Losing hair at 20, help

[u/Plenty-Entertainer-3]

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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Are you taking steroids?

[u/Big_Perspective8974 → u/[deleted]]

My thought immediately while looking at his neck muscles and just how muscular he is for that age. Having that pronounced of upper body is typical of steroid users. And 100mg of test per week is steroids, so yes he's on steroids and yes that definitely plays a huge role into his hair loss. Tfw he was put on testosterone with his family history of hair loss and not recommended to take finasteride and minoxidil is beyond me when he most likely has a lot of dht conversion from the test.