Hello, 6 month Peat newbie here.
I'm a 22 year old male and have been experiencing hair loss for about 5 years now. I got into Peat via Danny Roddy with the goal of stopping hair loss once and for all. It originally started with just plain old MPB, which has progressed slowly but sped up in the last 2 years. Since 17, my entire hairline has "matured" (ie. is about 1.5cm higher), and i'd guess i'm about a Norwood 2 on my right temple and approaching a NW3 on my left temple. My crown has thinned a small bit, but no bald spot yet. Overall, my hair loss is not really noticeable to the untrained eye due to my hair style, just about okay density and hair shaft thickness. So, it's not really the MPB which is bothering me much (although I would like to lock it down and possibly regrow some).
What IS bothering me is the sheer amount of hair i'm losing all the time at the nape of my neck, and the back and sides of my head. If I run my hand through the side hair or slight mullet that I have right now, I always get about 3-4 falling out without fail. I have two balding spots that stretch from just above my ears to immediately behind them. The side hair, which is usually preserved in MPB, are thinner than on top. Washing my hair in the basin is depressing since counts of 150-200 per day are normal for me and it looks atrociously thin when wet. A lot of the hairs being lost look quite thick though, and not miniaturized like MPB hair usually is. It's as if my normal, non-MPB hair is just giving up all over. All of my hair feels quite weak and limp too, unless styled with a little mousse. This accelerated MPB loss and diffuse thinning has been going on for 2 years now. Part of me suspects retrograde alopecia or Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia (DUPA), which would suck as that means i'm illegible for an MPB transplant.
At the moment I try to eat as Peat-like as possible. I get approx 1 liter OJ, 1 liter milk, 2 eggs every day, carrot salad, few grams of dark chocolate, ham, coke, ice cream most days, cheese, some approved fruit, potato, meat, couple of tablespoons gelatin or gummy bears, liver every two weeks and mussels once a week. In terms of supps, every day I take 5000 IU vitamin D, 250mg niacinimide in one dose, 5mg biotin (which have given my amazing eyelashes ironically), bit of vitamin E on the face, Life Extension Vit K2, 100mg hyaluronic acid, 200mg chelated magnesium, and the odd zinc and selenium once a week. I have taken 50mg pregnenelone twice so far, usually once per week. Everything I take is as "clean" as possible (bar some gums in the ice cream, sometimes pulp in the OJ, and usually soy lecithin in the chocolate). CRON-O-Meter says I get all the nutrients I need, about 2500 kcals (when sedentary) and PUFA usually hovers under 10 grams. I've taken finasteride for about 5 months, and have noticed absolutely nothing - no slowing of hair loss and no side effects whatsoever. Same with Regaine - zilch. I've even gotten thicker beard hair bizarrely. It's as if i'm taking sugar pills.
So is anyone else in a similar situation of this weird hair loss pattern around the nape and ears? Is there anything that it might indicate eg. higher of a certain stress hormone than another, or a deficiency of some sort? And what steps should I take next (eg, supps, macro ratios, calories, foods etc)? My mouth temps taken with an oral digital thermometer indicate that i'm hypothyroid. It seems random whether they rise or drop into the 35C degree territory upon eating or waking. Sometimes I feel really really lethargic, and often depressed, others i'm practically hyper and anxious. My resting pulse is around 60-70 most of the time, sometimes 80. It goes berserk when walking anywhere. I was diagnosed with POTS syndrome in 2012 so i'm hesitant to want to push it to what Peatarians aim for, as high pulses make me feel like crap with palpitations and a strong neck beating. I weigh 130lbs at 5ft 10 for what it's worth, with a slight skinny fat body type and low muscle tone. I have a background in anxiety and anorexia. I was also diagnosed with benign fasciculation disorder by a neurologist because of awful muscle twitching and symptoms of what felt like early onset MS (my uncle has it)
What am I doing wrong!? :?
I'm a 22 year old male and have been experiencing hair loss for about 5 years now. I got into Peat via Danny Roddy with the goal of stopping hair loss once and for all. It originally started with just plain old MPB, which has progressed slowly but sped up in the last 2 years. Since 17, my entire hairline has "matured" (ie. is about 1.5cm higher), and i'd guess i'm about a Norwood 2 on my right temple and approaching a NW3 on my left temple. My crown has thinned a small bit, but no bald spot yet. Overall, my hair loss is not really noticeable to the untrained eye due to my hair style, just about okay density and hair shaft thickness. So, it's not really the MPB which is bothering me much (although I would like to lock it down and possibly regrow some).
What IS bothering me is the sheer amount of hair i'm losing all the time at the nape of my neck, and the back and sides of my head. If I run my hand through the side hair or slight mullet that I have right now, I always get about 3-4 falling out without fail. I have two balding spots that stretch from just above my ears to immediately behind them. The side hair, which is usually preserved in MPB, are thinner than on top. Washing my hair in the basin is depressing since counts of 150-200 per day are normal for me and it looks atrociously thin when wet. A lot of the hairs being lost look quite thick though, and not miniaturized like MPB hair usually is. It's as if my normal, non-MPB hair is just giving up all over. All of my hair feels quite weak and limp too, unless styled with a little mousse. This accelerated MPB loss and diffuse thinning has been going on for 2 years now. Part of me suspects retrograde alopecia or Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia (DUPA), which would suck as that means i'm illegible for an MPB transplant.
At the moment I try to eat as Peat-like as possible. I get approx 1 liter OJ, 1 liter milk, 2 eggs every day, carrot salad, few grams of dark chocolate, ham, coke, ice cream most days, cheese, some approved fruit, potato, meat, couple of tablespoons gelatin or gummy bears, liver every two weeks and mussels once a week. In terms of supps, every day I take 5000 IU vitamin D, 250mg niacinimide in one dose, 5mg biotin (which have given my amazing eyelashes ironically), bit of vitamin E on the face, Life Extension Vit K2, 100mg hyaluronic acid, 200mg chelated magnesium, and the odd zinc and selenium once a week. I have taken 50mg pregnenelone twice so far, usually once per week. Everything I take is as "clean" as possible (bar some gums in the ice cream, sometimes pulp in the OJ, and usually soy lecithin in the chocolate). CRON-O-Meter says I get all the nutrients I need, about 2500 kcals (when sedentary) and PUFA usually hovers under 10 grams. I've taken finasteride for about 5 months, and have noticed absolutely nothing - no slowing of hair loss and no side effects whatsoever. Same with Regaine - zilch. I've even gotten thicker beard hair bizarrely. It's as if i'm taking sugar pills.
So is anyone else in a similar situation of this weird hair loss pattern around the nape and ears? Is there anything that it might indicate eg. higher of a certain stress hormone than another, or a deficiency of some sort? And what steps should I take next (eg, supps, macro ratios, calories, foods etc)? My mouth temps taken with an oral digital thermometer indicate that i'm hypothyroid. It seems random whether they rise or drop into the 35C degree territory upon eating or waking. Sometimes I feel really really lethargic, and often depressed, others i'm practically hyper and anxious. My resting pulse is around 60-70 most of the time, sometimes 80. It goes berserk when walking anywhere. I was diagnosed with POTS syndrome in 2012 so i'm hesitant to want to push it to what Peatarians aim for, as high pulses make me feel like crap with palpitations and a strong neck beating. I weigh 130lbs at 5ft 10 for what it's worth, with a slight skinny fat body type and low muscle tone. I have a background in anxiety and anorexia. I was also diagnosed with benign fasciculation disorder by a neurologist because of awful muscle twitching and symptoms of what felt like early onset MS (my uncle has it)
What am I doing wrong!? :?