When Chris noticed his hair loss was deteriorating, he took action. After deciding against a hair transplant, a barber introduced him to finasteride - one of the most effective treatments for male pattern hair loss. Finasteride combats hair loss by targeting the root cause of the problem. It’s an effective treatment for nine out of ten men. We caught up with Chris about his hair regrowth journey.
Chris’ story
Hair loss for me was always going to be hereditary. My dad was in his 20s when he lost his. It was probably about six years ago that I started to notice mine and I was 28 then. But it was more recently that it got worse.
It got to the point where it was so severe, I wondered whether I should just shave it. But I had a lot of doubts about that. I had recently shaved my beard and the thought of having no beard and no hair felt strange.
“It was actually a barber that told me to take finasteride. I didn’t know about it until then. But after speaking to him, I decided to take action.”
Hair loss for me was always going to be hereditary. My dad was in his 20s when he lost his. It was probably about six years ago that I started to notice mine and I was 28 then. But it was more recently that it got worse.
It got to the point where it was so severe, I wondered whether I should just shave it. But I had a lot of doubts about that. I had recently shaved my beard and the thought of having no beard and no hair felt strange.
“It was actually a barber that told me to take finasteride. I didn’t know about it until then. But after speaking to him, I decided to take action.”
“If we talk about it more, there’ll be more awareness that there are actually treatments that can work.”
Over the last few years, I feel like progress has been made and hair treatments are being normalised and talked about more than they used to be. But I wish I’d known about it ages ago because prevention is easier than cure.
For me, my journey with hair loss treatment has been about being patient. When you first start, you don’t notice that much and then you notice the shedding, and it will be two or three months before you start noticing the difference. And then in the next six months, you’ll notice a big difference then after a year you’ll see huge changes. Just stick at it and you’ll see results.