So I'm 18 years old, and experiencing thinning and balding hair.

My sides, and back are thick, but the top center of my head is thin and balding.

It really sucks, I hate having thin hair, and I don't know what to do!

It gets embarrassing when friends and peers pick on me about it, and I try to play it off.

What should I do? What can help?

I just started taking Biotin 2 days ago, and using the Walmart Brand of "Rogaine" that has the same ingediants of that Rogaine has.

But It is just worthless.
I need help.

What do I do!!??

Wait for a pic shortly.

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Hey man,

I'm sorry to hear of your MPB issues, but I'm happy that you've found this forum so early. You can truly arm yourself with the best information and resource here to conquer your hairloss as best as possible. There is hope, no doubt, but it won't be easy -- I know how hard it must be right now, and how hard it will be, but remember that in the grand scheme of things what matters most to your success and happiness is the very ability to solider through an obstacle such as this.

Rogaine is OK -- but if you aren't truly willing to commit to it 100% I wouldn't start/stop/etc. This can just lead to vicious shedding and it will lose efficacy.

There are two things I'd insta-reccommend to you, and I think could be a huge boon: propecia/proscar/finasteride, and Nanogen. The former is *the* single closest thing we have to a miracle drug. It's a small pill you pop 1x/day. I would go to a good dermatologist or hair restoration surgeon with experience in this area and inquire into this. It's primary efficacy is on regrowing and preserving hairs in the crown and vertex and top, but this doesn't mean it can't help everywhere.

Nanogen is a "concealer". It works best in areas where you have some hair, it's just thinned. Nanogen can virtually restore a perfect illusion of density. It truly saved my life for a while, and I was pretty far along and it gave me truly remarkable results. I would definitely order some of this and play around with it.

Also, I would look into following this regiment for hair care: Best Way to Make Your HT Glisten w/ Extra Density&Naturalness?

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*A Follicles Dying Wish To Clinics*

1 top-down, 1 portrait, 1 side-shot, 1 hairline....4 photos. No flash.

Follicles have asked for centuries, in ten languages, as many times so as to confuse a mathematician.

Enough is enough! Give me documentation or give me death!

Start taking Finasteride immediately. It is most likely your only hope.

thanks anatopsis

and Marvin, how do I get it?



edit: here is a gallery of my lovely head

http://tinypic.com/a/1cdwo/1

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Oh man, get on propecia/proscar/fin ASAP -- your pattern of loss right now is tailor made for it. Go to a dermatologist ASAP and they will give you the script for it. Proscar is cheaper than the Propecia -- same thing, but you need to cut it up into like 4th's or something....no big deal, and it's less expensive. This could be a life-saver for you.

Also, nanogen -- applied well -- could probably totally mask your baldness tomorrow.....

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*A Follicles Dying Wish To Clinics*

1 top-down, 1 portrait, 1 side-shot, 1 hairline....4 photos. No flash.

Follicles have asked for centuries, in ten languages, as many times so as to confuse a mathematician.

Enough is enough! Give me documentation or give me death!

I'm tailor made for it? Really?

are propecia/proscar/fin all three the same thing? Confused! lol

Nanogen, what is that?

Thank you!

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Nanogen is a basic cover up for thining hair. Its basically a shaker that you put over bald spots and colored fibers come out . There are different types that do the samething nanogen/toppik/dermatch.
Just google it and you will get the picture.
Propecia is a brand name for 1mg fin. And proscar is 5mg fin. Same thing different amount per dose.

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Real friends wouldnt pick on you for going bald, they would prob just say if it bothers you try shaving it to see what it looks like.

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they just tease about it.
just being guys i guess.

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Hi Jspence09-

It's never easy to lose your hair. Even adults hate it but when you are in your teens, that can be a lot more tramatic. In looking back on it, a lot of my friends started losing their hair in high school. MPB starts at all kinds of crazy ages and progresses as time goes on.

As the posters have pointed out to you, you are on an excellent site to get all of the support and advice you would ever need. Do start on the meds ASAP and if you do want to make your hair appear more thick and full, there is always concealers. I personally use Toppik but there are other options available.

Obviously, you are too young to go the transplant route but the meds will definately slow down, stop and quite possilby in some areas reverse the hair loss. Be happy that you now live in an era where transplants have improved incredibly and if surgery is something you would choose to have in the future, there are a excellent docs out there. Just always be sure to DO YOUR HOMEWORK!!!