how being in denial costs us bigtime:(

[ThinningB420]

Each individual handles their balding differently. I've known I've been balding since I was 15 or 16. I knew I had diffuse thinning as after taking Accutane I noticed my hair getting thinner on top. I didn't develop recision until I was about 24. I personally was upset that I was balding but I didn't think there was a real answer so I accepted that I was balding while hating it. Unfortunately, I waited too long to try and address the issue. I'm probably a NW 2.5 but my hair is very thin from the diffuse thinning that in some pictures I look like a NW 4a. I'm hoping since I haven't lost the hair, the follicles have only miniaturized noticeably, that finasteride will help me thicken up what I have.

[rdawg]

Didn't start using anything til I hit about NW2. I started using minoxidil then, it seemed to slow it a bit but the loss continued.

gradually after maybe a year and a half-2 years I became an NW3 like I am now, finally started on fin(i actually had no clue what it was until about a year ago) about 6 or so months ago.

I'm about the same now, hopefully fin does something for me, after I hit a year though and if my hair gets worse, I'm out of options until the next stuff comes along!

It's gonna take me a bit to fully accept this, at least while I wait for new stuff, but I'm slowly adjusting. It was not fun losing your hair at 18 or so though, feels like a piece of your youth gets taken away.

[GoingBald34]

When I discovered my thinning crown around Thanksgiving of 2010, I was surely in denial. How could this happen to me? No way, the barber must have messed up and took a chunk without a clipper. I still had a thick head of hair with NW0 hairline, but a quick glance at my family history of baldness made things very clear. I was 25 at that time, while all my cousins even those younger were NW3 and NW4.

I did do something about my hair loss while I was a NW0. I got on propecia after treating SD condition, and for awhile I forgot about my hair. It was thick, crown saw solid improvement, there were zero signs I was suffering from hair loss. Fast forward to 9 years later and the same feelings hit me once again. I’m now a NW 1.5 with a tall forehead that gets more difficult to hide, I’m headed to an aggressive pattern my gut says because propecia lost its effectiveness. It seems to have just stopped working period.

No matter when you catch the problem and address it, you are only delaying the inevitable. I’m not sure if Avodart will turn things around for me since I’m hesitant to take the 1st pill, there is no denying that even at 34 I feel robbed of my youth. I still took the last 9 years for granted. I imagined being in my 50’s still rocking a full head. Fantasy it was, short lived. Hair loss wether on a small scale or large, the emotional psychological feelings are the same. The uncertainty, the emotional trauma, the regrets of not fully cherishing the good times. We all are destined to the same fate, unless a miracle cure comes around. I thought “pop a pill a day and forget about it” was easy..whats hard is the uncertainty that it may stop working at any given moment. That I can relate..my instincts were correct. It will be over for me soon