28 and going to start finasteride. help if u can!

[AceMc2r]

Hey. I'm new to this forum. Im 28 years old and have been using kirklands minoxidil 5% for about a year and a half now. It was working and I stopped because I ran out of the stuff for about a month. I noticed terrible thinning worsethen I ever had. I had long hair (hockey hair) and it looked horrible so I buzzed it. After about 2 months of buzzing it I let it grown and it was so noticeable. It was thinning bad up top and I couldn't deal with the jokes and what not. So I started to shave it and it looked good. So I continued to used the minoxidil 2 times a day and I let my hair grown back and it looked better but not up to par to what I wanted. I had long hair all my life and I enjoy it so I want to grow it back!
So that's where I'm at. I want to try to fix my problem.
Questions:
1. Do I have to go to a dermatologist?
2. Is it better to buy online once u get the prescription?
3. Its it a bad idea to grow long hair because of the shedding stages?
4. Has anyone shaved their head for the first couple months so the shedding wasn't as noticeable?

im also going to start the shampoo after reading about the big 3.
any help or feedback is much appreciated. I will post pictures as soon as I figure out how.
Thanks -ace

 

[eenrak]

1. No, your doctor can prescribe it too.
2. It is better to buy it in a pharmacy imo. But the are some legit sites to get it too. If you get 5mg pills prescribed, it will be really cheap either way.
3. Depends. You would have shed with or without treatment anyway, so it doesn't really matter, right? If you want it to look as good as possible, short hair is usually the way
4. I'm sure someone has. Many buzz their hair really short so applications are easier.

Good luck

 

[smyth01]

Like me, not everyone experiences shedding. The complete opposite actually.

 

[AceMc2r]

thanks for the support
theses are the pictures I uploaded

 

[smyth01]

I reckon your hair will thick out dramatically with the big 3.

 

[AceMc2r]

I got my prescription today for 1mg finasteride. so with that I will use the minoxidil and ill get the shampoo asap.
a couple question.
how long is the shedding process usually?
Can I get the shampoo without a prescription?

 

[zzzzz]

I got my prescription today for 1mg finasteride. so with that I will use the minoxidil and ill get the shampoo asap.
a couple question.
how long is the shedding process usually?
Can I get the shampoo without a prescription?

first question - 6 weeks to 4 months. You may shed periodically over the years as well
second - only 1% nizoral, for 2% you will need a script

 

[DeanHarryThomas]

first question - 6 weeks to 4 months. You may shed periodically over the years as well
second - only 1% nizoral, for 2% you will need a script

Is 2% prescription in the US? Wow , and I thought our medicine laws were uptight

 

[AceMc2r]

ive been on the 1mg of finasteride and using the 5% minoxidil 2 times a day.
this is what my head looks like now






im guessing im going throu the shedding process. hopefully it gets better.

 

[Iopu]

If u don't mind me asking. Is that last picture really as a result of starting finasteride?

 

[AceMc2r]

yes and all of these

 

[AceMc2r]

updated november 15/14

new pictures from November. looking pretty good started with the ken shampoo

 

[AceMc2r]

Stopping finasteride. Started losing morning wood last week dont kno if it has anything to do with starting to work out again and using a soy based protein shake but ive been using finasteride since october and last 3 weeks have been using Propecia ( was using finasteride i bought online before) im reall afraid and i dont wanna lose any of my erections. I heard this is the beginning signs of a problem. The thing is my hair is as thick and full as it was wen i was 21. Please help !!!!

 

[Notcoolanymore]

It seems like you were doing well on finasteride as far as regrowth goes. What a shame. If you are throwing in the towel on finasteride your only other option are experimental treatments meaning RU58841. I haven't used this myself, but there are quite a few that have and they seem to be having success.

 

[AceMc2r]

again

I started to use propecia again. In april i stopped again after a month when i started to get penis pain. I looked it up and the Internet has a bunch of articles aboutpenis pain that can turn to ur penis becoming crooked and lumpy. So i stopped. The meds i order off the web sites that sold the finasteride cheap actually worked with no side effects as soon as i started to use propecia it all went to ****. Now im worse off then i was before i stated using finasteride. Is there any other options or should i stsrt shaving my head. Im looking for a med thats not going to mess with my penis. Im going to start using the minoxidil and shampoo again but i feel like its not going to make a difference with out the finasteride. Lucky i dont have and bald spots but extremely thin spot in the front of my head. If anyone that had the same problems as me was there any alternative meds or treatment that worked for u???? Help!!!

 

[abcdefg]

Those are pretty good results though from finasteride. If you quit and restart later there are no guarantees everything will work exactly the same as before your better off just sticking with it and see if the sides change or playing with doses.
Everyone would use other options to finasteride if they existed but just look at your pictures the stuff works well. Nothing else can match its efficacy right now hence so many people still on it. Gonna be a few years before something to replace it. The only alternatives are probably all experimental and of course there are no sure things there.

 

[AceMc2r]

Years later...
I've been shaving my head for years now. I grew my hair back it looked bad!!
Went to different hair transplant places, then wanted 10k-13k. Not that I couldn't afford it but the time of me trying to hide my head all scabbed up would have been hard cause of my job.
I started rogan foam and derma rolling 1 few pictures are in the beginning the last are from today. I see good progress. I derma roll every 4 days. I added this hair stuff on Instagram I cant think.of the name as I type but I started that about 3 weeks ago. I order finasteride from keeps weeks ago ( still didn't get it!!) Thinking about use .5mg of finasteride a day to see if it messes with anything. All comments and questions welcome

 

[AceMc2r]

1st picture December 8th, 2nd is today about 30mins ago

 

[Feelsbadman]

dam tour is over.