Background: male in 20's, hair loss since age 15. Mostly very diffuse. Hairline maybe a NW1.5-NW2. Slow progression, mostly just more and more diffuse over the years, hairline has been stable.

I can get away with Prothik, but I still get comments like "did you lighten your hair?", "what's that in your hair?", etc. It does not look all that natural, but it does not necessarily look like I have thin hair either.

That said, I'm getting sick of it. The mess, the brown dust everywhere, the crap on my hands, always wondering if anyone notices, knowing I don't look as good as I could, etc.

I've always figured my hair loss was at least somewhat attributed to several health conditions I face: low cortisol, hypothyroidism, and B12/iron deficiencies. I've finally found a doctor that I think can treat me properly and will begin treatment in the next few weeks. If I was going to regain thickness, it would take at least 6 months.

I'm torn. I'm almost at the breaking point of putting up with concealers, and I have no idea if I can regain anything with thyroid/etc. treatment. I'm almost ready to order a piece and drive up to Debbie in Maine and just be done with it.

On the other hand, I have two concerns: 1. I won't be able to see regrowth, 2. I don't want to do any damage to the follicles if there is a potential of regrowth.

Definitely conflicted here.