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I am a 20 year old male and I have chronic telogen effluvium. In December 2016, my brother who is 16 months older than me started experiencing temporal recession. Before it would be too late for me to start working on my hair preservation, I decided to join hair loss forums and get as much of information as I can. After lots of research, I came to a conclusion that I am ready for androgen antagonism with Bicalutamide. On October 10, 2017, I started my anti-androgen treatment with Bicalutamide 50 mg and Finasteride 1 mg daily. Everything was fine, until in January 2018, I got Folliculitis Barbae during shaving and I went to a dermatologist who prescribed me isotretinoin. The treatment was of five month duration with variable dosages between 10 mg to 40 mg. Ever since March 2018, I've been shedding a lot of hair (100-200 daily). I was aware of the drug induced telogen effluvium, so I didn't want to stress out about it. Now, that more than 10 months have passed, and the shedding is still on, I know that it is chronic telogen effluvium. Thanks to the anti-androgens, my hairline is intact and density (though reduced) is uniform. I even shed the new short and very fine regrowth that I get, so I believe this might be a direct implication of premature induction of catagen and consequently telogen phase. A couple of months ago, I started noticing massive shedding of pubic hair (which might be attributed to anti-androgens). I have got my thyroid function tested and everything is normal. There's no nutritional deficiency and no diabetes. I don't want to use Minoxidil, because I don't want to have increased hair growth on face (due to accidental trickling of the solution). Please suggest me something to treat Telogen Effluvium.


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