Tomtom,
Your periods of stress can indeed cause periods of higher levels of hair fallout, but after that your hair growth should return to normal, as in after your shaved head experience. What also might be affecting you is your higher level of male testosterone (main male hormone) given your age, which has as a byproduct of DHT (testo partially converts to this chemical), which is the main cause of male pattern baldness, and till then can result in increasingly thinning hair, especially on top, and a receding frontal hairline.
A couple of related questions:
- Have you noted a thinning of hair especially on top, or a more than mild receding hairline? (some is normal)
- If not your parents do you have other male relatives which are bald or have very thinning hair?
- was your hair notable thicker just a few years ago?
- did your thinning seem to correlate to your body level of maturity? (as a sign of increased testo and related DHT?
If one or more of these questions is yes or an affirmative then perhaps you might be a good candidate for taking a DHT inhibitor, such as a product which contains Finasteride, or the more effective and recent type containing DUTASTERIDE. This latter one is marked under the brand name Avodart.
For more information you can check out the site below, with the included subsections (internal links) already included, on this hair site:
http://www.hairsite.com/ - http://www.hairsite.com/
http://www.hairsite.com/hair-loss-dutasteride.htm - http://www.hairsite.com/hair-loss-dutasteride.htm
http://www.hairsite.com/hair-loss-dutasteride.htm#dutasvsfinas - http://www.hairsite.com/hair-loss-dutasteride.htm#dutasvsfinas
Note that Propecia contains the earlier and single inhibitor type Finasteride, and Dutasteride contains two, and has a higher DHT percentage blockage. Note that neither has any effect on one's testo levels, only that both act on one or both of the receptors at the base of each hair root so DHT can't tell them to shut down. A little key summary from this last page:
WHAT IS AVODART OR DUTASTERIDE? "After 30 Dutasteride forums in http://www.hairsite.com/ - and endless speculation for almost two years, Dutasteride is finally a reality under the brand name Avodart™ !
The FDA approval for NDA#21-319/s-001 was given on October 9, 2002 and the label was posted on the same day.
This is the biggest news in hair loss treatment since FDA's clearance for Propecia in December 1997. The interesting thing is that Avodart is NOT a hair loss drug !!
Avodart™ (Dutasteride) is approved for the treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). Not to be mistakened with prostate cancer, BPH is a non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate glands. It is fairly common among older men aged 50 or above. BPH usually manifest in a variety of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) such as urinary frequency, urgency, nighttime urination, decrease in urinary stream, incomplete emptying and incontinence etc.
Avodart is a synthetic 4-azasteroid compound. It is the first FDA approved medication that can inhibit both types of 5-alpha reductase (5AR), an enzyme that is commonly believed to responsible for the conversion of testosterone to 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It is widely suggested that DHT is the main androgen responsible for prostate growth as well as male pattern baldness. "///
Finasteride, and Dutasteride both can be obtained through a doctor, or directly off the internet, and taken in the appropriate dosages so quite often some pill splitting is done, and recommended which cuts down a lot on the cost, and is still highly effective. But first do your homework on whichever and know that the effects to block DHT was in fact a side effect when the drug was developed to counter other types of medical concerns, mainly Prostrate overgrowth. But that's just a hugely lucky find for those wanting to reduce or stop Male Pattern Baldness, or excessive thinning hair. But taken early on is best as once past a certain point of deadness the hair root may not return to life.
Hope this info is helpful. BTW, my brother is taking this, and is doing quite well on it, given my Dad was completely bald in the front to back on top!
Chrissy
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