Asa's Story
Hi,
I read few stories here and I wanted to share my feelings also. It's been a long time,since I have been fighting with my hair loss.Wherever I see, I see hairs and now for me,any one with full head of hairs,looks handsome to me. It seems sometimes that I have lost the battle and I hate to be with the people,who make fun of my hair loss and call me Baldy. I am 24 years old male and have been through depression also. My hair loss started,when I was 19 and it basically started on the crown and I choose to ignore it at that time as it was my friends,who used to tell me that I am getting bald at the crown-but I could never see that in the mirror. Later, I bought myself a small mirror, with which I could see my back of the head and I cried to myself on that day,I felt my world is over and I have got nothing else to see in this world. I saw one ball shaped bald patch on my crown and I cried to myself,I was just 20 then and all my friends,where making fun of me all along. I used to cry and used to ask God,what is that I have done wrong! I used to think at nights,what I am doing wrong,where I am sleeping,what I am eating and what shall I do?All the time,,this thing was on my head and I just used to bother myself too much with it. I was under depression and never had any girl friend because of this and I used to feel bad about myself and tried all my best to hide my hair loss and people making fun of me-but nothing worked out. More I tried to cure it,worse it used to get. Now,every man I used to look,first thing I notice is his hairs and if he has hairs,I feel jealous. Life is tough since then,I am still fighting with my hair loss. I tried everything-but Propecia. I have tried Rogaine,Saw palmetto,Hair food,Nioxin....etc. Nothing seems to have worked for my kind of Male pattern baldness.
I don;t know,whether shall I start Propecia,and even if I start how long it will take for me to see the results and How long one can take pill like this...probably two three years.

I am so concerned about my bald patches,that I can do almost anything to fill it up,though I have tiny hairs in all my bald patches-but they have stopped growing since three years. I just keep thinking,whether Propecia will help....will it be my curer from depression.

When in life, I will get time to enjoy. I have never gone for swimming also,as someone told me that the water in the swimming pool is harmful for the hairs.....so today I don;t know swimming,just because of my hairs. I wanted to join Gym-but someone told me that too much exercising is dangerous for hairs...thats why I never join any Gym.
I have refrain myself from all the enjoyments just to see more hairs on my scalp. Almost half of my salary every month goes to my treatment for the hair loss and every month I experiment with new things and spent money in dollars. I am working outside USA and everytime I buy something over Internet,I pay double money for the courier to deliver at my place and I have no money in my bank too,just because of my hairs.

I will appreciate your inputs. I have tried everything -but Propecia,give your inputs about Propecia,will it help me. I am soooo concerned for my hairs and I can do anything to see healthy hairs on my head..anything.
Life is too tough.

-ASA

** I wrote the above story last year and I didn't try Propecia and Finasteride then and later I started using Finasteride 5mg and I regrow about 15 hairs in 5 months and almost no results on the hairline....I was on Norwood 4 and full receding hairline and big bald patch on the crown.