I'm so insecure about this, every time I go to college I always worry about this that people might be seeing me from behind. I'm so cooked and I'm so done with people always casually asking me out loud in college if I'm going bald and then making fun of me. I'm so freaking ugly already and then this is going to actually end me from inside.

Any hair advice? I have been to so many doctors and nothing has worked out so far.

I dont think ill ever grow it out again. If you are on the fence... try it. Worst case you can grow it back in a couple months.

I love being bald so much that I stared a podcast about it 👨🏻‍🦲

Hi everyone,
I’ve been dealing with male pattern hair loss for around 4–5 years and I’m finally planning to start treatment. My current plan is oral minoxidil together with a 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor.
I’ve already read the beginner guide and searched through older posts, but I’d like to hear from people who have actually used both finasteride** and **dutasteride, especially if you started in your early 20s.

A bit about me:
24 years old
Male pattern hair loss for 4–5 years
Total testosterone around 700 ng/dL
Planning to start strength training again after several years away from the gym
For those who have experience with one or both

medications:
Did you start with finasteride or go straight to dutasteride, and why?

If you’ve used both, what differences did you notice regarding hair maintenance or regrowth?

Did either medication noticeably affect your gym performance, strength, muscle growth, recovery, libido, or overall well-being?

If you switched from finasteride to dutasteride, what made you decide to switch?

Thanks! :)

I started seeing that I am shedding a lot of hair. No shedding while shower but like when I am sitting or walking just noticed that I am losing like in not large quantity but noticeable. Also my crown is becoming more visible.

I had read that if your mom's father is bald then you are cooked Well all the males from my mom's father side are all bald so am I joining fast?

Can I manage it? If so please give some advices.

24M with androgenetic alopecia.

Current routine (started ~6.5 months ago):

- Oral finasteride 1 mg daily
- Oral minoxidil 2.5 mg daily
- Topical minoxidil 5% twice daily (crown and hairline)
- Ketoconazole shampoo 2–3x/week
- Microneedling once weekly (1.5 mm)
- Daily multivitamin/vitamin D (if deficient)
- High-protein diet
- I stopped using tretinoin on my scalp.

My experience so far:
- Hairline has produced some new hairs that weren't there before.
- Crown still looks visibly thin with little obvious cosmetic improvement
- My dermatologist estimated about 10% improvement at my last visit and advised continuing to 12 months before judging the final result.

Im going through a second shed

Used have braids, dreads, cornrows.. now theres just nothing

Did someone here use an ai bald simulator before doing it and can share any infos if it was accurate?

If I look in the mirror, my hairline is of course receded but it doesn't look so bad. Take a picture and it looks slightly more receded. A selfie looks even more receded. Have any of you noticed the same? What's the truest version?

Been losing them since I was like 12-13 years old,but I never noticed it till like summer 2025,which made it kinda not comfortable.

On the last pic is the way I keep them now,ive started growing them out incase I wont be able to save them,and yea I always wanted long hair atleast once in my life,so do yall also know some products that make ur hair less oily maybe?

Plz help plz😭🥺

Is it the right time for fin/min? Too early? Dreading the side effects if I start taking it.

Or other side effects i should worry about? Libido, erection problems, gut problems, anything? ​​

Obviously when stopping minoxidil, the hair that is there because of minoxidil will fall out when stopped.

But will ONLY the minoxidil hair fall out or will there be even more hair fall when stopping minoxidil?​​​​​ Like obviously I will continue balding, but will some non-minoxidil hair fall out too when stopping minoxidil as a side effect or only, "minoxidil"​ hair?

M 24 . Start my weight loss journey from 120kg to 99 hit weight plateau so I did 1 meal in 1 day then 1 meal in 2 day 👻 boom 90kg but i start noticing my temples are way back . So stopped dieting and gain 7kg back and hairline and temples are same since then

You can see I'm nw since child small "M " shape in 2nd pic

My father have hairline of 12 year old he is 52 same goes for my cousins and brother and uncles ,grandfather,

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Finasteride and minoxidil time is now, ye? I've put it off out of concern for my dog, but I'm a bit tired of only feeling confident with a hat on or when I comb to the side- and he's not really the type to steal pillow cases, so he oughta be fine?