Okay so I have been losing my hair since early 2023, unfortunately didnt really notice it until around the begining of 2024. It was just slightly noticable but i hid the temple recession by middle part. At that time didnt really know about the options, so i just prayed it will get better. But it slowly got worse and my lowest point was this summer when my "friend” told me infront of other good friends that im bald and that i have no hair. At that time it really hit me. I didnt know it was that bad. And it really crushed the little confidence i had left. So i decided to do something about it and started minoxidil (5% without finasteride or anything else) on 22 of september 2025. At first there was shed but, slowly i thought that it really got better and now 6,5 months later i finally felt more confident, it seemed that my hair really held shape better, was less see through and that i did regrow a lot of my hair. Before the incident with my friend, noone ever told me that i was balding or that my hair was that bad, so i always assumed that it really wasnt that bad, and i actually had really fine and blonde hair before i started to lose it so i always assumed that it just doesnt look that much different, i still had hair on my head, just that my temples receeded and a bit at the top of my head. But i have felt really weird since i started minoxidil, because from my point of view, my hair is significantly better looking and i have started to grow the baby hair on my hairline plus new hair at the top. But noone has mentioned anything to me yet, or that my hair looks good today for example, nothing. And to make things worse, today my friend started to follow me on ig (i have old profile picture from 2022) and he just casually said that its before i lost all my hair…. To be honest i dont know what to do now. I really thought that it got visibly better and i really gained most of my confidence back, but this… really kills me. Is it possible that im so delusional that i see progress that doesnt exist ? Is it even possible at 6.5 months ? Sorry for the rant, i just needed to get it of my chest, because i have noone to talk to about this. Any message will be appriciated. Same experience. Or reassurence that it can get better with next months. Thank you.
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Okay so I have been losing my hair since early 2023, unfortunately didnt really notice it until around the begining of 2024. It was just slightly noticable but i hid the temple recession by middle part. At that time didnt really know about the options, so i just prayed it will get better. But it slowly got worse and my lowest point was this summer when my "friend” told me infront of other good friends that im bald and that i have no hair. At that time it really hit me. I didnt know it was that bad. And it really crushed the little confidence i had left. So i decided to do something about it and started minoxidil (5% without finasteride or anything else) on 22 of september 2025. At first there was shed but, slowly i thought that it really got better and now 6,5 months later i finally felt more confident, it seemed that my hair really held shape better, was less see through and that i did regrow a lot of my hair. Before the incident with my friend, noone ever told me that i was balding or that my hair was that bad, so i always assumed that it really wasnt that bad, and i actually had really fine and blonde hair before i started to lose it so i always assumed that it just doesnt look that much different, i still had hair on my head, just that my temples receeded and a bit at the top of my head. But i have felt really weird since i started minoxidil, because from my point of view, my hair is significantly better looking and i have started to grow the baby hair on my hairline plus new hair at the top. But noone has mentioned anything to me yet, or that my hair looks good today for example, nothing. And to make things worse, today my friend started to follow me on ig (i have old profile picture from 2022) and he just casually said that its before i lost all my hair…. To be honest i dont know what to do now. I really thought that it got visibly better and i really gained most of my confidence back, but this… really kills me. Is it possible that im so delusional that i see progress that doesnt exist ? Is it even possible at 6.5 months ? Sorry for the rant, i just needed to get it of my chest, because i have noone to talk to about this. Any message will be appriciated. Same experience. Or reassurence that it can get better with next months. Thank you.
Okay so I have been losing my hair since early 2023, unfortunately didnt really notice it until around the begining of 2024. It was just slightly noticable but i hid the temple recession by middle part. At that time didnt really know about the options, so i just prayed it will get better. But it slowly got worse and my lowest point was this summer when my "friend” told me infront of other good friends that im bald and that i have no hair. At that time it really hit me. I didnt know it was that bad. And it really crushed the little confidence i had left. So i decided to do something about it and started minoxidil (5% without finasteride or anything else) on 22 of september 2025. At first there was shed but, slowly i thought that it really got better and now 6,5 months later i finally felt more confident, it seemed that my hair really held shape better, was less see through and that i did regrow a lot of my hair. Before the incident with my friend, noone ever told me that i was balding or that my hair was that bad, so i always assumed that it really wasnt that bad, and i actually had really fine and blonde hair before i started to lose it so i always assumed that it just doesnt look that much different, i still had hair on my head, just that my temples receeded and a bit at the top of my head. But i have felt really weird since i started minoxidil, because from my point of view, my hair is significantly better looking and i have started to grow the baby hair on my hairline plus new hair at the top. But noone has mentioned anything to me yet, or that my hair looks good today for example, nothing. And to make things worse, today my friend started to follow me on ig (i have old profile picture from 2022) and he just casually said that its before i lost all my hair…. To be honest i dont know what to do now. I really thought that it got visibly better and i really gained most of my confidence back, but this… really kills me. Is it possible that im so delusional that i see progress that doesnt exist ? Is it even possible at 6.5 months ? Sorry for the rant, i just needed to get it of my chest, because i have noone to talk to about this. Any message will be appriciated. Same experience. Or reassurence that it can get better with next months. Thank you.