Any hope for my hairline?

[mmmcoffee]

thanks for looking guys - i got a pretty good picture (i think) from the sides - just can't get it uploaded for some reason...i think 3...but yea i suppose theres not a huge difference between 2.5/3

ill keep trying to put that picture up

[Dan26]

RU is effective for the hairline, I would consider it if I were you!

[mmmcoffee]

Still no luck uploading it...page just times out.

As for RU...I don't know how I feel about experimental stuff...I'd rather be a healthy nw3 than a nw2 who gets cancer in 10 years. Is it any more dangerous than taking fin? I'd only use it on my hairline

[mmmcoffee]

As a side note I think rogaine and fin are doing a great job thickening up and maintaining the rest of my hair...it's just my hairline thinned out before I started fin...so I think it hasn't gotten any thinner over the past year but it probably won't get to a desirable density/thickness

And everything I read about RU is that it's great for maintenance and you have a decent shot at some regrowth. Dunno if its worth the risk

[clandestine]

nw 2.5

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[Shan]

Well if you lost the thinning part, it would be NW 3.
Just stick to the meds and you should be fine

[Pentarou]

Well if you lost the thinning part, it would be NW 3.

My answer exactly. Definitely looks heading towards Nw3, but it is not there yet, thankfully.

Keep on the treatments and you'll be fine. It is still very possible by the 18 to 24 month mark that you could even fill in the gap a decent amount.

[mmmcoffee]

I will keep using meds of course...not quite ready to jump on experimentals. Hopefully you're right and ill see more regrowth later on but I guess I'm happy with maintenance...I'd even be "okay" with a nw 3 as long as I don't go any farther


I know you all offered your opinions, and i thank you guys for that, but i finally got the pic to upload, just for closure here it is

[Pentarou]

That photo actually makes you look like a Nw1+ going on Nw2. Anyone agree?

[mmmcoffee]

I dunno it's kind of deceptive...the little bit of hair that's in the thinning area is still about an inch long so it covers up the recession even when looking thin..I think I'm a nw1.5 to 2 in shape but 2.5-3 if I were to lose that thin spot

[BigThinker]

I dunno it's kind of deceptive...the little bit of hair that's in the thinning area is still about an inch long so it covers up the recession even when looking thin..I think I'm a nw1.5 to 2 in shape but 2.5-3 if I were to lose that thin spot

Wow, so exactly my hair then.

I can even wear my hair up in the front and only look NW2 max. The edge of the hairline and about 3/4 of an inch back from it are just incredibly thin now though. Also, I have a bit of a spot developing on the crown and considerable overall diffusion.

Frankly, I could live with it staying as is, but I'm months away from buzzing my head unless finasteride stops it cold.

[mmmcoffee]

I'm taking fin and applying minox. Lately it's been harder to cover the thinning up and I'm considering the buzz. Hopefully it's just another shed and i thicken up some more in the next 6-12 months...I have been noticing ive been losing around 200 hairs a day lately. I might just buzz for the summer and come to terms with it for both ease of application and better absorption...if I thicken up ill grow the hair out again to cover up the thin spots.

Life's just too damn short to worry about it all the time and with a buzz...hey it'll look worse but ill never have to worry about the wind or rain(live in Seattle) exposing my hairline cuz it'll already be exposed

[Dan26]

I'm taking fin and applying minox. Lately it's been harder to cover the thinning up and I'm considering the buzz. Hopefully it's just another shed and i thicken up some more in the next 6-12 months...I have been noticing ive been losing around 200 hairs a day lately. I might just buzz for the summer and come to terms with it for both ease of application and better absorption...if I thicken up ill grow the hair out again to cover up the thin spots.

Life's just too damn short to worry about it all the time and with a buzz...hey it'll look worse but ill never have to worry about the wind or rain(live in Seattle) exposing my hairline cuz it'll already be exposed

Do it broski! Seriously if you've done a buzz cut before and it looked ok, just do it again, but dont stop fighting the battle. If my hair gets to a point where it looks real bad and is causin distress, im buzzin it and still applying stuff cause it will be way easier. Then if it seems like things are workin, grow it out again

[mmmcoffee]

One year later update:

Minox once per day for a year now and fin 1.25 mg a day:
Still some diffuse thinning but looks a bit better?

[mmmcoffee]

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