Young Guy Fighting Aggressive Hair Loss

[capitan]

Hey,

I'm just going to start this log to keep track of my progress with fighting AGA/MPB/MPHL/balding whatever you want to call this genetic ****-up.

I know I've stated this many times before, yeah I'm 17.

I'm going to start this log that will hopefully become a success story, because after scouring the internet for months on end, I think I've only found two success stories of teenagers treating aggressive MPB.

And one of them was overdosing on Oral Spironolactone so that wasn't very inspirational.

I want my story over the next couple years to become a "great success" as Borat would say, so that other kids my age who notice hair loss can read about a guy who overcame it.

If you want to post any comments or advice please do so.

I will post pics soon.

4 months ago I was a NW1-2. I had very thick hair with some slight recession in the temples.

Now my temples are gone, leaving me with a NW2-3 and thinning all over.

I'm currently on

-Finasteride 1mg a day
-Revita shampoo twice a week

and that's it.

6 weeks into this treatment and although I'm feeling optimistic about my crown, my hairline and temples are still running away from my face. I think we all completely understand this expression and the feeling that accompanies it.

I'm going to try to only come on here once a week, and post updates every month or so. I want to go out and finish high school on a good note, spend more time with girls while they still find me young and sexy, lift weights and make a little money on the side so I can trade in my Cadillac for a brand new motorcycle


Thanks everyone and good luck.

[townie]

Mate, with your young age you are bound to see results from finasteride! I'm 20 and have been on finasteride for nearly 4 months now. I thought i had seen some results already but i got a haircut yesterday and looked in the mirror and i think that it has gotten worse, so at the time i felt so frustrated. But today i realised that I need to be patient and give it time. 4 months is not enough time to have huge noticeable improvements. What i have heard is that you will start noticing improvements from 6-12 months useage. My point being, just be patient and try to forget about it and do not check your hairline every day. Just take the tablet every day and let that be that.

[capitan]

Yeah man, I hear you

You're right about the 6-12 months. I've even heard of people being below baseline at 18 months only to find themselves improved by 2 years.

Still stressing though.

Main problem areas were the temples and perhaps the crown, but now I have huge see through gaps over the top if I don't style my hair right.

I swear, these only just appeared maybe a week ago. F***ing unbelievable.

Pretty sad to see it all go.

Going to put up pics soon.

[capitan]

Started blow drying my hair differently, and it looks thicker now.

Was at work yesterday, and a bald guy with a completely shaved head, average height and average looks, walked in with a very attractive girl. She wasn't dolled up either, so I bet if she was, she would have been stunning.

Motivational?

Not really, I don't care who that kid was, I just want to stop losing hair.

7 weeks on Finasteride, still not touching that Rogaine Foam. I'm seeing about 10-20 hairs in the shower, and no where else. Hairline keeps deteriorating.

[BigThinker]

Started blow drying my hair differently, and it looks thicker now.

Was at work yesterday, and a bald guy with a completely shaved head, average height and average looks, walked in with a very attractive girl. She wasn't dolled up either, so I bet if she was, she would have been stunning.

Motivational?

Not really, I don't care who that kid was, I just want to stop losing hair.

7 weeks on Finasteride, still not touching that Rogaine Foam. I'm seeing about 10-20 hairs in the shower, and no where else. Hairline keeps deteriorating.

Comb through my finasteride thread, bruh. All the fretting over your hairline will be fruitless and maybe even detrimental. I've been there (recently).

[capitan]

Comb through my finasteride thread, bruh. All the fretting over your hairline will be fruitless and maybe even detrimental. I've been there (recently).

I had a look. You have a point, but I think we all know it's easier said than done.

Not sure if I missed it, but did your hairline ever stop getting more see-through?