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Just curious. I started losing mine when I was 24 last year. I began taking finasteride as a result......

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I noticed my hair started thinning when I was 14.

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I haven't started losing my hair and I doubt I will. All the older people in my family still have full heads of hair. But yeah, I thought balding was a middle aged thing until a few years ago, when I met some guys in their early 20's that were balding.

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I was 25 the first time I noticed something different with my hair

Its thinning but Ill be okay

NoxObscuras posted...

I haven't started losing my hair and I doubt I will. All the older people in my family still have full heads of hair.

This.

I'm 34 but no sign of it.

At age 27 my hairline moved back a little but the recession stalled for reasons unknown.

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it was pretty slow and started in my late teens.

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I havent noticed anything.

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I haven't yet, and no signs of it, just some grey patches but my hair is still really thick and fast growing. Looking at my family history, hardly any of the males in my family went bald, they just had full grey hair

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34 and no hair loss!
And male pattern baldness has ceased to be a concern for me, in any case.

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It started when I was 21 but I still have a decent amount at 29. It's like my genes are fighting each other. I do feel like once the war of attrition is lost, though, it's gonna be really obvious.

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I haven't lost hair in a concerning way yet
But I do shed a bit of hair not gonna ngl

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i'm 38 and i haven't started losing my hair at all

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sauceje posted...

I haven't lost hair in a concerning way yet
But I do shed a bit of hair not gonna ngl

Everyone who has hair sheds hair.

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Wow dats a lot of baldies lfmao.
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hairline has receded an inch or so since my teenage years, but that aside, going strong.

some thinning on top since my mid-twenties, but it's not too noticeable. having an afro or dreads hides it.

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38 and slightly balding two or so inches north of my forehead. Oh well.

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Giant_Aspirin posted...

i'm 38 and i haven't started losing my hair at all

Same

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Where's the option for never? Almost 40 and still have a thick, lush head of hair. Not a single bald man in my family.
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My hair is a full and thick as it was when I was a kid. As far as I know, we don't have any bald or balding people in my family, though I'm completely in the dark about the paternal side.

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18ish
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TheMikh posted...

hairline has receded an inch or so since my teenage years, but that aside, going strong.

some thinning on top since my mid-twenties, but it's not too noticeable. having an afro or dreads hides it.

This but not the afro/dreads part.

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It stopped thinning when I was bout 25. I'm not completely bald but my hairline receded and my the top of my head thinned out enough that I just shave my head every two weeks or so.

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Not balding but I'm getting lors of grey hair for my relatively young age (31)

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25 but now I take finasteride

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Not even a bit. It just got darker.

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34, no significant hair loss. My younger brother and a couple of my older half brothers have some hair loss so I got lucky on those genetics.

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25, the first time I started losing weight. I think that's the culprit for it because when I stopped staying in a deficit, it stopped falling out and even regrew a little bit. However, when I started up in a deficit again, it started falling out more. The first six months of this year was the longest stretch in three years that I was either at maintenance or in a surplus and after about five months, I noticed all these little baby hairs popping up. Unfortunately, I went back into a deficit and within one month, they were all gone. I'm going to try to hit my goal weight of 200 by the end of the year but after that, I'm done trying to lose weight. I need to see if my hair can come back. 33 now btw.

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My hair thinned slightly when I was a teenager because I was a shut-in with various nutrient deficiencies, then stopped thinning once I changed my lifestyle around 23. 32 now and no further change.

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It may have been early 20s. I had such long, unkempt hair, that I didn't actually notice until I was 27 or so when I shaved it

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It started graying when I was 17, and it started thinning when I was 26.

It's a sad state all around.

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30 and no hair loss/line recession yet.

My grandpa had a full head of hair when he passed. Imma be a silver fox.

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18 is when I noticed amounts of hair falling out that were more than usual.

I took Propecia for the next 5 or so years, which helped, but I eventually got tired of throwing money awag and risking side-effects on a losing battle and stopped. I'm 32 and still have hair but I'm pretty close to shaving it all off.

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I think I was 15 when I noticed it receding. It was thinning noticeably by the end of high school. I started shaving it at 19 or so. At this point I would rather it just not grow anymore to save myself the time.

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My hair is still thick and curly af. No sign of hair loss yet but I know it will happen some day. When it does I will wear my hair shorter.

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Compsognathus posted...

18 is when I noticed amounts of hair falling out that were more than usual.

I took Propecia for the next 5 or so years, which helped, but I eventually got tired of throwing money awag and risking side-effects on a losing battle and stopped. I'm 32 and still have hair but I'm pretty close to shaving it all off.

How much was it? The price of generic brand finasteride has went down. I pay about $25 a month from my prescription, and that's only because I opted for a store closer by. Had I picked a store that was located a little farther away, it would have been $12 a month. To me, that's nothing. But I know years ago, it wasn't like that.

I'm personally not worried about the side effects. I've been taking it for a year and haven't faced any, and even if you do you can just stop taking the drug and the side effects will go away. It sounds like you didn't actually suffer from side effects, you were just fearing them. There's a YouTuber I watch a lot who recently debunks post finasteride syndrome and went over why a lot of the testimonies are not accurate. It's just one guy's opinion but he seems credible.

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25ish?

I have a receding hairline and a bald spot now but I just get it buzzed really short anyway

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pojr posted...

How much was it? The price of generic brand finasteride has went down. I pay about $25 a month from my prescription, and that's only because I opted for a store closer by. Had I picked a store that was located a little farther away, it would have been $12 a month. To me, that's nothing. But I know years ago, it wasn't like that.

I'm personally not worried about the side effects. I've been taking it for a year and haven't faced any, and even if you do you can just stop taking the drug and the side effects will go away. It sounds like you didn't actually suffer from side effects, you were just fearing them. There's a YouTuber I watch a lot who recently debunks post finasteride syndrome and went over why a lot of the testimonies are not accurate. It's just one guy's opinion but he seems credible.

At that time it was $75-$100 bucks a month. And while I never did suffer from the side-effects, I still didn't love that they existed for a purely superficial thing. On top of that, I couldn't donate blood while on it and it didn't sit right with me that people weren't getting a blood donation from me just because I wanted to slow down my hair loss.

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49 and haven't lost anything.

Stays dry as hell though.


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Its thinned. But I had super thick hair so its still all good. Like thick enough i could stick a comb in it and it would stay even if I shook my head hard. Or even a brush.

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Haven't lost any, but I have a terrible natural hairline that results in it looking like it's starting. Thankfully, I became aware of it when I was a teen so I don't panic

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I'm 29 and haven't lost any hair.

I probably won't either. My dad hasn't lost any and neither have my brothers. also 23andme says I'm unlikely to bald

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Ive had the widows peak for a very long time and Im sure its noticeably worse than it was 10+ years ago but its been very gradual. Ive always liked how it looked tbh, and it suits me now more than ever since Ive begun to look my age.

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I'm 40. I have had a thin spot on top of my head for years. I think it started showing up before I was 30. But its just kinda stayed steady for years. It doesn't seem like it's increasing

I'll be 44 soon and still have completely thick hair.
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