I am barely 18 and I know I am balding, I am already nw 1.5-2. I've had a large forehead for all my life and now I noticed the receding hairline. My dad now is something like nw6 and he was nw 3 when he was in his late twenties early thirties. But on my mothers side everyone has a head full of hair except my great grandmother who is now like 96 years. So I have been researching hair loss and I am optimistic about the future treatments. But I am not sure that I would have hair on my head by then.
Will I be able to hold on to my hair until Histogen is available!?
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He is barely 18 years old and has a family history of hairloss.
Start with minoxidil and keto shampoo reasonistian, you are a bit young to use finasteride so hold off that for a couple years at least. If you maintain what you have with those meds then I would consider you saved!
P.s if you grow your hair longer you can style it with practice to cover your temple points naturally and it will frame your face better.Comment
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He is barely 18 years old and has a family history of hairloss.
Start with minoxidil and keto shampoo reasonistian, you are a bit young to use finasteride so hold off that for a couple years at least. If you maintain what you have with those meds then I would consider you saved!
P.s if you grow your hair longer you can style it with practice to cover your temple points naturally and it will frame your face better.
@OP: You don't necessarily have to take fin, but it is by far your best shot at maintaining. Think about it and do what feels right. I am in the exact same situation (teenager + balding =/= fun) as you are so I know how you feel. I too fear that I won't have a lot of hair on my head anymore when better things come out, but I do my best to maintain what I have right now with fin, minox and ruComment
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Yeah sure I meant if I was him I would definitely take it but need to be aware what exactly the drug does and the elevated dangers if you are still not fully out of puberty.Comment
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I am thinking of accepting hair loss for now and use a semi-permanent hair piece when I become bald. They have came a long way since the 80s and decent ones can only be recognized on close inspection, and they don't need much maintenance besides reapplying the adhesive every 3-4 week (not more than 20 minutes)Comment
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I am thinking of accepting hair loss for now and use a semi-permanent hair piece when I become bald. They have came a long way since the 80s and decent ones can only be recognized on close inspection, and they don't need much maintenance besides reapplying the adhesive every 3-4 week (not more than 20 minutes)Comment
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I don't like the idea of taking fin and dealing with side effects and treatment would only slow down hair loss for maybe 5-6? years the hair loss will be accelerated. I had one of my teachers who told me he has been wearing a hairpiece for 12 years after I made a comment about my hair loss, he even let me check it and it was damn convincing even to the touch.Comment
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I'll probably wait a couple of years before taking fin as I am too young for it. I know the choices very well. fin would slow down the balding for 10 years most. A hair transplant is out of the question as I will probably proceed to a norwood 6-7. So a hair system would by my last option, shaving is out of the question as I don't look good bald my dad actually pulls it off pretty well and he looks better than when he had hair in his early twenties but I guess some people are just lucky.Comment
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Regarding what your results will be, nobody can say for sure as it depends from person to person. However, even if fin would lose efficacy after 5-6 years (which it doesn't) then at least you had 5-6 years of good hair, which is great!Comment
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I think that I'll wait a year or so and if I progressed to norwood 2-2.5 I'll start taking fin, I think that is probably the best decision.Comment
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