propecia + romaine making it worse

[jb4585]

Hello everyone,

My issue has a bit of a backstory, so I hope you can bear with me.

I've always had very thick hair my whole life. I've dealt with acne and have been taking retinoids on/off for about 3 years. I upped my acne medication to a higher dose when I went to college and also went vegan. My hair was thinning, but it still grew and was very thick at a certain point. Second semester, however, it got worse. I was, however, going through a substantially heavier amount of stress in comparison to second semester.

So, I went to a dermatologist in June to see what they could do. Without even checking my hair, they gave me 1mg of Propecia daily along with Rogaine. I initially started taking Propecia and started taking Rogaine about 3 weeks after I began my Propecia treatment. After I ran out of Propecia (I was prescribed 30 pills for a month), I stopped taking Rogaine. My hair appeared to be worse than before--much thinner, much more brittle, and visible bald spots.

Needles to say, I was taking acne medication throughout that month as well. Since then, I have stopped being vegan, stopped the acne medication, and stopped Propecia + Rogaine as well. My hair is continuing to fall out and thin and get worse. I thought hereditary hair loss was something that occurred gradually. This most certainly is not gradual.

I do have hair loss history--my father started balding in his forties and my mother's father in his mid thirties.

The only affected area is my scalp--the sides are completely fine. I don't know what to do!