hello. i'm new to this forum. i wish it was around 15 years ago when i started suffering from hair loss. i had 3-4 surgeries between 1993 and 1994 but i had them as i was losing hair so it was hard to detect at the time.
i started suffering from major depression due to this as i was only 24 years old. most of the hair in front has been replaced.
after the last surgery i felt as if the hair near my neckline was obliterated. i cannot cut my hair short in back due to this.
a high quality doctor recommended on this site has told me i still have donor hair if needed but i am terrified of going back under the knife.
i won't get into the details yet of which doctors i went to.
my question pertains to meds and products that everyone is using.
i've been on 1 mg propecia since my transplant. over the past 6 months i've noticed a lot of hair loss near the crown of my head. this concerns me due to the area that would need to be covered with donor hair. aside from propecia, what else can i try that actually works? i've read that rogaine will initially cause severe hair shedding. is this true?
can you please help me understand what other meds and products everyone is using. it would be helpful to keep a 'sticky' or record of these somewhere on the forum.
thanks again for your help. i got a haircut this week and for the first time in more then 10 years i can start to see hair loss near the back of my head. and i'm worried that i'm slipping into depression slowly so i'm trying to be proactive in dealing with this.
