Hi all, as of late I’ve been way more depressed than usual, as my situation seems irredeemable. I literally cry like a baby every night.
I’m 22, started balding at about 19, currently standing at a NW3 with an almost untouched vertex.
I’ve been taking oral finasteride (1 mg) and topical minoxidi (5%) every single day for a year and 4 months now, never failing to follow my doctors’ instructions, nor tressless’ suggestions.
About 11 months into treatment, I saw no regrowth nor stabilization, which got me hella panicked: I hopped on weekly microneedling (1.2 mm) with a dermastamp right away, hoping it could at least refill what I kept losing (no infections whatsoever so far, my skin is healthy and all).
The main reason I started to worry, is that I noticed that even my forelock was now thinning, and if till then, somehow, I managed to cover my temples, I was now losing the literal main coverage, without which I’d be doomed.
Fast forward to today, five months have passed.
I am so utterly miserable, the situation has only gotten worse. During the first two/three months of microneedling, my hairloss became insane. Hoping for a positive shedding, I kept my shit together and kept on going, but nothing has changed whatsoever.
At the moment, my situation is slightly worse than 5 months ago… Which means it’s terrible regardless of the slight difference, as dutasteride and oral minoxidil are not available where I live and my only possible saviour (finasteride) doesn’t seem to be stabilizing.
The whole point is, is my microneedling regime even worth maintaining at this point? Could it be that it’s only hurrying a hairloss I can’t stop? How long do I have to wait to assess that not even a dermastamp can help me?
Please, I genuinely don’t know how to proceed, what to do. I barely leave home and even avoid to look myself into the mirror. Hell I’m even scared of getting a haircut, as I have no clue as to what would be best to do with my hair and I’m kind of embarrassed by the situation.
I’ll be insanely grateful for any suggestion, but really, do answer me…