Hi all,
I'm from Ireland and I am really glad to have found this extremely informative website. I was wondering if anybody would be able to help me. I'm 30 years old with thick curly hair and I first noticed hairloss in December when I felt a soreness in my left temples and hairline and on closer examination I noticed the hair was thinning there. By March I had reached NW2 on my left side and went to a HT doctor who recommended I take Propecia and Rogaine daily and that I use Nizoral twice a week for a year before I should even consider HT. I started Propecia on the 21st of March. However I have not started the Rogaine yet as I wanted to see how I did on Propecia first. I also did not start the Nizoral until the 17th of July. As such I have been on the Propecia now for just under 5 months and using Nizoral for about a month. Up until I started using the Nizoral everything was going ok, the soreness was still there on my left frontal hairline but there was no noticable additional loss. However within about 2 weeks of beginning the Nizoral, My left frontal hairline has gone from a NW2 to a NW3 and I have developed soreness (much stronger than was ever on the left) on my right temple, which previously had been unaffected and I am afraid this means it is also beginning to thin. I also noticed some brief soreness in my crown but this went away after a day or two. I have a couple of questions that I would really appreciate some help on. 1) Does this mean that the Propecia is not working and is not going to going to work for me, 2) At 5 months on the Propecia is it too early to tell? I have always been a slow responder to medication, for example in the past whenever I have taken non-hairloss medication which promised to show results in say 6 weeks it has taken at least 10 for me. 3) Could the increased shedding and and soreness in the right temple be due to the Nizoral and if so should I discontinue using it.4) Is it possible to lose still lose hair at the temples with Propecia yet maintain it at the central front hairline. This wouldn't be too bad as I have thick curly hair and if i was to reach an early NW3 all round it wouldn't be too noticable (I think!!!). I would be really glad if someone could help with any or all of my questions.
Thanks, (or as we say in Ireland "Go raibh maith agat")
Brendan
I'm from Ireland and I am really glad to have found this extremely informative website. I was wondering if anybody would be able to help me. I'm 30 years old with thick curly hair and I first noticed hairloss in December when I felt a soreness in my left temples and hairline and on closer examination I noticed the hair was thinning there. By March I had reached NW2 on my left side and went to a HT doctor who recommended I take Propecia and Rogaine daily and that I use Nizoral twice a week for a year before I should even consider HT. I started Propecia on the 21st of March. However I have not started the Rogaine yet as I wanted to see how I did on Propecia first. I also did not start the Nizoral until the 17th of July. As such I have been on the Propecia now for just under 5 months and using Nizoral for about a month. Up until I started using the Nizoral everything was going ok, the soreness was still there on my left frontal hairline but there was no noticable additional loss. However within about 2 weeks of beginning the Nizoral, My left frontal hairline has gone from a NW2 to a NW3 and I have developed soreness (much stronger than was ever on the left) on my right temple, which previously had been unaffected and I am afraid this means it is also beginning to thin. I also noticed some brief soreness in my crown but this went away after a day or two. I have a couple of questions that I would really appreciate some help on. 1) Does this mean that the Propecia is not working and is not going to going to work for me, 2) At 5 months on the Propecia is it too early to tell? I have always been a slow responder to medication, for example in the past whenever I have taken non-hairloss medication which promised to show results in say 6 weeks it has taken at least 10 for me. 3) Could the increased shedding and and soreness in the right temple be due to the Nizoral and if so should I discontinue using it.4) Is it possible to lose still lose hair at the temples with Propecia yet maintain it at the central front hairline. This wouldn't be too bad as I have thick curly hair and if i was to reach an early NW3 all round it wouldn't be too noticable (I think!!!). I would be really glad if someone could help with any or all of my questions.
Thanks, (or as we say in Ireland "Go raibh maith agat")
Brendan
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