Sir_LagaLot
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started out with a decent head of hair. was thinning in a diffuse manner with only slight bit of hairline and temple recession..i started finasteride last summer when i went through a bad shed... the first month i bought 5% minoxidil, 1 mg finasteride and nizoral. At 2 weeks into treatment i got my first shed which at the time due to my ignorance i attributed to the finasteride (was way too early for a finasteride shed). It must've been the minoxidil, i started losing hair from all over.. the nape of the neck, the sides including sideburns.
I quit the minoxidil after 3 weeks into it because i thought it was too much of a bother and i wanted to see how i fared with finasteride. The Loads and Loads that i shed due to the minoxidil never came back. I continued with the finasteride for a year. I quit the nizoral and shifted to polytar because the nizoral was too harsh on my scalp.
I have shed constantly for the last 13 months now. My shedding only increased after the minoxidil, after i quit it , i kept shedding from all over including regions where i hadnt shed from before starting treatment. throughout this year i have shed a minimum of 60-70 hair. I have forgotten what it was like to not lose hair. Its all over the place, my shirt, my pillow, the bathroom floor.
I have completed a year of finasteride and it'd be safe to say i've lost at least 30-40 % density ALL over my head. I can no longer style it the way i want to.. when wet it just sticks to my head like paper. there are no bald spots , i've just lost density to the point where it cannot be styled. Cutting it short and shaving is not an option..i look even more terrible with short hair.
I shall continue with the finasteride for another 2 months and then leave it as it was a complete waste of time. Diffuse thinning is a b**ch cause you just cant tell if its getting worse. Only way i could was by how long it'd take to style my hair throughout this year and how i could touch scalp immediately when poking through with a finger.
Sorry for the long post! I will not start minoxidil and i cant afford an increase in shedding at this point. I will look into some homemade spironolactone.. though dermovan isnt available here and i dont know where to get ethyl alcohol either.
I quit the minoxidil after 3 weeks into it because i thought it was too much of a bother and i wanted to see how i fared with finasteride. The Loads and Loads that i shed due to the minoxidil never came back. I continued with the finasteride for a year. I quit the nizoral and shifted to polytar because the nizoral was too harsh on my scalp.
I have shed constantly for the last 13 months now. My shedding only increased after the minoxidil, after i quit it , i kept shedding from all over including regions where i hadnt shed from before starting treatment. throughout this year i have shed a minimum of 60-70 hair. I have forgotten what it was like to not lose hair. Its all over the place, my shirt, my pillow, the bathroom floor.
I have completed a year of finasteride and it'd be safe to say i've lost at least 30-40 % density ALL over my head. I can no longer style it the way i want to.. when wet it just sticks to my head like paper. there are no bald spots , i've just lost density to the point where it cannot be styled. Cutting it short and shaving is not an option..i look even more terrible with short hair.
I shall continue with the finasteride for another 2 months and then leave it as it was a complete waste of time. Diffuse thinning is a b**ch cause you just cant tell if its getting worse. Only way i could was by how long it'd take to style my hair throughout this year and how i could touch scalp immediately when poking through with a finger.
Sorry for the long post! I will not start minoxidil and i cant afford an increase in shedding at this point. I will look into some homemade spironolactone.. though dermovan isnt available here and i dont know where to get ethyl alcohol either.
