Respected Sir,Im 18 years old and im experiencing hairloss.I can see reduced density of hair in my head and my hairs are thinning.I stayed away from home for 2 years and water was muddy there.I dont sleep regulerly sometimes 12,1,2,3 etc and get up as i wish and also i dont have diet at proper time maybe breakfast at 12 lunch at 5 .Iam always tensed as im a student and hairloss makes it further worse.Please help me.2 doctors whom i consulted told me that im suffering from androgenetic alopecia.My Father is not bald and my mothers father was not bald but my grandfather was bald and 5 of my uncles are bald.
Hello, Thank you for posting on Chat Doctor. I appreciate your concern regarding hair fall. Hair fall is usually ascribed to multiple factors like diet and nutrition, hormones, stress, cosmetic products etc. From your description, it seems you might be having Male pattern hair loss or An Chat Doctor.  If I were your dermatologist/trichologist, I would like to take through history including family history, history of recent major trauma/illness/stress/medications etc., and recommend some basic investigations like CBC, blood sugar, Thyroid function test. I would suggest you a course of oral tablets containing biotin and other essential vitamins and minerals for minimum 3-6 months. Also, would put you on solution containing 10% minoxidil once a day and a hair serum containing peptides for hair growth at night.(Q era etc.). Finasteride can be used in selected patients after thorough counselling and checking your liver function. Finasteride, inhibits metabolism of testosterone at hair root level. It sometime leads to embarrassing side effects like impotency, decrease in semen volume but which are totally reversible on stopping the