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When I was 23/24, I started visibly noticing my receding hairline and thinning on top. Like almost all these threads on here, I panicked and did a bunch of research and found a hairloss forum that appears to get little traffic these days. I constantly thought about my hair and checked it numerous times throughout the day. My scalp was quite inflamed at the time and it was clear that DHT was having its way. On the forum, I learned of the ‘big three’ of Finasteride, Minoxidil and Nizoral. So I jumped in and bought generic proscar taking 1.25 mg daily, minoxidil liquid twice daily and Nizoral about 4-5 times a week. At the time I was probably a Norwood 2 to 2.5 or so but rapidly progressing.
Fast forward 12 years. I’ve been lazy with my regimen over the years but have generally stuck with 1.25 mg of generic finasteride about 5 times a week or so; although I miss weeks on end sometimes when I travel. I quit minoxidil because I was never consistent. I came to enjoy the feeling of Nizoral 1% and have generally used that about 4-5 times a week or so. My hair has stayed roughly the same (minor recession at the hairline) but I came to stop even thinking about my hair. It just wasn’t something on my mind much at all and that in itself was a big relief.
So I found this site to see if there have been any new developments. There obviously haven’t. It’s the same drugs we’ve had for over 20 years and the same exact questions that were discussed 12 years ago when I first found the forums.
Where am I going with this - a hairloss ‘cure’ is probably unlikely during our lifetimes. Stop obsessing over ‘it’s coming’ because it’s only a mere 5 years away and it’s in fda trials and what not. If your hair is a concern to you (which it obviously is or you wouldn’t be on here), Get on the big 3 or big 2 or perhaps just finasteride and stop worrying because there is nothing else you can do. The hairloss treatments may not be the best but they sure as heck best not doing anything.
My 2 cents. Just find it a bit funny that not a single thing has changed over the 12 years.
Fast forward 12 years. I’ve been lazy with my regimen over the years but have generally stuck with 1.25 mg of generic finasteride about 5 times a week or so; although I miss weeks on end sometimes when I travel. I quit minoxidil because I was never consistent. I came to enjoy the feeling of Nizoral 1% and have generally used that about 4-5 times a week or so. My hair has stayed roughly the same (minor recession at the hairline) but I came to stop even thinking about my hair. It just wasn’t something on my mind much at all and that in itself was a big relief.
So I found this site to see if there have been any new developments. There obviously haven’t. It’s the same drugs we’ve had for over 20 years and the same exact questions that were discussed 12 years ago when I first found the forums.
Where am I going with this - a hairloss ‘cure’ is probably unlikely during our lifetimes. Stop obsessing over ‘it’s coming’ because it’s only a mere 5 years away and it’s in fda trials and what not. If your hair is a concern to you (which it obviously is or you wouldn’t be on here), Get on the big 3 or big 2 or perhaps just finasteride and stop worrying because there is nothing else you can do. The hairloss treatments may not be the best but they sure as heck best not doing anything.
My 2 cents. Just find it a bit funny that not a single thing has changed over the 12 years.
