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Hi, This is my first post so bare with me. I'm basically looking for support because i'm going through a really hard time with my hair.. It seems I have genetic MPB (is that the right term?) passed down from my dad and older brother (they have the same hairline albeit more advanced loss)
Here are photos of my hair taken earlier while wet and brushed back (i'm not sure what i am on the norwood scale) forgive me how blurry it is
I generally have thick hair so thankfully i can easily hide it and i'm still young enough (thank god) to have a 'fashionable' hairstyle that hides it well but i can't have this style all my life lol - here's my hair how it looks most days, it's kinda awkward but i get away with it i think
I have been using Kirkland 5% minoxidil for just under a year now i think, i tried re/rogaine foam but found it messy to use so switched to kirkland liquid.. I've been using Nixoral shampoo once a week for a few month now and i take biotin, zinc, vit c and b complex vitamins everyday for various reasons (some being for their hair growth props)
I have gone through awful depression from the age of 15 to 21 (i'm 23 now) and was diagnosed with it aswel as anxiety and BDD. The distress over my hair has gone so far that i've lost all but a few friends, who i rarely see because most days i can't bare leaving the house or if i do i spent hours upon hours waiting for the wind to drop so i can go out without it blowing my hair (yeah, i know).. also i've become distant from family and lost hope of a future and various other things.. im sure some of you know the feeling.
I'm not vain but i simply can't accept going bald like this. My BDD is killing me and there have been times that i've came seconds from ending my own life and i can't go on feeling this way. i've been on medication and seen therapists etc
here's some other photos close up, recently, i feel like something is happening with my hair. I mean you can see a stray random hair in the middle of the bald spot, i know for a fact that is a new regrowth so from that one hair, i guess i'm doing something right?
also looking at the photos i've never really noticed the much smaller hairs around it, i dont think they're as noticeable in real life but seeing them in that photo.. they look promising? (im clutching at straws here) also, im not exactly sure what the scraggly looking hairs are on the hairline. some days i think they're regrowth but im not sure, maybe shedding and regrowth?
I just wondered if there's anything you guys suggest. I've been thinking about propecia but the side effects scare me a bit.. also derma rollers? would they be good? i heard rubbing crushed up vitamins is good after derma rolling?
id be grateful for any advice
thanks so much
ps i should explain the 'getting worse' thing in my title. that was referring to how my fathers hair is compared to mine, where I have hair in the middle of my forehead, his is very very thin so i was referencing how mine is gonna go the same way
aaron
Here are photos of my hair taken earlier while wet and brushed back (i'm not sure what i am on the norwood scale) forgive me how blurry it is
I generally have thick hair so thankfully i can easily hide it and i'm still young enough (thank god) to have a 'fashionable' hairstyle that hides it well but i can't have this style all my life lol - here's my hair how it looks most days, it's kinda awkward but i get away with it i think
I have been using Kirkland 5% minoxidil for just under a year now i think, i tried re/rogaine foam but found it messy to use so switched to kirkland liquid.. I've been using Nixoral shampoo once a week for a few month now and i take biotin, zinc, vit c and b complex vitamins everyday for various reasons (some being for their hair growth props)
I have gone through awful depression from the age of 15 to 21 (i'm 23 now) and was diagnosed with it aswel as anxiety and BDD. The distress over my hair has gone so far that i've lost all but a few friends, who i rarely see because most days i can't bare leaving the house or if i do i spent hours upon hours waiting for the wind to drop so i can go out without it blowing my hair (yeah, i know).. also i've become distant from family and lost hope of a future and various other things.. im sure some of you know the feeling.
I'm not vain but i simply can't accept going bald like this. My BDD is killing me and there have been times that i've came seconds from ending my own life and i can't go on feeling this way. i've been on medication and seen therapists etc
here's some other photos close up, recently, i feel like something is happening with my hair. I mean you can see a stray random hair in the middle of the bald spot, i know for a fact that is a new regrowth so from that one hair, i guess i'm doing something right?
also looking at the photos i've never really noticed the much smaller hairs around it, i dont think they're as noticeable in real life but seeing them in that photo.. they look promising? (im clutching at straws here) also, im not exactly sure what the scraggly looking hairs are on the hairline. some days i think they're regrowth but im not sure, maybe shedding and regrowth?
I just wondered if there's anything you guys suggest. I've been thinking about propecia but the side effects scare me a bit.. also derma rollers? would they be good? i heard rubbing crushed up vitamins is good after derma rolling?
id be grateful for any advice
thanks so much
ps i should explain the 'getting worse' thing in my title. that was referring to how my fathers hair is compared to mine, where I have hair in the middle of my forehead, his is very very thin so i was referencing how mine is gonna go the same way
aaron
it is quite thick thankfully so i do find it fairly easy to hide... i can't say for sure whether i'm losing hair, I don't wanna say for sure that it's stopped falling out because i honestly can't be sure.. i just know i've had this same or similar hairline for few year now and i can't be sure if its getting better or worse.. i dont even remember losing the hair where it's receded tbh so i cant really compare it.
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