Hi there,
I just started fighting hairloss, and I decided to open a tread here - both for keeping a track, getting motivation, getting answers to all my questions and sharing the results (either good or bad).
About me:
28 years old. Living in Norway (Europe).
About my hair:
I've always had a high hairline, but the hair was thick untill I turned 25. Then I started to see my temples getting bigger and bigger, and the frontpart thinner, but what I didn't know was the situation on the top and back... ( I guess it's a normal problem - we see ourselves in the mirror from the front, and don't see the bald spot on the back before it's too late?).
About my fight against the hairloss:
I talked to my doctor recently. He's in the mid-30's, and completely bald. After lots of "You don't need to do anything, girls love bald men", he finally agreed to give me perscription on finasteride.
Originally I wanted to get Propecia, but I found out that Norway is the most expencive country in the world for a reason : a 28-pills pack of Propecia costs around 125 USD! The solution is Finasteride.
My regimen:
* Finasteride Actavis (I guess that's what you people call 'generic'?) - 5 mg pills cut into 5 pieces : 1 mg a day
start date: 07. july 2014
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Three questions to the senior members here:
1. I have a cat. Minoxidil is toxic to cats, so I'm not goint to gamle on that. Should I consider using something else instead, or just stick to the finasteride?
2. Nizoral is not being sold in Norway. The "replacement" I found is called "Fungoral", but it says 20mg/ml. Is it too strong to use twice a week?
3. On the Norwegian Finasteride pack they say that it's dangerous for pregnant women - I know they shoudn't breathe the dust from the pills, but it says that there could be finasteride in my semen, and that I shouldn't try to get a girl pregnant while on finasteride? Can it be true, or is it just the Norwegian government trying to be overprotective as always?
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I just started fighting hairloss, and I decided to open a tread here - both for keeping a track, getting motivation, getting answers to all my questions and sharing the results (either good or bad).
About me:
28 years old. Living in Norway (Europe).
About my hair:
I've always had a high hairline, but the hair was thick untill I turned 25. Then I started to see my temples getting bigger and bigger, and the frontpart thinner, but what I didn't know was the situation on the top and back... ( I guess it's a normal problem - we see ourselves in the mirror from the front, and don't see the bald spot on the back before it's too late?).
About my fight against the hairloss:
I talked to my doctor recently. He's in the mid-30's, and completely bald. After lots of "You don't need to do anything, girls love bald men", he finally agreed to give me perscription on finasteride.
Originally I wanted to get Propecia, but I found out that Norway is the most expencive country in the world for a reason : a 28-pills pack of Propecia costs around 125 USD! The solution is Finasteride.
My regimen:
* Finasteride Actavis (I guess that's what you people call 'generic'?) - 5 mg pills cut into 5 pieces : 1 mg a day
start date: 07. july 2014
- - - Updated - - -
Three questions to the senior members here:
1. I have a cat. Minoxidil is toxic to cats, so I'm not goint to gamle on that. Should I consider using something else instead, or just stick to the finasteride?
2. Nizoral is not being sold in Norway. The "replacement" I found is called "Fungoral", but it says 20mg/ml. Is it too strong to use twice a week?
3. On the Norwegian Finasteride pack they say that it's dangerous for pregnant women - I know they shoudn't breathe the dust from the pills, but it says that there could be finasteride in my semen, and that I shouldn't try to get a girl pregnant while on finasteride? Can it be true, or is it just the Norwegian government trying to be overprotective as always?
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