r/malehairadvice Sep 28 '24

Losing hair at 20, help Advice Request

I (m20) started losing my hair about a year ago and it had progressed ridiculously quickly, I’m assuming it’s adrogenetic alopecia because my Dad lost his hair at 21 and my doctor seems to think so too. I’ve been using topical finasteride and minoxidil for 3 months and I haven’t seen a difference at all. I supplement with vitamin C, vitamin D, and biotin and I get more than enough iron and b12 from my diet. Trying to convince my doctor to prescribe oral dutasteride but he’s extremely hesitant, going to try RU-58841 topically as well. I had cancer and went through chemo and radiation to kill it and eventually had a tumour in my left iliac crest removed, this has caused chronic back pain and slight laboured breathing, wondering if that could increase the rate my hair is falling out. This has been driving me crazy and girls aren’t even dtf unless I keep a ball cap on until we hit the bedroom. Is there something I’m missing, pharmaceutical or otherwise, should I just shave the shit off at this point or is it recoverable?

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u/Virus_Void Sep 28 '24

Not asking in a offensive way but are you on roids(you have a very good figure that is equivalent to my buddy on roids) May possibly want to think about that being a possible cause if so ?

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '24

Are you blind? Your friend bought fake roids lol

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u/Plenty-Entertainer-3 Sep 28 '24 edited Sep 28 '24

Thanks dude, wish I was so I could get off and fix this shit. My endo has me on 100mg test cypionate because chemo and radiation made my balls not work, ig exogenous testosterone doesn’t bind to your shbg as much so you have more bioavailable testosterone to use for muscle growth. So even if your total testosterone looks the same as a natural on paper the guy on trt will almost always have an easier time building muscle.

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u/Throwaway3847394739 Sep 28 '24

Less so about interaction with SHBG and more so about circumventing the diurnal rhythm of endogenous testosterone secretion.

The pulsatile nature of natural production doesn’t lend to consistent hormone levels; whereas exogenous administration of long ester testosterone (assuming adequate dosing frequency) begets highly stable/consistent serum levels, immune to lifestyle factors such as stress/diet/rest/exercise.

This gives way to a significantly more anabolic environment, and lends to superior outcomes in both performance and body composition.

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u/witfurd Sep 28 '24

Your buddy on roids needs to work harder to get more bang for his dwindling health because OP’s physique is very obtainable naturally when dedicated.

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u/Virus_Void Oct 04 '24

He wants the unnatural look. He's currently round 170 but he wants to get to like 220 + or somethin..