wait and see first, then meds, then the big plunge. A lot of us here are envious of your hair so enjoy it!

[Artista]

Exactly Djodjo'! You certainly ARE not sure you have to at this point.
You are using good commonsense my friend!

As I suggested before,
start taking that multi-vitamin Biotin. Even if you are not going to experience serious hairloss,
Biotin WILL IMPROVE your hair anyways!
Later if commonsense tells you that there is a true percentage of hairloss occurring ,then begin using Minoxidil too.

I was at a NW-5 2 years ago (you are NO-WHERE NEAR that loss)
I began Finasteride, 1mg per day. Later I also began taking Biotin too.
My hairloss is experiencing GOOD improvements due to Fin'. Biotin too.
I dont think you really NEED Finasteride at this point in time.
You might never need it-but who knows.
Time will tell....for today, improve your scalp with Biotin (a proven multi)
and LATER if you feel you need it, get Minoxidil too.
You always must be PATIENT as well buddy.
No stress will result when you stay positive and patient.

[djodjo123]

I was about your age when I also started to notice a lot of hair falling out - but i didn't do anything about it (was a bit afraid of taking propecia).
Now at 36 I wish I'd taken propecia/finestaride because I believe it would save me lot's of hair.

So my advice would be to start on a low dosage of propecia (maybe 0.25 mg per day) to see how it works for you. If you're lucky, you'll keep lots of hair in your 30ties and 40ties.

I will first consult with dermatologist before taking any drugs for sure , I hate to take drugs ,I dont like to take even aspirin so its gonna be hard to convince myself to take something before I am not sure I have to.

[Mpbman]

I was about your age when I also started to notice a lot of hair falling out - but i didn't do anything about it (was a bit afraid of taking propecia).
Now at 36 I wish I'd taken propecia/finestaride because I believe it would save me lot's of hair.

So my advice would be to start on a low dosage of propecia (maybe 0.25 mg per day) to see how it works for you. If you're lucky, you'll keep lots of hair in your 30ties and 40ties.

[djodjo123]

Yeah ,the camera and lighting is bad and my hair was very uneven ,top was shorter and sides were longer ,because I cuted the top 2-3 days after the sides and back,I am not saying that I am not thinning on the crown ,I will make picture with good camera and natural lighting and post it after my hair grow a little bit and will wait for your responses again ,but really my head was unevenly cuted and probably this created some illusion ,also I cuted on my own and it was very uneven and strange looking.

[JayM]

All I can say is with that last picture is that your temples are strong Bro! You have a solid hairline. Go see a specialist who will be able to advise you better but honestly the only place I feel could be thinning a little is the Crown. And with that last picture I'm not even sure of that so my advice would be see a dermatologist or hair transplant surgeon who have the tools to be able to tell.

[Artista]

Djodjo123, glad to see your positive replies here.
Also its good to see others here also give you advice.
Thats great.
About your crown area.
Most men who would shave their hair down as you did (which is still AOK) ,
their crown area would also sort of look that same way,,not that your crown looks bad...it looks OK.

There is a relatively small % of men that would keep the same hair thickness that they had when they were KIDS.
Also -Photographic lighting can very well make a persons scalp look much different than it really is too.

[djodjo123]

Ok here is cuted ( I really needed to do it ,because it was uneven ,now is also a little bit uneven ,but not so much ) ,do you still think it is receding on the crown or not .I dont have good camera ,I use the webcam on the laptop.