October 18 2005, 2:08 pm PT | Posted in: Age + Drugs
Hello Doctor. I’m a 16 year old boy with a family history of MPB. My father (who is almost completely bald now) told me how he started balding in High School and was almost completely bald when he got out of college. I recently noticed my hair line receding. My hair is somewhat long so it’s easy to cover up, but I was wondering if any treatments can help stop, or delay my fate. I’ve been to my doctor to ask about Propecia, but she recommended against it, saying I’m too young, and opted for Rogaine or it’s generic counter-parts instead. Is there anything I can do?
In young men your age, it is unclear if an aggressive hair loss pattern will respond to Propecia as well as if the hair loss started later in your life. The data is not in. With that said, I do not believe that you are too young for Propecia. I feel strongly that Propecia is the only drug that can help you slow or stop the hair loss. If your doctor does not have a better solution, get another opinion. Minoxidil just will not stop the hair loss that you will have, assuming of course that you follow your father’s pattern (a likely scenario based on what you’ve told me here).
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I’m having hair loss too i hope my doctor visit tomorrow will help me stop hair loss forever
Started losing my hair very young, by the time i was around 25 i would say i was a basic slap head. Things where pretty much the same for 22 years, then all of a sudden i felt twitching in my scalp above my ears and low and behold i’m losing hair again.
Do you know of many cases where mpb has stopped for years only to resume full flight years later and was the victims unlucky enough to completely lose all their hair? I’ve tried finasteride but it doesn’t appear to have any effect and my remaining hair on the sides, back is becoming very thin to say the least, and so the possibility of a transplant is receding further away with each passing day.