Any updates from anyone? My clinic has provided me with a HairMax handheld device (look it up on Google), and the possibility in the spring of a hair transplant to fill in the remaining patches better. All this would be free of charge, and I have been told that scarring would not be an issue. I would have to make damn sure of that in writing beforehand though obviously. In the meantime, I will use the handheld device for 20 mins a day, and see what the next 5 months or so does for my beard. That will make it 2 years by then since my last treatment, and I'll be ready to take more drastic action as I'm sick of being ashamed to grow it out.
Hmm... I guess everyone is different. I mean I never had a patchy problem with my cheeks because I never had much hair to begin with in that area... my problem is, like I said, fully concentrated under and around the chin/jawline region
Hypertrichosis ain't what you are experiencing below the beard at least DDL. Like you say, it is far more likely to be related to your t-shots, in fact I'd be practically certain of it. As an update from myself, all I can say is how unfortunate I feel. My beard is totally fine except for this large area underneath the chin and up to the jawline which simply does not allow me to grow out my facial hair. Its so strange, because that region wasn't exactly targeted much compared to the main goatee part which has come back TOO strongly. The contrast makes me depressed. If I cover up the large gap in the beard with shaving foam in the bathroom after a few days growth, I can briefly see how good my beard could have looked. Ive actually been away for some weeks, and enjoyed myself, but I feel like a fraud or something, always having to shave. And never even being happy with how I look when shaven due to uneven patchy shadow. Its just a constant, never-ending issue.
Its a bit rich for the FDA to go on record with those quite useless statistics. There's no attempt to factor in laser type, strength, number of treatments, time frame for these treatments etc. What if you have 6 treatments spread out over 2 years compared to 6 treatments spread out over 4 months.... when do you start collecting the data for amount of reduction and the recovery time? Its just too general really. Some people will be 100% bald in certain areas for a very, very long time, possibly forever... while in other areas the hair density and thickness can increase! Its a very individual thing, different people will have different susceptibilities as to how hair responds to laser in certain sites. How this is legal practice on men who are not transitioning is beyond me.
I just really wish I knew if it was going to happen that way for me. If I was guaranteed that it would at least return to a point where it wouldn't be so noticeable, and that it would take another 5 years, I'd happily take that. Its really the uncertainty that surrounds this that kills me. There's a guy at the beginning of this thread who posted '8 years later, still patchy!' I think we'll find some people will have that kind of experience, and I could be one of them. I'm getting on with life, but its a restrained, slightly miserable version of what it should have been, where I find myself scared of mirrors from certain angles! I'm not even angry anymore, I don't know how I feel. There's a constant sense of having something to hide from friends, family, society. I hate sitting near fine women even on trains, because I'm scared they'll pick up on this 'defect'. Kinda pathetic, but its an example of the effect this shit can have. I suppose when a few drinks get into me, I can let go and be myself again a bit. But I honestly feel like this has compromised my ability to be an ambitious, assertive professional and simply comfortable in my own skin. I started off treatments when I was nearly 23, I'm 26 now and those years are crucial in terms of professional development, and I've spent them being neurotic about patchiness and unable to focus. I don't know if you guys can relate, I'm probably talking complete shit here. Sorry for the novel, lol.
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