Can anyone help me identify my situation?

[notthatguy]

Hi everyone,

Im 19 years old, started balding around 17. Been on minoxidil liquid 5% ever since which i think slowed down the proces but im not sure.. anyways.

i started finasteride 1mg about 2 weeks ago and its already been a hell of a ride and im in a postion of great insecurity about the effect of the medicine on me. I hope some people can help me, any thoughts are appreciated. Im afraid i might be experiencing hypoandrogenic effect.

im just trying to describe my situation as detailed as possible and im honest about everything.

finds:

- the first week and a half i had a pretty bad itch on multiple parts of my body: my shoulders, the side of my biceps, at the back of the knees, my face (beard area, under the eyes) and forehead, also on my scalp, and my wrists. on some places there was even a rash, on my wrist, and under my eyes, other places were often reddish.
The itch went away bit by bit and is now pretty much gone everywhere, after 1.5 week.

- my hair is thinning at the front, - but my hairline is not receding. seems to be the left side thinning more than the right for some reason. there are a lot of reports on shedding on fin astride but not after 2 weeks, often after 4-6 weeks.
every time i do as much as touch my hair to just style it a bit im losing like 5 hairs, when i shampoo it, it sometimes goes up to about 15-30 hairs.

- my temples don’t seem to have receded any more since taking finastride 1mg and my hairline might have even got defined a bit more. Some small hairs are starting to grow at the sides of my hairline. - not sure if this is the finasteride because it needs way longer i know, but maybe its because of the minoxidil thats working better because of the lowering of dht.

- sexual side effects: havent really noticed anything except watery seamon about 2 times, i have no problems getting a erection. i have always been someone who mastrubates a lot and i always had premature ejaculation problems, which i still have on finastride, and i still mastrubate quite a lot, pretty much daily. so no actual sign of lowered libido. feels even increased some days. - sign of hypo effect?

New scare: i think the finastride makes my skin incredibly dry and might cause me to age quicker. i remember before going on fin astride i had such an oily forehead a the end of the day to the point where it bothered me, my back was also quite oily, my back now seems to be at normal condition. although my face feels really dry and my big fear is that it is giving me wrinkles and “crows feet” already, around my eyes especially. - which would be a reason for me to quit finastride. but im not sure if its happening because of finastride, i have been noticing that im looking quite a bit older for some time now - although fin astride might be contributing to this proces. i have been dealing with balding for a while now and i am extremely self-concious about to the point where i am only now realising that it might be mentally very unhealthy what i am doing, and i am maybe afraid that i have even developed some kind of phobic anxiety, continuously throughout the day im basing my choices on my balding problem. i might be interested in talking to a therapist.. i also might have problems letting go of things. throughout my days i feel like im never really relaxed but constantly mentally occupied with whatever it may be at that moment. - doing some research ont he internet now and i think my cortisol levels might be out of the roof.. its describing what im feeling every step of the day.

Really need to hear the thoughts of people who deal with the same stuff as me, i dont really have anyone to talk about it.

Thanks,

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[Herbaliser]

Sorry for your situation.
First of all stop the Minoxidil asap (all of them actually), because i was in the same situation as you.
The reason is the recovery time for healing your symptoms, and i bought all the possible expensive creams to heal.
It takes time but you will heal eventually, and the cream that actually helped me was http://www.dexemrepair.com/int/produ...xem-cream.aspx
I think is the same as the Swedish version https://www.apoteket.se/produkt/dexem-60-g-243484/

If you go in the section in this forum: hair loss treatments, snake oil?
This works for me and it´s all natural without any side effects and it boosts your health as a bonus.

[notthatguy]

Thanks for the reply Herbaliser,

could you tell me more about "The reason is the recovery time for healing your symptoms"
i don't really understand what you are saying, were you experiencing itch too or? i see the creme is for curing eczema. My itches is actually pretty much gone aside from the ocasional wrist itch. Please let me know some more about your situation.

- anyone who has any thoughts on it let me know i would love to talk! I will be staying active.

[schmoops]

I think that most people sides if they get any at all only last a few weeks at most. It's good that your itchiness has pretty much already gone away and you have no sexual sides. I would stick with it. Plus, who the hell wants oily skin? Just get some good face lotion. And apply after every shower, preferably one with spf in it. I use Neutrogena face lotion, it works wonders And doesn't clog pores.

[notthatguy]

yeah definitely its just that i felt like the dry face was making me get wrinkles around my eyes but i could have been imagining it, but i did find a lot about finasteride changing peoples faces like that on propeciahelp, i dont really know anymore, taking this drug makes me think about side effects so much because there are so many things happening that could be related.

but you dont think i am experiencing hypoandrogenic effect? because im basicaly shedding after 14 days which is really early. i believe most people get the expected shedding after 4-6 weeks. Thats what im so afraid of, any ideas?

[schmoops]

I don't know, I'm not an expert at all here but one thing I do know is to stay away from propeciahelp. You want to read some stuff? Go read stories about how alcohol effects people's lives, or any other drug for that matter. It's just a collection of people who experienced the worst stuff possible and go to share their stories. An AA meeting of propecia if you will.