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Just thought I'd post an update here - I've been taking Finasteride 1mg daily for the best part of 7 weeks now. I've experienced no noticeable sides, but at a couple of points I was pretty shocked at the amount of shedding I was getting. My hairline looked noticeably weaker at the 4 week mark than before I'd started. I've also been using Minoxidil foam, but I've not been using that for the last 2-3 weeks because I've been travelling a lot and it's not as easy to carry as a few pills are. I'll start that again in the new year. I'm hoping that the shedding means I'm responding well to the finasteride and I'll be interested to see how I look at the 3-4 month mark. I can't yet see anywhere where I'm having any noticeable regrowth - just the places where my hair has fallen out over the last seven weeks. I'm kinda hoping all that will start in the 3-4 month phase when the hairs go back into the growing phase.

Proscar works out at more than $2 per month over in the UK, but I've taken the plunge and bought some. I'm now taking 1mg of Finasteride daily, got some Rograine foam which I've started applying today, and my Nizoral shampoo has just arrived. I'll use that every other day. Other family members with similar hair - I guess my dad's hairline is a bit like that, but he's 55 so his hair is going on top and at his crown too. I don't have any photos of him when he's younger so I don't really know what his natural hairline was like, either.

Well, I wouldn't exactly say I was in denial about it. I just hadn't really noticed. As I say, my hair was already pretty high around the temples even at 18-19. I've not really been monitoring the hairline or thinking about it a great deal until I posted up here and everyone suggested I might actually be losing hair too. Anyways, I've done some reading and ordered some minoxidil foam. Nizoral shampoo doesn't really seem too pricey either so I've picked up a bottle of that to use every other day. We'll see what happens. I'll look into finasteride too, but that's a lot more expensive and seems like it has some unpleasant potential side effects too. I'll think a bit harder about that. EDIT - thanks for the help, by the way. It's been great to have some other people's opinions on things.

Having checked older photos, it's obvious I had semi-receeded temples even at 18-19 (Facebook didn't exist before then so it's hard to see anything prior to that). Quite how extensive it was, I don't know. There's no photos with my hair pulled back as in the shots above....

Yup, I mean my receeded temples. Perhaps you guys are right, and I am losing my hair. I've always had a high hairline as I mentioned earlier - and I remember one of my friends pointing out I had a 'massive receedo' in my second year at uni when I was about 19. That was just over five years ago now. It's quite possibly got worse since then. The thing is, I don't have any photographic evidence because I've been actively hiding it for years Hmmm. What would you guys recommend?

Hi all, First of all, I want to say that this forum looks great. There's quite a few of them out there but this one seems to have by far the best community. I was just browsing for info but seeing how helpful everyone is encouraged me to actually sign up. My situation is a bit different to the people on this board. I'm just about to turn 25, and I'm not actually suffering from hair loss - but my hairline has always been very high. I've been pretty conscious about it for a long time, which is why I've always worn my hair long, but it doesn't fully hide the problem. Ideally, I'd like to have a transplant to fill in the gaps in my hairline at the front. I thought I'd ask you guys what your opinions on this would be? My maternal grandfather still has most of his hair at gone 70, and my dad has a thinning crown but still a reasonable amount on top at 50. My main concern would be losing my normal hair at the front and being left with a couple of weird patches remaining at the front from the grafts, but this could be got around by taking some grafts from nearby areas, right? Or would that not work? I've attached a few photos taken on my webcam to show my problem firsthand. I figure I'm a Norwood III but if people have a more experienced eye I'd be happy to hear their thoughts... I appreciate that my problems aren't as severe as most of the people on this board, but if the outcome would be good, I don't see any reason not to sort mine out. Thoughts and experience would be appreciated!