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    Default Hypochondriac here. How to stop freaking out can i be sure im not balding?

    For quite a while i've been freaking out over my hairline and hairloss in general

    Im a 19 year old male, and nobody in my family that i know of ever been bald
    my grandpas, both from moms and dads side have full set of hair, one of them is 82 http://imgur.com/a/juWxA and one is in his late 70s
    From my mothers side, My uncle (in his 50s) and my cousin (like 24 or something) still do have their hair http://imgur.com/a/c66g7

    I've been freaking out over my hairline since about the end of october and i did go to a therapist or whatever they call them so that she would direct me to a dermatologist or trichologist, she glanced over my hair and said that im fine and if there is anything it is due to a stress and refused to direct me to a dermatologist/trichologist. She did do a blood test, which came out okay and everything including iron was in the "green area", i am still worried and i still check my hairline every time i get a chance, i take pictures and look at it over and over again http://imgur.com/a/S0EiZ sometimes it does look different, but usually the changes are within "how fresh my hair is" or "how did i grab it", like for example at one time i took two pictures and in one of them the line was higher because i grabbed my hair differently.
    i just keep freaking out over this thing, and the thing is that i always kinda had a high hairline, this picture was taken this summer http://imgur.com/a/XvKw8 and this one like in march http://imgur.com/a/aL0hi when i look at my kid pictures i also have a nice, high hairline, but im still worried

    When i went to a barber a while ago,i asked him what does he think about my hair, he said not to worry, my hair is nice and thick. But im still freaking out, thinking "he didn't look at my hairline though", this is what worries me

    I am a huge hypochondriac in general and i do have those freak outs every once in a while. So what could i do to calm myself down? I don't want to go to another doctor and waste a bunch of money, just to think again "oh,what does she know"

    I probably forgot to put something down and if will remember something, ill comment or edit this post

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    By therapist I think I meant physician and forgot to tell that my dad is also not balding

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    Hey man im 19 too, bit worse off than you but you do have a little temple recession id say you are norwood 2 but that doesn't mean you dont have a chance to stop it if you respond well to finasterise. Ive been on it 2 months today, still seeing continued recession hopefully it will stop it soon. If you aren't interested in medication then just try wait it out and see if it gets any worse but dont obsess over it i did and now im on anti depressants which i think is helping.. i hope. Or you could get a hair system, with a little maintenance they look very convincing nobody would give a second look. Goodluck dude.

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    I wrote you an answer once already, but it didn't go through
    But, 2, really? I was giving myself a barely 1, because of how straight my line is
    These are the pictures I took today
    http://imgur.com/MvBCx6o
    http://imgur.com/AIXqgBF
    http://imgur.com/P80FPG8
    http://imgur.com/xg7pVgb
    http://imgur.com/dd8QPEw
    http://imgur.com/3IXAD3c
    http://imgur.com/qxczCrD
    http://imgur.com/whzxTaG
    And these are my childhood ones, I kinda have a high hairline there too
    Like if you imagine where the bangs are ending
    http://imgur.com/SoPtSRL
    http://imgur.com/N4qUcg3
    Also in this one, I think that the recent one where im in the red shirt, I have more hair actually
    http://imgur.com/a/S0EiZ

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    Yeah those pictures are alot better. Norwood 1.5 wih slight recession. It could just be your hairline maturing. Count yourself lucky im not far off norwood 3 and same age as you. Dad still has hair at 50 and ill probably be bald by 21 - 22 if i dont respond to finasteride
    I dont think you've got much to worry about so smile!

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    Quote Originally Posted by fctet258 View Post
    For quite a while i've been freaking out over my hairline and hairloss in general

    Im a 19 year old male, and nobody in my family that i know of ever been bald
    my grandpas, both from moms and dads side have full set of hair, one of them is 82 http://imgur.com/a/juWxA and one is in his late 70s
    From my mothers side, My uncle (in his 50s) and my cousin (like 24 or something) still do have their hair http://imgur.com/a/c66g7

    I've been freaking out over my hairline since about the end of october and i did go to a therapist or whatever they call them so that she would direct me to a dermatologist or trichologist, she glanced over my hair and said that im fine and if there is anything it is due to a stress and refused to direct me to a dermatologist/trichologist. She did do a blood test, which came out okay and everything including iron was in the "green area", i am still worried and i still check my hairline every time i get a chance, i take pictures and look at it over and over again http://imgur.com/a/S0EiZ sometimes it does look different, but usually the changes are within "how fresh my hair is" or "how did i grab it", like for example at one time i took two pictures and in one of them the line was higher because i grabbed my hair differently.
    i just keep freaking out over this thing, and the thing is that i always kinda had a high hairline, this picture was taken this summer http://imgur.com/a/XvKw8 and this one like in march http://imgur.com/a/aL0hi when i look at my kid pictures i also have a nice, high hairline, but im still worried

    When i went to a barber a while ago,i asked him what does he think about my hair, he said not to worry, my hair is nice and thick. But im still freaking out, thinking "he didn't look at my hairline though", this is what worries me

    I am a huge hypochondriac in general and i do have those freak outs every once in a while. So what could i do to calm myself down? I don't want to go to another doctor and waste a bunch of money, just to think again "oh,what does she know"

    I probably forgot to put something down and if will remember something, ill comment or edit this post
    Could just be standard maturing hairline and thinning, hair is never as good after 18 or so. If I were you I'd take either a miniscule dose of finasteride like 0.125mg or a hairloss multivitamin and use 2% nizoral shampoo.

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    And which exactly shampoo would that be?
    And also, does it have any side effects? Like I know that fin, will make your dick never rise up again and if you make a pause while using min, you'll lose every hair of yours, or it's the other way
    So any side effects of the shampoo? I'm also trying to wait it out, but damn, in my head my hairline moves noticebly like every day, which is impossible I assume.

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    Definitely try a bit of finasteride for a while to see if you can tolerate it. It's all about prevention in this game.

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    Honestly if I were you I'd do a vitamin supplement with DHT blockers like Lipogaine, a cheap chinese laser helmet like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/ATS128-64-Di...-/112195417052, and Nizoral 2% twice a week (it can dry the scalp if any more) and Pura D'or Gold shampoo on other days. No sides except it makes the hair look thicker.

    I really wouldn't bother with fin until you can actually be 100% sure you have a problem. Although in saying that, my sex drive and **** size INCREASED on fin, the side effects thing is a lie made up by mental patients who could never get laid in the first place and wanted someone to blame.

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    So how long do i want to wait testing it out? Like at what stage i will be able to know that its not a maturing hairline and that "yep,im balding, i need to take medicine"?
    I know its most likely all in my head, but i just keep thinking im losing my hair day by day which is impossible i guess http://imgur.com/a/x5YgZ
    Sometimes the line seems bigger, sometimes it seems smaller
    Like it takes people years to move from one stage to another and certainly there cant be much change within a month, but i am just never sure

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