Joined: 04 Dec 2004 Posts: 5 Location: Toronto, ON
18yo With Receding Hairline Posted: 12-05-04 10:04am
I am 18 years old and my fathers side of
the family all are bald, with hair on the
back of the heads. Anyways, recently my
hair has been falling out and I can see
more of my scalp. My hairline is also
receding and everyone is telling me my
forehead is bretty big. The hairline is
now a little past the part where the
forehead curves upwards toward the top of
the head. Is there any type of treatment
I can do to stop this? Is rogaine a good
idea?? I dont want to go bald when i'm
still young!!
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king2004
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Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 2
Posted: 01-06-05 20:54pm
Im 18 years old too, my dad hasn't been
bald in his life and he is 72 now, and he
has started to lose his hair a bit
and it is happening to me, but not my
older brother?????
Started when I was like 16 I guess a bit,
my friends say are u going bald? Gets me
really annoyed, since I left and went
college I just wear a hat now to cover it
up. Really depressing I think it is
i only wish I had a cure to grow my hair
back, becuase even if I could stop it, I
still look stupid.
I used to have a quiff until my hair line
makes my head look bigger :evil:
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diablo_03
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Joined: 04 Dec 2004 Posts: 5 Location: Toronto, ON
Posted: 01-06-05 22:20pm
Ya. I also appear to have a larger than
normal forehead. I'm thinking of going to
the doctor or a specialist to check it
out.
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nangee
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Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 1
Mmm Posted: 06-26-06 00:59am
The same thing is happening to me, i'm 18
as well. It's not terribly noticeable,
when I ask close friends about it, they
don't see it as anything big. What
concerns me is how quickly it's happened,
i've probably lost a total area around the
size of a playing card in the last year.
I don't care so much that I regrow what
i've lost so much as that I can slow the
process down and not be bald by 25.
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mark68
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Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 6 Location: West Palm Beach
Posted: 08-02-06 04:56am
Welcome to the club...
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A.D.
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Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2
I hate it!! Posted: 04-10-08 01:57am
When I turned 16, i was getting a
receeding hair line and a widows peek on
the right side which was grade 10. After
mid grade 11 it stopped but ever since
then everyone noticed and bothers me about
it. Gets me angry, the weird thing is
though that im a healthy guy and no one in
my family had this problem. Luckily its
stopped and im 19 now. But I want to find
a way to atleast grow some of it back so
its not as bad. I feel for you guys... its
definetly sucks!! I'm just hoping
something is found out, or my hair starts
to grow back some how
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ashokash_410@
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Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Posts: 1
hair loss Posted: 04-27-08 09:57am
now iam 19 years old, my forehead got
bald little wen i was 13 , now my hair
is falling rapidly and also seems to be
some bald patches on every part of my
head. it is causing depression for me,
wen i looking my head, i cant able to
concentrate on anything ,i always think
about my hair, is it possible to regrow
hair on forhead part as well as bald
patches? my friends hurting me by
commenting my forehead; i need to regrow
my hair
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jelenda
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Joined: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 11
worst if i m a gal Posted: 05-06-08 09:21am
i m nt sure if i am gona be like you guys.
how can i stop it or know if i m really
having hairloss or its just my parting
problem
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Questions4u
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Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 42
Posted: 05-06-08 09:52am
hey guys. mine started around 18. I'm
currently 28 (male). I've been lucky thus
far to have kept the majority of my hair,
but have had a continuing receeding hair
line at the temples. My Dad has a full
head of hair, my mother has very thin fine
hair, and her father (my grandfather was
very bald on top early). I've heard it
said that the gene comes from the mothers
side, but honestly...WHO CARES? The
bottom line is YOU have it and its
bothersome.
I went through a depression about it
around 19 when I asked my 4year girlfriend
if she'd noticed and she didnt have to
think twice before answering that she had.
It's a kick in the balls.
Here's my .02 if you're interested.
If its sudden and extremely rapid, it may
not be just common male pattern baldness
which is caused by increased DHT. If its
normal male pattern baldness, chances are
you're hornier than a goat as well. Males
with high testosterone levels have high
DHT levels, and DHT is what cuts off and
suffocates the hair follicles. Rogaine
(Minoxidil) and products like it are DHT
blockers.
PATTERN BALDNESS (androgenetic alopecia).
In male- and female-pattern baldness, the
time of growth shortens, and the hairs are
not as thick or sturdy. With each growth
cycle, the hairs become rooted more
superficially and more easily fall out.
Heredity likely plays a key role. A
history of androgenetic alopecia on either
side of your family increases your risk of
balding. Heredity also affects the age at
which you begin to lose hair and the
developmental speed, pattern and extent of
your baldness.
Cicatricial (scarring) alopecia. This type
of permanent hair loss occurs when
inflammation damages and scars the hair
follicle. This prevents new hair from
growing. This condition can be seen in
several skin conditions, including lupus
erythematosus or lichen planus. It's not
known what triggers or causes this
inflammation.
Alopecia areata. This is classified as an
autoimmune disease, but the cause is
unknown. People who develop alopecia
areata are generally in good health. A few
people may have other autoimmune disorders
including thyroid disease. Some scientists
believe that some people are genetically
predisposed to develop alopecia areata and
that a trigger, such as a virus or
something else in the environment, sets
off the condition. A family history of
alopecia areata makes you more likely to
develop it. With alopecia areata, your
hair generally grows back, but you may
lose and regrow your hair a number of
times.
Telogen effluvium. This type of hair loss
is usually due to a change in your normal
hair cycle. It may occur when some type of
shock to your system — emotional or
physical — causes hair roots to be
pushed prematurely into the resting state.
The affected growing hairs from these hair
roots fall out. In a month or two, the
hair follicles become active again and new
hair starts to grow. Telogen effluvium may
follow emotional distress, such as a death
in the family, or after a physiological
stress, such as a high fever, sudden or
excessive weight loss, nutritional
deficiencies, surgery, or metabolic
disturbances. Hair typically grows back
once the condition that caused it corrects
itself, but it usually take months.
Traction alopecia. Excessive hairstyling
or hairstyles that pull your hair too
tightly cause traction alopecia. If the
pulling is stopped before there's scarring
of your scalp and permanent damage to the
root, hair usually grows back normally.
Other things like medications, infections,
and stress can cause this. If its coming
out in random clumps..its most likely NOT
male pattern baldness.
What can you do? There's a ton of
medications out there. My opinion is stay
away from the hormonal drugs like
Propecia. It may work for you, but has a
lot more side affects than others (sexual
side affects as well as emotional etc).
I've started using the Rogaine Foam and
after a month and a half, I believe I'm
starting to see a difference. It's easy
to use, dries quick, and much less of a
hassel than the original Rogaine liquid
which I hear was disgusting. It's not
recommended for a receeding hair line, but
instead for the crown. I myself am using
it on the receeding hairline and I think
its working. Time will tell. It's said
to keep what you have now, and possibly
regrow new hair.
Plan on spending approx. $50 per month on
it. And you'll have to continue to do so,
as its noted that stopping will lead to
loss of the hair that it regrew or kept
while using it.
Give it a shot if you think you have
normal hair loss.
Otherwise you could look into surgical
hair transplants, where they cut thin
strips of hair from the back of your neck
hairline (where most people keep their
hair) and surgically remove and "replant"
each hair in front or on top where you're
balding. But its VERY expensive. I've
also heard recently that they're doing
some infrared light treatments to regrow
hair that I may look into...although I'm
sure thats expensive as well.
The other alternative is getting over it,
not being vane, and making it work for
you. Whatever you do, don't be
self-conscious about it because it comes
through. NO GIRL is into a selfconscious
guy. Be proud, and don't be that
comb-over guy. It's ridiculous. If you
can't keep or regrow it, buzz it. Take
care of what you can. Get in shape, lift
weights etc.
Thats it for my words. Peace.
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SourPtch
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Joined: 03 Jun 2008 Posts: 5 Location: ,
I am a 19yr old girl losing my hair Posted: 06-03-08 21:55pm
My hair recently began to shed about 2
months ago. Ive always had long beautiful
hair (about 30 inches long)until I decided
to cut it into a short boy cut about
7months ago. I missed my hair so I put a
weave in it and when I took it out i had a
small bald spot on the front side of my
head. It annoyed me n I began to touch it
all the time and i continued to straightn
my hair. N soon the spot got bigger n
bigger b/c i was still straightning my
hair n i kept touching it n my hair was
always oily n i got scabs. It was a mess..
Im responsible for losing my hair. It just
sucks my friend was losing her hair when I
still had my long hair n i used to be
annoyed of her talking about it all the
time but i understand now..But I severe
stress, n this is contributing to it.
She went to the dermatologist n used a
combination of Rogaine and an oral
corticosteroids for 3 months and her hair
grew back. She stopped using it and hasnt
lost any hair since.
Im currently going to the my family doctor
who is a Retard, but I've been using
Nixion products to maintain a healthy hair
enviornment n the follicle booster for
Very thin areas..
I discovered it at a hair salon and asked
about it n the stylist actually uses this
product. I was excited!\
SHE WAS COMPLETLY BALD IN THE FRONT. She's
been using Nioxin for 5mths and I would
have never known she used to be bald. If
the hair loss is severe use the Follicle
Booster!
Your hair will come out if u use the
shampoo/conditioner but if u just use the
follicle booster it may not.
This stuff is kinda expensive though.
I had more hair b4 starting Nioxin so I
recommend doing wat my friend did.
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