Look, kevin i know exactly how u feel! cuz ive bin throught that hell and im still in it! im only 19 and i started loosin my hair as early as 13-14 i think it hade to do with my pubirty anyways i went to doctors and when i was 16 and they said it was fine that i dident hade too worry then when i got 17 i really wanned too do something about so i got on rogaine 5% minoxidil and used it for about 2 years and a half till i now recently started takin propecia and stopped the rogaine because the only resualts i believe it gave me was maintain and slowin down the hair loos process maby givin some hair but mostly slowin down which it did! so now ive bin on propecia for 1 mounth, and i took rogaine for 2-3 weeks with it but stopped because all rogaine does is to open the hair focicles so the blood can stream and if the blood contains DHT then the point of takin it is not that big, i don know but i wanned to see results with propecia itself, as i think if im not seing everything in illusion im actuelly gaining back the hair slowly day by day after, i dont think its just about takin a pill everyday ull have to prepher ur mind physicly like think posetiv thoughts that this will help you and so on and not be so hard on yourself and especily not put yourself in stress situations. so i take this pill at night time before i sleep cuz they say that the DHT levels are at highest point when u sleep so that could be a plus...anyways i know all about being ashamed over loosin hair and wearing caps and loosin the lust to live life at all! u just want to escape reallity and come back to it when ur ready, it really damages you psychologicly and mentally u loose the social part of you that special shine that identifies you as a person and u feel like ur livin in a trapped world its crazy trust me i know all about it! and i bet you do too! feel free to ask me any questions! im here to help! and remeber think posetiv! even thought it can be hard sometimes i know....