captaineyes
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Hi,
Thought I'd start my own thread just to document how I'm doing, and maybe even get pointers! So here goes...
I'm 26 yo. I've been on minoxidil for longer than I realize but only recently (6 mos ago) jumped on the 5% (was using 2% for five years before that- though I'm not sure how much it helped because I started using it proactively once I noticed, through my older brother, the future that was staring me in the face).
Anyway, I thought I'd be the perfect candidate for minoxidil 5% considering virtually all of my hair loss was on the crown. I do have a receding hair line but it hasn't receded yet (if you know what I mean). I'm also young and have fairly dark, thick hair. At the same time, I don't know whose genes I have since not a single man in my family- besides my brother, if you can believe it- has my hair, so it's sort of interesting.
Well, after 6 mos of 5% I realized that even if new hairs were growing, I was losing even more. I could no longer go out anywhere without a healthy dose of Toppik (which is a miracle if you ask me...) and thought, might as well get on the finasteride bandwagon, see if it helps. Now or never. No use in waiting any longer. If it doesn't work, at least I will have exhausted all my options and, you know, not have to worry about it anymore- just shave it off and live the rest of my life not wondering, "What if?"
Anyway, I got instructions on how to get propecia from this website (thanks!) and started it this morning. Started a thread in the propecia forum so if you have any experience with the drug, please post it there! I've heard all kinds of reports re: side effects, and while I can deal with all of them should they happen to me, I wouldn't mind getting some idea of what to expect. Right now all I have to go on is random information from people/sources that haven't used the drug for themselves and, in my opinion, probably don't have enough of a sample size to give me very meaningful info at all.
Here's my regimen (as of this morning):
- 5% minoxidil daily *2
- 1 mg finasteride daily
- 1 nizoral shampoo per week
- 2 T-Gel shampoos per week
- Helluva lot of Toppik for a twentysomething guy only losing his hair on the crown!
Wish me luck- I'll try to keep this hair for as long as I can!
ce
Thought I'd start my own thread just to document how I'm doing, and maybe even get pointers! So here goes...
I'm 26 yo. I've been on minoxidil for longer than I realize but only recently (6 mos ago) jumped on the 5% (was using 2% for five years before that- though I'm not sure how much it helped because I started using it proactively once I noticed, through my older brother, the future that was staring me in the face).
Anyway, I thought I'd be the perfect candidate for minoxidil 5% considering virtually all of my hair loss was on the crown. I do have a receding hair line but it hasn't receded yet (if you know what I mean). I'm also young and have fairly dark, thick hair. At the same time, I don't know whose genes I have since not a single man in my family- besides my brother, if you can believe it- has my hair, so it's sort of interesting.
Well, after 6 mos of 5% I realized that even if new hairs were growing, I was losing even more. I could no longer go out anywhere without a healthy dose of Toppik (which is a miracle if you ask me...) and thought, might as well get on the finasteride bandwagon, see if it helps. Now or never. No use in waiting any longer. If it doesn't work, at least I will have exhausted all my options and, you know, not have to worry about it anymore- just shave it off and live the rest of my life not wondering, "What if?"
Anyway, I got instructions on how to get propecia from this website (thanks!) and started it this morning. Started a thread in the propecia forum so if you have any experience with the drug, please post it there! I've heard all kinds of reports re: side effects, and while I can deal with all of them should they happen to me, I wouldn't mind getting some idea of what to expect. Right now all I have to go on is random information from people/sources that haven't used the drug for themselves and, in my opinion, probably don't have enough of a sample size to give me very meaningful info at all.
Here's my regimen (as of this morning):
- 5% minoxidil daily *2
- 1 mg finasteride daily
- 1 nizoral shampoo per week
- 2 T-Gel shampoos per week
- Helluva lot of Toppik for a twentysomething guy only losing his hair on the crown!
Wish me luck- I'll try to keep this hair for as long as I can!
ce