How to tell where to apply rogaine?

[swimpc]

Hi,

I think that I am going to start using Rogaine. I'm 24, family history of mpb, and for the last ~6 months I've noticed significantly increased hair shed in the shower, pillow case, etc. Not extremely dramatic, but, say, 20 hairs a day (whereas before I didn't notice anything). I've always had thin hair, but I'm pretty sure that my temples are now more recessed than they were.

Because I've read that starting earlier has better results, I'm planning on starting rogaine now. But my question / concern is: How do I figure out where apply it? I have reasonably long hair (~2 inches) so it's hard to tell what parts are thinner. The hair loss seems to be either diffuse (can't tell which areas are thinner) or complete (recessed temple area entirely gone).

Any advice greatly appreciated.

[pgtallon]

As for as I have heard Rogaine says it is not for the temple regions of your hair and isn't recommended for that use. I personally am trying to find a product to target that area as the rest of my head is fine. Rogaine though claims to be used for the top back part of your head not the fronts. I could be wrong though if anyone has had results with it in the temple region.

[swimpc]

As far as I know, there has been no clinical proof (hence they can't claim it on the box) but widespread anecdotal evidence. So seems like a reasonable first step...

[Mark]

As for as I have heard Rogaine says it is not for the temple regions of your hair and isn't recommended for that use. I personally am trying to find a product to target that area as the rest of my head is fine. Rogaine though claims to be used for the top back part of your head not the fronts. I could be wrong though if anyone has had results with it in the temple region.

It doesn't work as well in the hairline/temples (same with finasteride) but it's better than nothing. Aside from hair trainsplants, there really isn't anything we know of that works in the hairline.