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Background: I’m 34, 35 in May. I noticed that I was losing hair when I was 27. Crown first, then hairline. The hairline isn’t noticeable unless taken at an overhead angle as attached. I lose hair in a pattern, but it’s also thinning. I have the same hairline as when I was in my early 20’s, but it’s thinned out. My hairline has not moved upwards, meaning I don’t have a V shape. The crown is obviously thinning but it is only extremely noticeable in bright pictures. In some pictures, I just look as if I have a blonde spot in the midst of my dark brown hair.

The consensus is “wait, you may lose more hair,” but it has been the same if not a bit better (cause treatment) for probably 5 years. So I’m starting to think: if I do lose more, it will be a long time from now, or very slowly and I can react to it— so why not go for the HT now?

I dermaroll 1.5 weekly, minoxidil daily, 2% niz. I have tried finasteride 3 separate times, splitting pills in half, taking them every other day. I experienced side effects every time -brain fogg and low libido. Finasteride’s side effect profile for a cosmetic drug is not a good trade off in my opinion. I won’t be trying it again no matter the consequences.

I was going to post this on RealSelf, but the doctors seem to tend to reply with a lame copy and pasted response.

Thoughts on HT in my position?

You are correct to stay away from finasteride. One good option is that you get Scalp Micropigmentation which will create a thickened, much fuller look. You must be prepared, however, that over time the thinning MAY lead to balding, so a plan must be created to address your next step. I am big on a Master Plan for anything you do (see:https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/thinning-hair-gallery/)

Percocet causes your hair (and eyelashes) to break and fall out. I’m 56 and have always had TONS of hair. “Enough for three people,” my stylist always commented. I had been on Percocet for 4 years due to severe Hip Dysplasia and my hair was coming out in little chunks. My beautiful, long eyelashes kept breaking until it looked like I barely had any. I thought it was because I’m in my 50’s. I had a full hip replacement last year and am finally off the pain meds. I’ve been off them about a month and, to my astonishment, my hair is growing back as thick as it used to be and my eyelashes are long and beautiful again! Those rotten pills! I don’t know how I would have gotten along without them as I was in severe pain, but I’m glad I’m off them now. My hair is recovering, so the hair loss doesn’t seem to be permanent.

Give your hair time and eat healthily. It should recover. Good luck!

I am not sure if you have been asked this, but could you explain the hair counting thing? Does counting the hairs that come out in the shower really tell you anything? Thats not really a good indicator of anything is it?

Counting the hair in the shower (hair by hair) would mean that you are likely obsessive about hair loss. It would be logical that if you are losing hair, the hairs lost in a single shower would vary by time of day, the vigor of your washing and massaging, the number of times you actually apply shampoo in a single shower, etc.. Generally all non-balding people lose about 100 hairs a day. If you see a change in number of hairs (a gross change) over a long time frame and keep all of the things you do constant, you may be losing hair.

I want to inform you that after 7 months, I am still experiencing genital numbness, shrinkage and rely on cialis to achieve erection. Libido is almost completely gone. All after quitting Saw Palmetto, which I tool for a year. I’ve done excessive testing (urological, neurological, endocrinologist…) and everything turned out fine. Yet, I am suffering from these extreme side effects. I seem to be one of the unlucky ones who got hit with PFS because of Saw Palmetto, which I didn’t think was possible at all. I’d ask for help but I don’t think anyone can. I only hope this information might be helpful to you about the dangers of 5AR-i.

This is the second time I have heard about Saw Palmetto as a cause of PFS type symptoms. I never personally met these patients but connected over internet forums. See a urologist as there are many causes of your symptoms that may not be tied to the Saw Palmetto

Using animals for organ donors have been tried for years, but cross species transplants have done very poorly over time. Now the use of CRISPER can tolerate organ donation much like Dolly the Sheep. Genetic material are used in pig cells in the early embryo and implanted in sows. The plan is to create pigs that have also been altered to make them more immunologically similar to people. In theory, this should mean transplanted organs are less prone to attack by a recipient’s immune system. This work is being done by Robin Weiss of University College London as reported in the New Scientist August 19, 2017 issue.

This is a man that again went to Turkey had developed this donor area problem probably reflecting either shock loss or direct donor site depletion