Hey Guys,
Looking for a little advice...I have been on the big 3 for the last two month, I understood the likelihood of shedding in the early stages but the loss has been massive. I was just wondering:
Is this amount of loss normal?
If you start minoxidil and fin at different times (within a month), can you expect to have 2 separate shedding phases?
Background:
Losing over the last 17 years, system wearer for the last 3 or so...during lockdown it seemed pointless maintaining my system so thought I would just let my hair grow. I was somewhat surprised to see I had lost little ground in the last few years (maybe I had, I just know I was diffused thinning prior to the system and there didn't seem to be much difference when I let it grow).
Anyway, I thought if I am going to be stuck in I may as well give this another go...I purchased some Rogaine foam and Nizoral and Alpecin which I used for a month.
This last month I've been using the above but changed the night-time Rogaine application to Dualgen-5 and topical Fin and added Biotin.
I am going through massive shedding, I don't have before photos as to be honest I wasn't expecting much notable results (good or bad).
In the images (sorry for the quality) you can see I have developed a fairly large bald patch, there is literally nothing there other than some very fine vellus hairs. As I said I don't have have before photos and its hard to tell how much hair I had there prior to the shedding because I had only been growing it out for a month or so prior to meds but there was hair (best guess, probably the density as the diffused thinning throughout).
If I grab hair then more often than not some will come out. I get shedding is normal at the start but to create full blown bald spots
Any advice or shared experiences welcomed