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    Default What Norwood am I? Have I hope in regaining my hairline? Reflex Hypoandrogenicty?

    Hi all,

    20 years old and I’ve been experiencing what seems to be male pattern baldness for about a year and a half. I started on propecia 2 and a half months ago as well as biotin vitamins and sea kelp, and have just this week added rogaine to my regime.

    It’s safe to say my receding hairline and diffuse thinning at the front of my scalp has got worse in the past 2 months but I understand this may be because of a ‘shed’ and often think it would probably of got worse anyway. Could anyone tell me where I’m at on the Norwood scale?

    However, I do worry I may be experiencing reflex hypoandrogenicity ( if that’s how you spell it ) just of very recent I have experienced an increase in libido, I’ve also been feeling my skin to see if it’s oily but honestly I’m not sure if it’s any worse than normal or I’m just in my head.

    Anyhow, I’m having a blood test on my testosterone levels in a week, if I find my DHT levels are way above the average males am I right in presuming this is what I am experiencing? If so obviously, like anyone else would I would want to stop taking the drug if that’s the case. If anyone could clarify this for me I would massively appreciate it. It’s a struggle in the UK as I don’t feel there’s easy access to dermatologists and my GP is as clueless as I am when it come male pattern baldness, very much feel like I’m on my own taking meds without any real advice other than the internet as to what might happen.

    Any help would be much appreciated, any similar success stories from where I’m currently at?

    Pictures attached for those curious. I hope to be updating with my progress on this forum so it may help those in a similar situation.
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    Over the past couple weeks my hair has thinned considerably all over my scalp in areas that have never been effected by male pattern baldness - the only time I’ve had hair this thin is when I have requested my barber to thin it, however then I had a choice now I don’t. Really hoping I’m just riding out the intial propecia shed and that my hair will return back to its previously thicker state.

    I had a blood test recently and get my results in a week - I’m hoping for my DHT levels to come in relative low, however, I’m not sure if this covers my reflex hypoandrogen worries.

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    The hairs I appear to be losing in this ‘shed’ are the thinnest hairs I’ve seen fall from my head! Is that a good sign? Did anyone else’s experience follow this trend ?

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