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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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Originally Posted by Kirby_
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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Originally Posted by Kirby_
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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