Hey all, first time posting here after lurking for like a year. My barber noted that i was losing some hair on my crown as far back as early 2020, but at the time i didnt really cared much for what he said, no other male member of my family has any kind of hair loss pattern (or at least none that didnt start until they where at 70-80 years of age), and my dad just recently started losing some hair at 67 (he always had long and dense hair).
I was 26 at the time, and only 2 years later, after the covid lockdown ended i started noticing that i had less overall hair on my front, temples and crown. At first i went to an endocrinologist as i thought that i might be having some Thyroid issues (didnt even think about balding as no one else in my family had it) and lo and behold i had my thyroid a bit f´ed up. Fastforward 4 months and as i dealt with some life complications (that might have produced the stress that made my thyroid act up) and everything went back to normal, but the hairloss started to then become more and more noticeable.
It was at this point (28-29 years) that i started looking into talking with a dermatologist. Lets just say that i went to 5 different ones until i got the one that im seeing right now. She prescribed my Dutasteride 0,5mg with the hopes that it would help.
It didnt.
15 months after starting, and i had no regrowth, no stopping the hair loss, not even slowing it down, as month after month i could see my hair becoming thinner and thinner all around (at first it started being more agressive on my temples, then the front and now at last the whole crown). The only effect that Dutasteride did was literally taking away my morning wood, other than that, nothing came out of taking this pill.
She recommended that i started using Topical Minoxidil too (as i cant take oral, i have a previous heart condition), but after researching and seeing many people say that it could hurt small animals i decided agaisnt it, as i both live, sleep, and usually am around lots of animals and i couldnt really stomach knowing that something happened to them because of something that i put in my hair.
I did some Mesotherapy with the same Derma (didnt work) and now im 4 months in in PRP 8which i saw some friends get results from, i still havent seen a thing).
Sorry for the long post, but at this point im desperate, trying for more than a year and seeing nothing in return sucks hard, the prp isnt exacly cheap but i wouldnt mind spending the money on it if i saw SOMETHING come out of doing it.
The same Derma recommended that i get a HT, but as far as i´ve seen scrolling through this sub you should usually AT LEAST stabilise the hair loss before considering doing such a thing, as its basically pointless to do it and then come back 2-3 years down the line to have another HT done on the now desolate areas.
Is there anything more that i should try/do? At this point it seems that my situation is basically hopeless and im already considering to stop the treatment.