Dealing with the inflammation

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Hi everybody.

To make it short, I'm 20 and my hairline has been receding for quite some years now (to a norwood 3 I'd say), although I didn't really notice it until a year ago. I started to apply minoxidil to my hair two months ago, hoping for a little delaying of the unavoidable. At first, I choosed not to take Finasteride as I didn't think it was worth the risk. I mean, I wouldn't say that I'm happy to loose my hair at such a young age, but well they are going to go anyway, and I prefer to focus on improving the things I have power on rather than taking stuffs that could (I prefer to stress the "could" as I'm not a "finasteride hater" or anything) have a damaging impact on things I definitely care about (obviously ). But actually, that is not the problem I want to discuss here.

My problem is that not only my hair have decided that I was no use to them, but they also wanted to make it clear by causing me a decent amount of pain. Actually, I wouldn't call it "painful", but more like a disturbing sensation which started a few months ago (before I started to apply minox) as I think the whole process has been speeding up : fisrt, my scalp has been feeling very tight for a few months, and I can "feel" (shivers, tingling) the areas where hair are becoming thinner. Sometimes, it's even like a burning sensation. So, I wouldn't say that is really painful, but it's disturbing and distracting whereas I'm making studies that require a high level of focus (well, which one don't right?) which I have not anymore, because of these sensations.

So, after a few researchs on this forum and others about the issue, I found that it may very well be an inflammatory reaction to the whole process of MPB. I must say that I have a really healthy and balanced (I think) diet, doing sport occasionnally. I am indeed experiencing a lot of stress because of my studies, but it was already the case last year and I didn't experienced anything likely on my scalp.

Then, here are my questions :
- Could Nizoral (or any other shampoo that has ktz 1%, 2%) solve my issue ?
- Could Finasteride solve it if I decided that this sensation was such a trouble to me that it would become worth the risk ?
- Could anti inflammatory food (curcumin, omega 3) help with my issue if I took them as supplements ?

Please note that every thought is welcomed.
Thank you for reading me !