my strange story and dilemma

[cpfm]

Hi all,

I would like to get your opinions about some thoughts I have and I'm unsure how to proceed.

Quick recap of my story:

Caught my MPB early and started Fin. For the first two years my hair loss was pretty much stabilized.

I started taking an SSRI and I was paranoid it was making me lose hair so after about a year I gradually started to taper down and then stopped completely for about six months.

To my surprise, I began to feel an itch and my hair became very oily (same as pre fin days) also had pimples around my hairline and frontal third. Started shedding a lot of hairs - short and long.

I've began searching and found out this might be reflex hyperandrogenic and was about to give up.

Figured I might as well get back on my SSRI and just like that the itch and pimples disappeared but my hair was still oily, maybe less. Shedding also decreased and I stopped shedding short hairs.

This all happen in the past years and my hair took a hit - temples receded and crown got a little thinner. Still better than before I started Fin but I still lose more than before and the oil is driving me nuts.

So now to my dilemma - I've been wanting to get a hair transplant for like the past 5 years but now I'm afraid my hair loss is not stabilized and this might compromise my results.

As I see it my options are:

1. Wait to see my final form on Fin and hold off transplant for a couple of years;

2. Get a hair transplant now and see how it will hold up;

3. Try adding Duta one or twice a week to see if my hair loss stabilize again.

I would love to hear your opinions on my story and offer me some advice because I'm really confused.

Thank you for reading this far!

[giegnosiganoe]

Pics?

[cpfm]

3 minutes ago, giegnosiganoe said:

Pics?

Will upload later. Want to include pre Fin, peak Fin and now.

Would still love to hear opinions.

[A Fue Good Men]

Which ssri? So the ssri helped address your scalp issues?

[Britanium]

4 minutes ago, 5BetaReductase said:

Which ssri? So the ssri helped address your scalp issues?

Type of Anti Depression medication. 

[cpfm]

54 minutes ago, 5BetaReductase said:

Which ssri? So the ssri helped address your scalp issues?

Zoloft. I read this study and thought what do I have to lose?

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9521031/

Scalp pain and pimples went away like two or three days after restarting the drug. Still have oily hair but much less then before.

[Melvin- Admin]

Have you compared your hair loss in the past 5 years? Can you share those pictures. Also, how long have you been on fin?

[cpfm]

1 hour ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

Have you compared your hair loss in the past 5 years? Can you share those pictures. Also, how long have you been on fin?

Yeah I will try and edit some pictures. 4 years total on Fin.

The hair loss was resumed only this year with some temple recession and some slight crown thinning.

It's not bad but I can feel my hair is less thick and dense compared to where I was after two years of Fin.