Am I starting to go bald or crazy?

[Sadmoon]

Hi all,

So I am going to keep my story as short as possible.

On January 2016 I started using minoxidil on my beard area to grow a beard(stupid, I know), a lot of people online told me to use it for at least 6 months to show results, but I guess my body loved the minoxidil and I had a full dense beard at month 3(I had not a single hair before it).

So after 3 months of intense minoxidil 5% use(twice a day 1ml) I quit using it. I also want to add that I used a bit on my forehead temple areas(quite often)because I thought a completely straight hairline will look better...

So my hair grew up to the point that I had an afro(I have very sheep like hair), in june of 2016 I had an full afro, but I started to notice a lot of hair falling out.

Now there was so much hair falling out that I got depressed, stressed out and since I get many panick attacks, and can't sleep at night.

I am a naturally insecure person so it hit me like a truck that I might go bald so I eventually got a buzzcut so that the hair wouldn't bother me anymore.

But now that it has grown a bit longer again I still lose hairs(about 50 per day).

So I would like to know from you guys with experience if I have the classic MPB or if it's the overusage of minoxidil + extreme stress/anxiety/depression and lack of sleep.

To help you make an assesment, here is some info about me.

- Athletic body + gym used to be 5 times a week before all this started(now 2-3 times and no cardio)

- diet is extremely healthy(more than enough fruit, omega's, avocados etc etc)

- Sleep is extremly bad since 2 years now( stay up late and wake up late with only few true sleep hours)

- Depressed, 24/7 anxious, bipolar state

- Baldness is not a thing in my families(both mother and father side), only thing is that my mother after her menopauze lost a loy of hair due to hormones etc.

- And I've just turned 22

- my whole family has natural thin hair

- The minoxidil I've used did enter some open acne wounds.


Here are some pictures I took in direct bright light and in normal lighting conditions.

The images in direct full light:











The images in normal lighting: