22 and hair thinning

[mattj]

I used to have quite long sideburns which involved paying attention to them and the hair around them, so I know at least that area is thinner. I'm extrapolating based on that and the top of my head since I seem to have the same amount of coverage all over my head now.

Went to the doctor yesterday and I've now got to go have a blood test although he told me there's not really anything that can be done and to wait 6 months to see if it clears up and starts growing back. Looking at my mother who has thin hair and my father who has MPB I'm beginning to accept I've probably got MPB. Sucks to have it so young though, but such is life.

Well, your hair is still thick enough that your photographs don't show a significant enough loss in density for people to give you a definite answer on whether you've actually lost hair or not. If you are losing hair to male pattern baldness then you're still in that difficult to tell stage.

As I can't be totally sure what's happening, I don't feel I should advise you to immediately start taking Propecia or anything, but it's an option you have which has a good chance of maintaining your hair. There is a high success rate with the drug in diffuse thinning cases, and there's every reason to be optimistic that you'll still have pretty much the same amount of hair well into the future.

I started receding in my early twenties but didn't notice until I was 24. I use Propecia (well, quartered Proscar) and I'm in basically the same state now and I'm nearly thirty one.

[sch89]

Shit man another person with sides! Yes they went away but you still had them... How long have you been on fin?

About 4 months now I think. I'm back to 100 percent libido and erection quality, though.

[sch89]

Iv been on it for almost four months now.