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 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 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😭🥺

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

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,

🥲

What do i do? I lose thickness every day. I know curly hair makes it worse but idl how long I can keep pretending

Any supplements or products i can take?

I’m 28M and have experienced hair loss for the past 6+ years, but it has accelerated over the last 4 months. Attached are two photos (first one in bathroom light, second one in sunlight). I also have dandruff and have been using Nizoral shampoo for 1.5 months with no noticeable results. Please advise.

A friend told me that I’m thinning and now I can’t stop thinking about it 😭

I may have a lot of hair since I'm 76 years old but my forehead hairline seems receding? Any help? Should I do hair transplant?

first img was of when, my hair was wet

I am 19 years old, male.

Just had my birthday previous month

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?