Advice greatly needed

[Borealis]

Just gonna copy a thread I made earlier on a different forum (sorry!)

I've been pondering and pondering for too long about my hair, and it's really starting to get bad so I need to do something asap!

I'm 19 (almost 20) in the UK and I'd say my hairloss probably started 2 years ago. It's gone a little bit thinner on top but the main problem is my recession, it's been so aggressive that I'm almost a NW3 at the age of 19 :/

I've got a doctor's appointment booked for a weeks time but I don't know what course to go down. I've always been petrified of fin due to the horror stories you hear, I mean I'd much rather be bald than impotent! If I were to start it, and got sides, if I stopped straight away, are they likely to reside after a while?

I've thought about minoxidil but I'm aware the hairs become very dependent on it so I'd need to keep using it forever, plus the results probably aren't as great as Fin and apparently it's very toxic to cats. I'd never forgive myself if one of my cats died because of my vanity.

Around my hairline there are a lot of tiny, thin hairs which if I were to save would create a hairline I'd be reasonably happy with. Can they be saved?

I just don't know what to do, I'm really quite scared about the medications used to treat it, yet it's all I ever think about and I can safely say it's ruining my life.


Any advice would be massively appreciated!

EDIT: It seems from some browsing, that Dutasteride is more effective at regrowing the hairline than Finasteride? Is this true? Obviously I'd be more comfortable taking Fin than Dut due to it's safety profile.

I've upoloaded some pics


This mole used to be covered by my hair.





Sorry, the lightings not great!