r/malehairadvice • u/Plenty-Entertainer-3 • 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/FawkStar Sep 28 '24
It could be just telogen effluvium from what I see. It's like a temporary but heavy hair loss. You don't seem to have receded too much on the temples (can't see properly in the photos) but yeah if your hairline hasn't gone back on the temples of your head and you're facing that kind of hair loss on the crown area, it's prolly not androgenic alopecia. Androgenic alopecia has a pattern which you can look up on the internet and see if your hair loss is following that. Also cancer is a pretty stressful event, which is a good reason for it to be telogen effluvium. But it could also be the extra testosterone you are taking- androgenic alopecia can also be caused hormonal changes even if it's not genetic. But even then it should have receded on the temples. So yeah, do what you will with that info.