Hi, first time poster but have been an avid reader for years🙂
DH is 42 and has been receding slowly but surely for years. Male pattern baldness runs in his family and so we sort of know where his future hair line will end up, so to speak.
It has bothered him over the years enough to try out the men’s gaur vitamins, Regaine, even turning to Toppik hair fibres in the last couple of years. This has helped but I guess it has really been getting him down as he said to be around Christmas time he was thinking of looking at getting a hair transplant in 2018.
I was a bit surprised but after reading online about the FUE transplant, it sounded ok. He says he was booking appointments to speak to consultants to get a better idea of what was available and what it all entailed. It was all fine until he comes back after speaking to one in Harley street which talked him through the FUE and said he would recommend him taking a drug called Propecia before and the afterwards for life if he wanted to keep his remaining and newly transplanted follicles.
I was a shocked after reading about some of the side effects of this drug, but he just shrugged off my concerns saying the statistics say it’s only about 2% if men who report negative side effects like ED, loss of libido. I read though that there are lots more negative side effects like depression, even suicide 😔 along with the sexual problems and some are irreversible , even if the drug is stopped! Now is it right for me to feel deeply upset by the prospect of hubby going into this with rose tinted glasses?
I feel like his quest to keep his hair is clouding his usually very good judgement. He is generally very amiable, loving and level headed.
We have been married almost 13years and have 2 small kids.
Have any of your OH s been through this ? I want to support him but I don’t want him to go through any of these terrible side effects to the detriment of our relationship or family 😔