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    Quote Originally Posted by Tracy C View Post
    I'm sure and no, it is not more than a Norwood 2. Your hair does not look diffuse to me.
    Unfortunately, it is rather diffuse, so much so that at the current length (Grade 2-ish), under strong lights I look like a NW5/6 with merely lots of 'fuzz' in the non-horseshoe area. I had thought before I started Propecia that it'd be easy, just sit back and take a tablet every morning. The actual shed-loss has been incredibly difficult to deal with personally, and has turned me into a neurotic mess when it comes to my body image: I look 'balding' now, when I didn't really to start with.

    25, I hope you're right that a decent recovery from the medshed is possible.

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    Shedding phases can be really rough. My fin shed was on the mild side but my keto shampoo shed (keto was my first MPB treatment ever) definitely depressed me. I had never been through anything quite like it.

    I've told people before to remember something when they're feeling really down during this phase: because of our genetic condition, the hairs you've shed would have fallen out without meds anyway. The difference is that none of them would grow back, ever. 0% regrowth.
    I know how this hair fall messes with your body image, believe me. This is the part where some people freak out, quit their treatments, and 5 years later they've fallen 3 Norwood levels (or worse). But you're on the right track man. Hang in there.

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    Nizoral can cause shed loss? Interesting. Like you I tried Niz/keto before I got my Propecia sorted, and it seemed like my density took a hit then in terms of cosmetic appearance. Perhaps in retrospect it was an initial shed, and what I shed due to fin was a 'double shed', if that makes sense. Unprovable of course, but something for me to contemplate.

    Thanks for the kind words BTW.

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    Yeah, maybe it was a coincidence but I noticed a whole lot of shedding when I started keto, and it seemed to go on for months (though much less some weeks than others). I was using it more than I should have, so that was almost certainly a factor. But I also wonder if it spared me from a worse shed later when I started fin....who knows

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    I wish my hairline was a NW1. Thanks for the words of encouragement.

    The as posted pictures don't relay the extent of the diffuse thinning so I'll take some new ones. It's really not good. I started to notice my hairloss when the density just didn't seem to cover the corners of my hairline any longer.

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    Took a photo of the awful extent of the diffuse thinning on my iDevice last night. Going to be a struggle to get back to cosmetically viable hair.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Kirby_ View Post
    Going to be a struggle to get back to cosmetically viable hair.
    Not really, if you respond to the medications - but it will take a long time. Using a laser comb every other day might speed it up a little bit - but not a lot.

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    I'm pretty screwed until/if stuff like Histogen ever hits the market though, I realise. Only doing treatments to preserve what little hair i have until then. Hair's about Grade 1 or 2 length currently.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kirby_ View Post
    I'm pretty screwed until/if stuff like Histogen ever hits the market though...
    Not really. You are in better shape than you think you are. But as I said, it will take a long time. Time that is measured in months and years. Not weeks and months.

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    I'm five months in so far.

    Feel too far gone at this stage TBH. Which is ironic as when I went to initially get Propecia I was nearly turned away for having hair that didn't look 'bad enough'!

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