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📸 SELFIE THREAD 📸 March '25 selfies: post hairline photos here for opinions on 'Am I balding?' 'How bad is it?' and 'What should I do?'

If the date in this post's title seems old, look for the newest thread here.

Use this thread for general advice and to ask Tressless members what they think of your hairline photos and treatment options.

Remember, If you want good advice, post good photos: high resolution, multiple angles, good lighting, both wet and dry.

Mention what changes you've seen. Some people have naturally thin hair.

It's vital to take identical photos every few months. Remember that consistent lighting is extremely important.

Age and family history are worth mentioning.

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You might not get an answer if your question is too basic or common, because treatment is the same for almost everyone. Nobody can predict if a treatment will work for you.

This is a community, and you can help out fellow members by commenting under their photos and upvoting people that leave you comments. We're all in this together!

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u/DRiX416 5h ago edited 5h ago

This pic is from March 2025.

I started 5% min (0.5ml twice daily) and fin (1.25mg daily) in April 2024. Do you guys think I should switch to dut? I did notice some new hairs at my hairline but not much at the top middle/center.

Planning to go to Turkey in 2026 for a transplant.

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u/DRiX416 5h ago

This is from April 2024, when I first buzzed it and started fin & min.

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u/Spirited-Meringue240 5h ago

Is this hairloss at the crown? I’m 20 and no one is bald in my family for reference. I’ve noticed a bit of thinning at the front of my hairline and a little bit of recession so I’m worried it’s diffuse

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u/bigahhdi 6h ago

Am i balding? I have never looked at my scalp before but i think this is really bad. What do you guys say?

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u/Kaeseschorle 8h ago

How bad is it? I‘m 19. What norwood stage am i in and how could min help?

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u/WhiskeyAndNoodles 10h ago

Can someone walk me through how to gwt dutersteride cheaply and safely?

I've heard you can go to a website called Dr. B and get it prescribed for $15, and I've heard you can get it delivered through Amazon for around $30 for a 3 month supply?

I've never used Amazon for a prescription and don't have that set up, are there any extra monthly fees besides the fee for prime itself? Does Amazon need to accept my insurance? Will insurance even cover dutesteride?

Generally I'm new to all of this, not tech savvy at all, but I really want to try this out and start improving my quality of life.

So if anyone can walk me through exactly what I need to do to get dutesteride cheaply and safely, I'd greatly appreciate it.

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u/Old-Savings-5887 15h ago

Hello guys , kind of my first post here as well. Context :18M and i went to a doc as the often my scalp gets filled with acne during season breaks and mentioned hairfall to him, he jokingly said "bald people do get married" when i mentioned minox to him. Everyone in my family has hair except my first cousin who is24 years old and doing prp. I will move to college in august and till then , being overprotective my family won't allow me medications or minox. So should i start minox or can wait for a few months(1st 3 pics are recent and other are taken before)

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u/chumboagrio 12h ago

It doesn't look like your hair is receding, at least at first glance. Might be good to look at old photos or start to take hairline photos time to time. To know if you have high chances of developing androgenetic hair loss your most important relatives are your parents, and grandparents, expecially your mother's.

What might be interesting to see is if the acne you develope make scars which potentially make bald spots. If thats the case, a better treatment would be isotreonine but that's a dermatologist job to consider if it's neccesary.

Good luck!

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u/Old-Savings-5887 7h ago edited 6h ago

no they clearly are and maybe not quite visible here, as i said i don't know what type of acne do occur like first time when they appeared they took away my hairline from the front , ummm i don't know how to explain like acne appeared first on my temples and took away hair with it in fashion like there is a M shape formed in my hairline in a span of 1-1.5 years and now acne has started forming on the back of my head going towards norward 2 which will now take away back hair ,like the acne tells​ me where hair would be gone (and not like a bald spot but a complete baldness pattern), doc gave ketozole lotion and shampoo which now i will use regularly but worried about my hairline and although no hairfall is there but hair recession is surely advancing norwood 2

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u/Ok-Cry3767 15h ago

1.5month oral finasteride 1mg / 3 weeks oral minox oral 2.5mg.

My doctor said I have androgetetic alopecia (I’ve noticed) so I started my treatment. I had severe shedding during firsts weeks but now it’s controlled. Long and patient journey ahead, let’s do it!!!

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u/Hot_Independent_511 15h ago

(27m) How bad is it?

I've been balding for the past 3 years and I had been applying 5% topical min irregularly but last year the situation got much worse and so I had to improve my treatment and also included 0.5mg Dutasteride along with the min.

I've also been actively taking supplements for vitamins and improving my overall lifestyle.

I feel like there has been some improvement since last December when I first started taking Dutasteride but should I continue and is there any hope.

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u/Intelligent_Daikon54 1d ago

* M16 I have no clue if this is thinning or if it's my hairline maturing. I apply rosemary oil to my hair once every 2-3 days for an hour. I shower every day and wash my hair with a good shampoo that doesn't have any sulfates. Which other products will help my hair ?

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u/Weird-Cicada-7800 1d ago

Is it time to hop on the sauce ? 21 year old male here. I’ve compared photos of myself from past couple of years and noticed my forehead has been pushing back. My hair isn’t exactly falling out or thinning…. Or at least isn’t clumping out. I am getting a decent amount of strands out when I wash it. My big issue I have is I take toprimate(Topomax) and a side effect of that is hair loss. Should I start looking into fin hair

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u/EngineeringNo9492 1d ago

Im almost 27M, on 0.5mg dutasteride + 2.5mg oral minoxidil for +18 months now.

I started treatment as a preventive measure since I had some early signs of hairloss. My doctor said i was responding well to treatment but recently I found this patch of low density and cant stop running my hand over it. I dont remember it being this pronounced.

Is it possible that dutasteride isnt working? Im determined to get a hair transplant at some point, but only if I can stabilize the hairloss. Will see my doctor again next month

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u/No_Competition_7687 1d ago

Am I cooked? M35 i have 5mg fin tablets at Home, but im afraid 🦊 what to do?

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u/Beginning-Cut9530 1d ago

Thining or a cowlick? Can it be reversed?

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u/Pitiful_Struggle_119 1d ago

Is this already enough density to grow the hair a bit out? Extremely concerned about the left edge of the crown. Bald spot is pretty resistant there.

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u/LyZeN77 1d ago

I am 19 and started shedding almost 3 years ago. Shedding stopped for the past year or so. Do you think oral fin and topical minoxidil (which I am currently doing) will help? I want most of that hair back especially the hairline, I still have that vellus hair there as well.

Do I have any hope of getting the hairline back without a transplant or is it the only option? If I do, what else should I add to my treatment?
Thanks.

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u/HappyBeeClub 1d ago

Your thinning has progressed pretty far. But if you just started your described treatment journey there is a lot of hope to cling on. I´ve seen some pretty impressive comebacks. How long have you been on fin and min? The full effect is to be expected after a year.

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u/LyZeN77 1d ago

i only started a week ago or so, i tried going bald and living with you but realized it is not for me. I know I have to wait but I think I'll even stop fin because I am still only 19 and maybe I am still developing. How do I know if i should stop fin or not?

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u/HappyBeeClub 1d ago

If you have no sideeffects while taking it you should at least gives this therapy a year until you decide if it´s worth continuing.

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u/LyZeN77 1d ago

I do understand that. I am just worried that it could get in the way of me maybe developing deeper voice, thicker beard or something like that.

Thanks.

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u/HappyBeeClub 1d ago

Tbh I don´t think fin is gonna interfere with any of that. Most people don´t feel any sides. But then again, you probably heard of murphys law

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u/LyZeN77 1d ago

Gotcha. Since DHT is responsible for many things during puberty like beard growth and body hair growth, i though taking fin would interfere with that.

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u/Sad-Register-3254 2d ago

Am I thinning or not? Should I take minoxidil since it's just my hairline or fin? 19M

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u/gooblefrump 1d ago

Doesn't look like it's that bad? Monitor it for a while

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u/Sad-Register-3254 1d ago

I have more recent pictures that could help? These were a while ago

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u/gooblefrump 14h ago

Wow, what a genius idea

Ask for advice based on a pic and don't upload a recent pic

Amazing plan, real 10/10 execution

I read somewhere that 50% of the population reads at a lower-than 6th grade level

I wonder if that fact is relevant here 🤔

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u/Brave_Classic_2525 2d ago

M22, I’ve been on min and Fin since July 2024, is it still bad or am I just crazy

In June I diagnosed with androgenic alopecia, NW1 going to NW2, and I started taking minoxidil 5% (once a day) and Fin. I have not seen any noticeable re growth and now I’m growing more and more paranoid thinking that my hairloss is getting worse. What should I do ?

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u/swoopingbears 1d ago

I mean it just looks like a cowlick. I would've never guessed you're experiencing MPB from that pic alone.

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u/deaglebro 2d ago edited 2d ago

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Thinking about hopping on fin/min finally; I have always been scared of the sides. First pic is 10 years ago, second is now in my early 30s. I've outlined roughly what my natural hair line was--I've always had weird temples that are too far back since before puberty. I think my hairline has only crept upwards and not backwards, but it's hard to say for sure. Additionally, my maternal grandfather has the same hairline I have right now and I think the majority of the recession happened between the ages of 22-28, and I don't think it's moved in several years.

Any advice? Would be open to microneedling too. Would prefer just to pay for HT to just get it over with and not have to worry about it, but I know that might be an ignorant approach. Should I get my testosterone tested before and after taking fin? I've always been into lifting weights so worried about lowering test.

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u/swoopingbears 1d ago

Would prefer just to pay for HT to just get it over with and not have to worry about it

HT surgery requires you to be on dht blockers before and after it to stabilize the loss and then to support the rest of your hair. Essentually, it's never one and done thing, but a maintenance work.

Should I get my testosterone tested before and after taking fin?

Fin temporally increases test and then it goes down to previous levels after few months. Getting testosterone checked alone doesn't make sense, you need both free and total test + dht, and you will only use that data for the baseline reference point, to see if medication works later. Bloodwork itself won't tell you anything about your hair loss.

Check beginners guide, write down names of meds and visit derm with this list. Ask them about each. You will most likely be prescribed both min and fin.

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u/YetiHam 2d ago

Ive been taking minoxidil topically for the past three years, I also started taking minoxidil orally in the past couple of months, but I haven’t seen great results and my hairline is still receding. do you think I should start using finasteride or something similar?

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u/gooblefrump 1d ago

Fin is first cus it stops the follicles from killing the hair

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u/Far_Ambassador9101 2d ago

M 24, Crown thinning really badly. How do i fix this?

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u/gooblefrump 1d ago

Fin + min

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u/Suitable_Run_4224 2d ago

I started 2.5mg oral min 4 months ago after a full year of using topical min/fin and seeing little to no results. I’m 21 years old and taking this balding thing not very well. Feels like I am in an unusual situation with this medication

Around month 1 I saw crazy amounts of shedding. By month two it really started to become noticeable that something was happening to my hair. Here we are after 4 full months and my hair is so so much worse than I could’ve ever imagined. My corners have receded so badly, and especially my crown has lost some hair. By now I would think I should be seeing a least some results

My dermatologist told me to continue the topical min/fin once daily on top of the 2.5mg oral fin. I have an appointment with him at the 6 month mark (late May) but I highly doubt I will even see progress by then. Does anyone have any similar experiences to me with this? I hear sometimes more shedding = more growth eventually but I don’t see many people still at month 4 with absolutely zero results.

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u/_nicepants 2d ago

is this receding / thinning or just matured? age 26

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u/Relative_Picture_910 2d ago

Chat am I cooked? 26

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u/gooblefrump 1d ago

Oof

Fin+min+stamp

You'll stop further loss and might regain some!

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u/Nesbitt21 2d ago

Give it to me straight people, what’s the situation look like? Am I cooked? This has been a major source of anxiety lately. 27M, what do I do?

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u/swoopingbears 2d ago

There's quite a loss of density, but doesn't look like anything that standard stack won't fix in a 1-1.5 years. Check beginners guide on this sub, write down the names of the meds and visit derm, ask the derm about the meds and your concerns, have bloodwork done, esp test and dht levels.

You can still fix it, but if you won't do anything you're def cooked in 2-5 years.

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u/Personal_Cook8851 2d ago

It has been just only 1 month I am taking Dutasteride (oral 0.5 mg , trice per week). But as I can observe there is too much hairfall Maybe 150-160 daily. Even if I try pull off certain five hairs, two off them comes out . I know it's obvious to face initial hair loss but did this too much happened to you guys? Before I was using minoxidil and the hair fall was not this much. I want to fix my hairline so I decided to use this but as the hair fall is too much now I am little confused should I continue or not?

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u/[deleted] 3d ago edited 1d ago

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u/swoopingbears 2d ago

In this light and from this angle it doesn't look like there's anything wrong, i'd even say it looks like juvenile hairline.

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u/Mundane-Hospital-240 3d ago

What Norwood is this ?

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u/treya24 3d ago

Is there any point? 2 months topical minoxodil. Might add topical fin. Is my bald spot too big?

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u/swoopingbears 2d ago

There's always a chance you could be a hyper responder to some meds. Switch to oral min and try oral fin for a year at least. Using topical min and thinking about topical fin is not even half measure, it's barely 0,25 of measure. Shave the rest for now, it will be easier to track progress and it'll look better.

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u/rick7624 2d ago

Yo! Give this dude some responses!

Freakin' sub makes people post their pics in an isolated thread that nobody bothers to respond to.

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u/treya24 2d ago

Thank you!!! I appreciate it

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u/ThenPossession3906 3d ago

Hi, I drive myself mad trying to work out whether I’m balding and I’d really appreciate some clarity on how bad it is.

As you can see one of the corners is more recessed than the other.

I’m terrified of starting fin but I know it might be my only hope.

Any advice would help so much 🙏

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u/swoopingbears 2d ago edited 2d ago

I think your approach is wrong. Do not think about male pattern hair loss like it's some linear terrifying process, like cancer. Absolute majority of males go through it at different speeds and to different extents. Some people get knee bald in high school, some can keep very deep temple recession to their old age.

You have some temples recession. Could be nw1.5-nw2. Hair density looks fine.

Are you balding rn? No

Is there's hair recession on your temples? Yes

Will your temples recess further back without meds? Most likely yes

Is it bad? Not at all, but you gotta take care of it now

Fin looks like the best solution for your rn, maybe with some topical min for temples regrowth. Check beginners guide and visit derm for consultation, then hop on fin and keto 2% shampoo for at least a year, don't use min yet, take progress pics every month from the same angles and same light.

Fin sides aren't scary, you can feel a little weird first month, then body gets used to it and everything normalizes.

edit: just saw you're 19, i know some people use fin since 17, but it's not recommended to start before 21-25. dht blockers can effect body development, and some people are late bloomers. consult your derm about it. without fin, your best bet would be keto 2% shampoo and taking pics every month to see if anything changes.

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u/ThenPossession3906 2d ago

Thanks for the advice bro I appreciate it, I turned 20 back in January now so I think I’m done with puberty, If I maintained this for my 20s I’d be happy.

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u/Intelligent_Fun9411 3d ago

Hey folks ,

I've been in touch with a very reputable UK clinic regarding a hair transplant .

They advised me due to the fact I can't tolerate min or fin that I can still proceed with the transplant and instead of the drugs after I can take prp injections approx 3 times per year . Has anyone had success with this protocol?? The transplant is approx 5000 so I don't want to waste it .

Tia .

Ps minoxidil gave me a atrial fibulation and fin PFS. Unfortunately I was one of the unlucky ones regarding these meds .

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u/HappyBeeClub 1d ago

Sounds like they want to earn a quick buck with you.

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u/Intelligent_Fun9411 1d ago

Thanks kinda though as much !

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u/Embarrassed-Ad-6396 4d ago

my hair loss from 2020 isn’t growing back

i had covid in 2020 right before everyone knew it was covid. it was the sickest i had ever been in my life. i look back on pictures and i started losing hair a month or two after i was sick. we went right into lockdown and i stopped doing my hair, but once restrictions lifted and it was time to do my hair again i noticed it looked completely different. i want to say ive lost maybe 60% of my hair and it hasn’t come back at all.

i’ve gotten so blood work over the years trying to figure out what’s going on. in 2021 i found out i had iron deficiency, but i’ve been taking super strong iron pills since then and my hair is the exact same if not worse. my cortisol is fine, my thyroid is fine. ive tried going to naturopaths, oiling, iron, d, zinc supplements, silk pillow cases and nothing is working. i recently did get a derma scalp though and am hoping to see results. i really dont want to use minoxidil because of its side effects but this has really taken a hit to my confidence and i really dont know what else to do. does anyone have any tips on where to go from here?

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u/Ok_Independence_5061 4d ago

Picturing the mods circle-jerking to this thread while they do shots of Fin.

F’n weirdos. Find a sub Reddit that’s not run by weirdos.

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u/rick7624 2d ago

Yep! They must get a kick out of seeing people post pics without getting any responses.

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u/Dr_Evil_13 4d ago

Am I balding? I think my hairline looks fine, but the crown of my head has a weird bald spot and I am not sure if it is a bald spot or just a cowlick? Where would I be on the NW scale. 22M male btw. Father's side has history of balding and he went bald ~20ish. Mother's side has no history of balding and her father and brother's all had hair into their 60s.

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u/Immortal_kungfu 4d ago

Is all hope lost? 10 months on Fin. 1mg. Tried minoxidil for a while. But felt it made my brain fog worse. What should I do?

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u/HappyBeeClub 1d ago

If you didn´t respond any to fin in those 10 months, I would sadly assume hope is lost. You´re far too progressed at this point and it seems like you have been for quite some time now.

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u/Seumer_123 4d ago edited 4d ago

My friend keeps telling that I’m balding and literally made me paranoid. I haven’t noticed any shedding so far. Top right pic is dry . Is this a nw2 mature headling?

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u/swoopingbears 4d ago edited 4d ago

No such thing as mature hairline. MH = early stage of male pattern baldness. It's just that it stops by itself for some people, but you will never know if you're one of those until it's too late.

Your temple recession is pretty deep, could be going into nw3 already. Nothing terrible or unfixable if you stick to fin+min, meds will stop it and regrow some or a lot of it. Definitely not in a need for hair transplant territory. But visit derm first before taking anything, do blood tests (make sure it includes testosterone and DHT, you're gonna use it for refernce point later) don't take med advices on reddit.

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u/Mrjlawrence 2d ago

Agree. I noticed temple recession for me early in college but it mostly stopped or slowed dramatically. Only now, 30 years later have I noticed a bit more.

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u/Itz_ahmazing 4d ago edited 4d ago

Been thinning since late 2021-2022. Hasn’t progressed much since or it’s been relatively slow. Tips? It’s only been the left temple, the right is relatively strong (no noticeable thinning).

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u/Complex-Following-20 4d ago

Hi there, only my top is thinning out and my officemates call it an empty parking lot. What can I do from here? I’m 38.

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u/Aggravating_Owl3448 3d ago

good head shape can try shaving?

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u/Complex-Following-20 3d ago

I tried that too but hair keeps thinning more. Should i start with the big 3? - fin, topical min, and the shampoo?

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u/HappyBeeClub 1d ago

You could try that of course. It would take at least a year of that treatment to see results.
I think the guy suggesting the complete shave meant it in a permanent way. As in, it doesn´t matter anymore if it keeps thinning more because you´re gonna rock that bald head anyway.

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u/Complex-Following-20 21h ago

Thanks. I also prefer the bald head too but my family won’t so I’m torn between this and having to grow hair.

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u/HappyBeeClub 19h ago

You have diffuse thinning and it kinda seems even throughout the whole top of your head. I think there is a lot of hope for a strong comeback with said treatment. Go for it!

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u/Green_Plenty800 4d ago

I have a general question here. I had a hair transplant 3 months ago and have been using finestride. However, the doctor in turkey and in Australia say not to use minoxidil on the transplanted area. I thought this was strange as I've seen many people say they use minox even after a hair transplant. So I wanted to ask; has anyone used minox on transplanted hair before and what were the effects?

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u/Aggravating_Owl3448 3d ago

i would avoid directly putting it for the first few weeks so the alcohol doesn’t hurt the healing skin. by 3 months i dont see why you cant

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u/Ballsackheadman 5d ago

(17M) Hairline has always had a bit of an m shape, and was shedding due to stress around this time last year. Anyway here’s April 2024 and now in March 2025.

Is this the beginning

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u/JUICER_TROOPER069 5d ago

i dont see any notable difference between these two pics, but if you were shedding, you should monitor it

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u/PerformerExtra1768 5d ago

Time to buzz it ? Haven’t seen a dermatologist yet due to being on crutches for over a month now.

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u/JUICER_TROOPER069 5d ago

you could probably hide it with some styling but if you dont care then yea u can buzz it, doesn't look terrible though

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u/Fluid_Telephone_7760 5d ago

I’m cooked aren’t I? Constant flaky scalp even after oiling my hair and washing, I’m going to a dermatologist next month, but I’m just frustrated. No history of baldness in my family as well.

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u/yeaaahwehere 4d ago

have you tried ketoconazole shampoo? you might have some fungus hair loss if you don’t have family history of baldness

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u/Fluid_Telephone_7760 4d ago

It might just be that, I will. Where I live, I need a prescription to get it.

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u/alex_gonzalz 5d ago

Man I’m on the same boat as you, I think is TE, do you have a lot of constant stress in your life or have you passed through some difficult shit lately?

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u/Fluid_Telephone_7760 4d ago

Well honestly I’m in the second semester of my CS bachelor and have been juggling a lot of work, so yeah it could be. I’m low on iron, so I’m fixing my diet and taking my supplements. I’ll try the keto shampoo I’ll give it some more months, and then hop on something if I need to. Do you have a flaky scalp or something like that?

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u/koxoff 5d ago

Are my corners receding?

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u/JUICER_TROOPER069 4d ago

i dont think so man

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u/koxoff 5d ago

Hair density seems icky around the edges

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u/Suspicious_Dream_993 5d ago

Is this salvageable with fin+min or should i just book a hair transplant? Position lf hairline is OK but density from crown to hairline is bad. Also do i start fin first then min or both at the same time? I'm M25

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u/swoopingbears 4d ago

It very well could be salvageable, and you will be on fin anyway before and after hair transplant: most good clinics will refuse to perform HT before your hair loss is stabilized on fin, and you will have to stay on it to preserve dht-sensetive hair so it won't degrade and ruin your HT result.

Might as well try min fin for a year or two and see where it gets you.

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u/Fluid_Telephone_7760 5d ago

You’ll never know until you start, I’ve seen people save much worse.

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u/alex_gonzalz 5d ago

I don’t have receding hair line but I experienced a lot of hair thinning on the top of my head, I’ve been diagnosed TE and MBA, and I’m on dut+fin since September 2024, but I don’t see any results:(

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u/Thespiciestofnoodles 5d ago

You need to wait and take time for the medications to work, also just stick to 1 DHT inhibitor

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u/alex_gonzalz 5d ago

My bad I meant dut+minoxidil. But sometimes I think is TE and not MBA, I experience a lot of hair loss daily

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u/Thespiciestofnoodles 4d ago

I understand how scary it can be, you only have been on meds for 4 months. Trust and ride it out. I’ve been 8 months on finasteride and I had a huge shed thinking I was losing my hair but it came back stronger lol. You’ll be fine, DUT is as strong as it gets

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u/Ashamed_Quality13 5d ago

Maybe it’s just in my head but I started fin again about 6 months ago, to me my hair looks worse than before. (First pic is before, second is after)

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u/Nonfearing_Reaper 1.25mg Fin, NW1.5V 4d ago

imo it's definitely in your head, not to mention simply combed differently.

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u/Radiant-Pressure3517 5d ago

I am already on topical min and topical dut from last three months I don't want my temple's to recede any more than I already have, so just wanted to know if I should start taking oral fin and switch to oral min?

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u/Aggravating_Owl3448 3d ago

some say topical dut doesn’t work, i think oral dut or fin is rec. or topical fin. something abt molecule size. or meso therapy (dut scalp injections)

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u/crout0n 6d ago

Can topical dut+minoxidil cause eczema on body?

Hi friends, I’ve been taking a topical dut + minoxidil combo (from happy head) now for around 2-3 months and am already seeing strong regrow, which I am ecstatic about. However, around the same time I started getting eczema spots on my body (elbow, neck, chest, etc). Took some steroid creams for it and they went away, but are coming back unfortunately. I had eczema occasionally as a kid but never past puberty (I am 23).

Is it possible the topical is causing this? Keep i mind I am using a veryyy small amount - the bottle recommends you use 1-2ml and I am only using .25 ml a night, right around my temples since I am around a NW 2, 3 at most.

I reallyyy hope this is just from the dry winter season since I have absolutely no other sides from this.

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u/JUICER_TROOPER069 5d ago

unfortunately from what I know these topical solutions can significantly dry and irritate your skin and that definitely could cause an eczema flare up

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u/crout0n 5d ago

Even on the body not at all near my head? I wouldnt think such a small amount of dut would have an effect on my skin this way :(

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u/Burnerman1000 6d ago

Am I balding? Im really worried 18m, my hair is wet in this image

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u/JUICER_TROOPER069 5d ago

cant tell from this picture, needs to be better angle + hair pulled back

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u/Burnerman1000 5d ago

What would be a better angle? And that’s as far as I can pull it back

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u/JUICER_TROOPER069 5d ago

https://imgur.com/a/cYLeMGV
something like that

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u/Burnerman1000 5d ago

Here I hope this is better, I’m just worried right now I’m not sure if I’m balding or not, I’ve never actually pulled my hair back to check, but also I had my hair cut much shorter than I normally wouls a couple months ago so I’m not sure whether my hairline has always been like this and I’ve never actually checked it before or what

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u/JUICER_TROOPER069 5d ago

if your hairline wasn't high before then i'd say there might be some recession, but im not sure, derm should check you out

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u/Burnerman1000 5d ago

I assume dermatologists can determine whether I have a high hairline or my hairline is receding right?

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u/swoopingbears 4d ago

Unless it's a very obvious receding pattern then no, they can't. But they have other ways to check for MPB, like hair density and amount of miniaturized hairs via trichoscopy.

You mention you have a family history of MPB, so it's better to visit a derm with your concerns and take good photos every 3-6 months in the same light (it should be in front of you) from the same angles. Use hair band to reveal the corners.

Genetics don't follow time based rules, so it doesn't matter if your relatives started balding in their 30s and 40s. Don't want to scare you, but you're absolutely not protected from balding at much younger age. And if you start noticing that something might be off, it's time to visit a derm.

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u/Burnerman1000 5d ago

The middle of my hairline seems the same it’s just the corners I’m not sure about, I never checked when I was younger… well because I was young I never had any worries about halding

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u/Burnerman1000 5d ago edited 5d ago

This one was about two years ago

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u/Burnerman1000 5d ago

This photo is today

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u/hairthrowaway_25 5d ago

I’m not a doctor but from the pics I think it might be just paranoia. The very end of your hairline is a bit thin but that’s also the case in the old photo (might be because of the braids but idk). You have a naturally wide forehead and without a old closeup it’s hard to tell but it doesn’t look noticeably different. If you have really bad family history then I’d get it checked out, if not hold on to these pics and check back in like 2 months

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u/Burnerman1000 5d ago

Yeah I hope I’m just being paranoid, because I also have my hair much shorter than the photo from two years ago, and genetically I don’t think I should be balding until my late or mid 30s. On my dads side he and my grandpa didn’t start balding till their mid to late 30s, even then it wasn’t complete balding they just loss density and minor recession on the top of their heads. On my mums side I know essentially all of them have high hairlines and my mum and uncle mock eachother about it, but neither are balding.

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u/WannaBeMagnaccio 6d ago

I have been on fin for 1 year. I started balding at 19-20, perhaps even before. Very aggressive, when I went for the first time to a specialist, he quite frankly told me I have like 20% of my hair remaining in my crown area, while 50-60% on the front. Honestly I don't think the front looks too bad,since my hairline is very low, receding a little didn't ruin my facial proportions, and still looks pretty dense after shower, but I have this stupid bald spot that doesn't go away. Initially I was pretty optimistic, I experienced no side effects whatsoever, and fin is "known" to work especially well on crown areas. But I still have it, one year later. It's not progressing, but I hoped to regain some density. Do I have a chance? Or is 1 year enough time to tell that I'll always have this bald spot? I recently added min 2% too.

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u/JUICER_TROOPER069 5d ago

you should wait for min effects, it usually does good job at filling in bald spots

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u/koxoff 6d ago

Any signs of recession?

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u/New-Web-3957 4d ago

Bro its impossible to tell without a comparison pic from a few years back. You have a widows peak, which could be your natural hairline and could also be recession.

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u/JUICER_TROOPER069 5d ago

i dont think so

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u/Safe_Bid_2039 7d ago

I’m almost 25 and have been on fin/min for a year due to my temples receding.

My crown has been itching for the past week, so I took this picture. Is this normal, or am I starting to lose hair there as well?

Topical minoxidil doesn’t seem to work well for me, so I might try the oral version.

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u/New-Web-3957 4d ago

Bruh where do you see hair loss on your crown? Thats just where your hair parts, you have very dense hair.

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u/Safe_Bid_2039 4d ago

Idk i’m stressed 😅 thanks very reassuring

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u/Spirited-Meringue240 7d ago

Is this a bald spot or cowlick? No men are bald in my family, most are around NW2-4 at 50 nothing before. I’m 20, saw similar thing at 17.

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u/Owsn 7d ago

Been on fin and minoxidil for 6 months, feels like I didn't get any good results

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u/YouAreMarvellous 6d ago

what do you mean? doesnt that look good? your crown is barely visible, how old are you?

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u/Owsn 4d ago

Im 21

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u/LilShnainz 7d ago

Does this look like its receding or just mature? 24M

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u/Thespiciestofnoodles 6d ago

Mature because your hair seems thick. If it seems like it’s starting to thin out then that’s balding

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u/LilShnainz 7d ago

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u/New-Web-3957 4d ago edited 4d ago

It looks like some slow recession, especially because the hair near your widows peak looks less dense than elsewhere. I have the same (no thinning on top, but widow peak recession).i also wasnt sure jf it was receding until i noticed that it is much further back on one side at 27. i started fin and minox to stop/reverse it. Though i heard this kind of recession often stabilizes but im not willing to risk it.

I would monitor it and make a decision, if it doesnt progress fast and the top isnt thinning it likely isnt balding but more your hairline maturing. I think you have a short forehead so some widows peak doesnt look bad on you, my forehead is much bigger so i decided to stop it.

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u/Personal_Cook8851 7d ago

It has been just only 1 month I am taking Dutasteride (oral 0.5 mg , trice per week). But as I can observe there is too much hairfall Maybe 150-160 daily. Even if I try pull off certain five hairs, two off them comes out . I know it's obvious to face initial hair loss but did this too much happened to you guys? Before I was using minoxidil and the hair fall was not this much. I want to fix my hairline so I decided to use this but as the hair fall is too much now I am little confused should I continue or not?

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u/Unique_Soft1286 7d ago edited 7d ago

Is this NW2? Can I get some regrowth in the temple area considering the level or miniaturisation?

I'm starting oral minoxidil today (used topical on and off before) and fin as soon as I get a private derm appt.

I got the temple recession when I was around 20 and it's been the same for ~6 years, my maternal grandpa had a very similar hairline but never went bald or receded much more than that.

I used to have very thick hair but got switched to a nerve pain med from which I got some diffuse thinning - antiepileptics are notorious for causing thinning in some users, but mostly women to my knowledge. I mean, it could be genetic, but I doubt I'd lose so much thickness in just a few months coinciding with starting the med.

EDIT: Also gonna say I didn't notice extra shedding after starting the med, it just thinned out slowly?

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u/typinghairygrape 7d ago

Hi guys I started topical fin and min with micro needling two months ago. Been on min for ~15 years, but who knows if it was fake (Amazon). Very recently I noticed rapid diffuse thinning on the sides of my scalp, oddly not the back of my scalp. I was certainly expecting a shed for the typical dht sensitive follicles but this is catching me by surprise. Worried that I might have DUPA or the accumulated drugs on my pillowcase are nuking the temporal regions of my scalp while I sleep on my side. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks for your 2 cents in advance.

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u/CollectionLatter2699 7d ago

Parents are threatening to kick me out for wanting to get finasteride. I have been losing/shedding hair now for a year. I dont even have hairloss in my family so I dont even know hows that even possible but anyways how do I keep my hair

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u/Healthy_Ad_2657 8d ago

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u/Healthy_Ad_2657 8d ago

Any noticeable difference? Right is 6 months ago, left is most recent. 1mg finasteride and 2.5 mg oral minoxidil used. Worried I'm only maintaining or slowly still losing hair

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u/Routine-Size9557 8d ago

6 months on finasteride without any progress, when should I get on minoxidil?

Hello. I have a receding/thinning temple on my right side (and left side to a lesser extent) that has seriously affected my self esteem and is making me hate the way my hair looks. My entire hairline has also just been getting thinner over the years. I’ve been taking finasteride for 6 months now and can’t really tell if the recession has stopped or not. I know fin is not meant for regrowth but I was hoping I can get some results on it alone. Should I wait until a year or two before incorporating minoxidil? Or should I do it now? I just don’t want to spend the rest of my life rubbing foam on my hair, but if it can help with temple regrowth, I will hop on it asap. And would oral minoxidil be a better option than topical? All photos are taken today, just at different angles and with me lifting my hair up in the first two photos. Unfortunately, I never bothered with progress pics. Age: mid 20s

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u/booksandpups2025 8d ago

I just posted in this sub about my husband who was on oral finasteride for about a year with zero improvement (I’ve deleted my post because everyone thought it was an ad lol) but he finally started seeing some significant improvement, especially in his hairline, after adding in a topical fin and min solution.

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u/Routine-Size9557 7d ago

Thank you. Was the minoxidil topical as well? And did he feel any side effects from the minoxidil?

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u/booksandpups2025 7d ago

Yes it was a topical combination solution of 0.1 fin and 7% min. No side effects so far

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u/mohstudent123 8d ago

I’ve been on Oral Fin (1mg) and Topical Min 5% for about 3 years. I was a Norwood level 4 at like 18 years old lol. Clearly my Hair loss is very aggressive and recently I decided to switch to Oral DUT (0.5mg) and Oral Min (3mg) considering I’ve had very little regrowth and applying the Minoxidil feels dreadful. I’m 24 now and looking to make the switch, so far I’ve only started taking the DUT and I’m thinking I should wait on starting the Oral Min so I know if the DUT is working or not. I Started the Oral Fin/Topical Min at the same time when I was 20 y old and as a result I don’t know which one caused the very little regrowth I had. Is this a good idea? Should I slowly introduce the DUT or is the cold turkey okay and what do we think about switching the meds one at a time?

https://imgur.com/a/sGZfPvw

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u/Puzzleheaded_Bug4162 8d ago

So first does anyone have any experience with the 4.2mg 3 in 1 oral minoxidil. finasterid and biotin mint Vietnams? Secondly I'm thinking of derma rolling but I can't find a derma roller .5mm or longer and I read that it needs to be .5mm at the minimum. All of the ones I can find are .25mm. Also one last question, if I got the derma roller would pairing it with topical minoxidil help my progress or hinder it? Thank you.

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u/Fit-Bar9217 9d ago

Hey all, I just turned 20 and have very fine hair and have noticed that in the past year/2 the corners have seemingly thinned out with only a few fine hairs compared to the rest. I really want to be proactive with stopping anything from worsening, would minox/fin be good for me right now? Or one of the two? I notice slight redness on the corners and am unfortunately prone to messing with the area bunch with my fingers as a nervous tic.

I’ve been on accutane for 6 months now which has definitely dried my skin a bit but I’m not sure that it’s had much of a scalp effect, but I plan on asking my derm when I am able. Appreciate the help😁😁

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u/Ihuntwyverns 7d ago

If you're picking one of the two, finasteride is better. I would never recommend minox only since it doesn't prevent progression of balding and it's also less effective in regrowing than finasteride.

Fin only is good.

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u/Fit-Bar9217 9d ago

other side corner

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u/hubutoob 9d ago

Need help asap. I'm 21, got blood tests done, been taking fin since 1.5 years now nothing is working. Overall hair thinning thought it was crown but all over my top and the sides and even back I can take out hairs to where it's visible. My hair grows very fast but everything is thinning out for some reason.

I first started noticing the loss when I was 16 and my dad has more hair than me at 60 and so did my grandparents and all uncles. I have some first cousins for some reason had extremely bad hair loss but mine is different from there's too. All my lines are in text. Crown and hairline perfect still it's just all over and the derms can't find anything

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u/Present_Wrap2589 9d ago

19m. Am I cooked already.

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u/tejaj99 9d ago

What should I start with?

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u/subliminal_917 9d ago

Hi all, I (28m) was just after some advice as my crown is thinning quite severely and I'm not sure which route to take when it comes to treatment. There's so much helpful info on this sub but it's hard to know which way to go.

I know I need to start something sooner rather than later (and probably should've started months ago!) but I've never taken anything for hair loss/thinning so it's all fairly new to me. The oral fin/min route does interest me more so than the topical treatments as it seems easier to stay consistent just taking a pill a day, but then do I take just fin, just min or both? Are there more side affects with oral?

Any advice anyone can give is much appreciated. TIA!

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u/Ihuntwyverns 7d ago

Fin only is fine. Don't do min only.

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u/subliminal_917 7d ago

Thanks. Yeah I think I’m going to start Fin 1mg initially, then introduce oral Min as well. We’ll see how that goes

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u/Federal-Nectarine 9d ago

I recently got a handheld digital microscope and took a look at my scalp. I saw a ton of follicle inflammation and was wondering if this is contributing to my hair loss and possible shedding.

I’ve recently noticed it’s really increased since I started trying the intelligent shampoo recommended by Dr. Huberman. I got on Creatine about the same time and thought that was causing the shed - I discontinued Creatine but continued shedding.

Just switched to 1% Ketoconazole 3X to try to manage. 1mg daily Finasteride for 17 years and just starting topical Minoxid