Need an advice for my situation

[cyrilhan]

I am 20 years old. i have been losing my hair for the past 6 years, it never stops. my dad is bald but he started to lose his hair when he was 28, for me it started when i was just 14.

I am on finasteride now,have been on it for 2 months now and i know it's too early to judge.

I need an advice. I am deteriorating psychologically and i am really too depressed. I have no life and no confidence at all.

 

What norwood is that? 4 i guess?

are there any other medications i can still consider? will finasteride help?

Is a Hair transplant an option for me?

 

Is there any hope i can recover some hair on medications? or just maintianing would be the maximum?

 

Please check the links for my photos

 

https://imgur.com/a/gjebY

https://imgur.com/a/7SCMS

Thanks

Edited April 13, 2018 by cyrilhan
Updating photos

[Melvin- Admin]

Welcome to the forum, the link you provided didn’t work for me, you can attach photos to your post. It’s hard to sayw without seeing your photos. However, you must allow at least 12 months for the finasteride, I would also include minoxidil as they both work synergistically.

[cyrilhan]

ah sorry i tried to upload the photos directly but it is not working, i have updated the links,

Thank you

[gillenator]

Propecia (finasteride) and Rogaine (minoxidil) are the two FDA approved meds for treating MPB.

 

It certainly is understandable about the psychological challenges in losing hair. I actually wore hair systems for 11 years before I had my first HT procedure.

 

Continue doing your online research and hook-up with some of the other guys here, especially younger guys close to your age. They will be able to relate to what you are going through.

 

The bottom line is to wait and see how the meds work for you and as you educate yourself online, you will be able to sort things out better and eventually come to some decisions.

 

Also consult with several of the recommended doctors within this community for their wisdom and advice on how to move forward.

[Dr Tejinder Bhatti]

Mr. Cyrilha,

 

Your pattern of loss indicates a NW4V and I believe your future pattern will be more severe. Medication is of the utmost importance at this time as you must arrest the loss before you can consider surgery. If you do not, you will continue to lose more hair thus rendering any procedures much less effective. You should consult with specialists in your area and even send out for online consultations to get various opinions, but nothing should be done until you see how medication works for you for at least one solid year. At that time you can evaluate again.

[cyrilhan]

Thanks for your replies , i really appreciate it.

Can someone please tell me what norwood am i ?

and if it is possibile to recover some hair only on medications ?

[cyrilhan]

anyone please?

[cyrilhan]

Mr. Cyrilha,

 

Your pattern of loss indicates a NW4V and I believe your future pattern will be more severe. Medication is of the utmost importance at this time as you must arrest the loss before you can consider surgery. If you do not, you will continue to lose more hair thus rendering any procedures much less effective. You should consult with specialists in your area and even send out for online consultations to get various opinions, but nothing should be done until you see how medication works for you for at least one solid year. At that time you can evaluate again.

Thank you doctor for your reply , that's appreciated

 

Should i have hope on just maintaining what i do have now ? Since my type of hair loss is too aggressive, i just fear medications won't work.

[gillenator]

We will never know how we will respond to the meds until we are on them for 12 months or longer.

 

This requires a lot of patience, but the sooner you get started, the better.

[cyrilhan]

We will never know how we will respond to the meds until we are on them for 12 months or longer.

 

This requires a lot of patience, but the sooner you get started, the better.

Fair enough. Thank you

[Legend007]

U a receder around a Norwood 3 heading to Norwood 4 .. but u lucky cuz u still have thick dense hairs where u haven’t receded .. stay in finasteride to retain those hairs n keep them thick .. or they going to miniaturized n disappear.. a good hair transplant will give

U back what u lost..