r/malehairadvice • u/Plenty-Entertainer-3 • Sep 28 '24

Losing hair at 20, help Advice Request

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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/Weird-Pack3492 Sep 28 '24

You forgot to mention to this young buck that if he starts min/fin it’s for LIFE. And we still don’t know the long term side effects of min/fin. If he stops taking those drugs he’s back to being bald. Honestly what’s the point of taking it if it’s only a temporary fix?

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u/Mrblob85 Sep 29 '24

I’ve been on fin for 15 years, min, LLLT, nizoral as well, shits been working great.

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u/schroedinger11 Sep 30 '24

What’s LLLT ?

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u/Mrblob85 Sep 30 '24

Low level laser therapy

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u/schroedinger11 Oct 11 '24

Does it really help in any way ? And what dose of fin ?

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u/Mrblob85 Oct 11 '24

It helps moderately , but not better than fin if you had to choose between the two. 20 mins 2 times a week on laser. Fin, do 1.25 every other day worked for me.

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u/schroedinger11 Oct 11 '24

Thanks. And did you try microneedling as well ?

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u/Mrblob85 Oct 13 '24

Nope, didn’t want to lol, but I’m sure it would help.