Jarred2004
08-08-2006, 11:40 PM
Hey all,
I'm 20 and I've been on Propecia for over a month and a half and I swear since I've been on it my hair has just been falling out and shedding and it is thinner than before I started. Is this normal? Is the hair maybe reacting to the hormone? Maybe it will grow in thicker or stronger? This is what I am hoping. Anyone taken Propecia and had this happen to them? It's kinda freaking me out b/c I look worse than before I started. Thanks!!
I'm 20 and I've been on Propecia for over a month and a half and I swear since I've been on it my hair has just been falling out and shedding and it is thinner than before I started. Is this normal? Is the hair maybe reacting to the hormone? Maybe it will grow in thicker or stronger? This is what I am hoping. Anyone taken Propecia and had this happen to them? It's kinda freaking me out b/c I look worse than before I started. Thanks!!
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sponsoredbynobody
08-09-2006, 08:38 AM
I have been taking it for just about 2 years now and at the beginning I really noticed shedding...apparently its totally normal.
In fact, I think that over the course of two years, I shed a LOT of hair, even though it is way thicker on top than it used to be.
Propecia definitely worked for me.
The other thing is that I noticed my front is still losing, not at the arte it was I dont think but I shed way more in the front than anywhere else...I might have to start on the rogaine soon.
I also took saw palmetto for a long time, and Omega3-6-9, zinc, etc.
Don't know if it helped but it can't hurt!!!:p
In fact, I think that over the course of two years, I shed a LOT of hair, even though it is way thicker on top than it used to be.
Propecia definitely worked for me.
The other thing is that I noticed my front is still losing, not at the arte it was I dont think but I shed way more in the front than anywhere else...I might have to start on the rogaine soon.
I also took saw palmetto for a long time, and Omega3-6-9, zinc, etc.
Don't know if it helped but it can't hurt!!!:p
hi5
08-09-2006, 06:00 PM
Gentleman, let me give you the age 32 perspective.
I watched my hair slowly go, starting from age 19 or 20. I do mean slowly, but just enough to cause me grief. lol
Did Rogaine (around age 24, for about 2 years) and Propecia (around age 26, for about 4.5 years) throughout the years, but I still "looked" balding to anyone who saw me. For the last few years, I was convincing myself that the money was ok to spend because I was "probably" maintaining hair, but I hated how I looked in any picture that showed me with a recede or bald spot.
Finally, at age 31... I finally had enough of propecia. I just started shaving my head completely. And my fear - most balding men's fear - of not finding a woman could NOT have been further from the truth. Apparently, I caught the eye of a great looking woman - and I had a shaved head and a "Scott Ian" beard.
Not the end of the world guys... even you 20 year old guys, who can pull the look of better than some older guys.
I watched my hair slowly go, starting from age 19 or 20. I do mean slowly, but just enough to cause me grief. lol
Did Rogaine (around age 24, for about 2 years) and Propecia (around age 26, for about 4.5 years) throughout the years, but I still "looked" balding to anyone who saw me. For the last few years, I was convincing myself that the money was ok to spend because I was "probably" maintaining hair, but I hated how I looked in any picture that showed me with a recede or bald spot.
Finally, at age 31... I finally had enough of propecia. I just started shaving my head completely. And my fear - most balding men's fear - of not finding a woman could NOT have been further from the truth. Apparently, I caught the eye of a great looking woman - and I had a shaved head and a "Scott Ian" beard.
Not the end of the world guys... even you 20 year old guys, who can pull the look of better than some older guys.
sponsoredbynobody
08-09-2006, 08:20 PM
Yeah well with my weirdly shaped head Id prolly look like an escaped mental patient.
chopsky
08-10-2006, 12:11 PM
Yeah well with my weirdly shaped head Id prolly look like an escaped mental patient.
I second that.
I second that.
Jarred2004
08-10-2006, 06:44 PM
Same here! My head with no hair, I'm trying to push that to 30. And since I am taking Proscar and cutting the pills into 1/4ths and using generic it is only costing me $10 for a four month supply!! So I'm gonna give the pills a chance!