If you could go back, how would you do things differently?

[Goldee Lox]

This is a question for the vets around here.. Is there anything you would have done differently with your regimen? If so, what would it be?

Maybe some of us newer guys can gain a little enlightenment from what you perceived as mistakes on your part, or your doctors advice.. Thanks in advance.

 

[hellouser]

Locked down a wife early. Seriously.

I never knew how much women disrespect bald men until being balding myself.

 

[Digidako]

^ Settling with a woman just because of hair loss seems like a one way ticket to living a miserable life.
I see a ton of bald men with significant others.

 

[shookwun]

really nothing differently I could do.

Hopped on medication at 18 - rogaine. took finasteride at 19 for a year, came off. went back on at 21 1/2, and been on ever since

had a transplant at 23 FUT.

FUE procedure 2016 for 850 grafts.


all that's left is to maintain, and live my life. my focuses are primarily work, and further developing my physique to its limits

 

[Goldee Lox]

really nothing differently I could do.

Hopped on medication at 18 - rogaine. took finasteride at 19 for a year, came off. went back on at 21 1/2, and been on ever since

had a transplant at 23 FUT.

FUE procedure 2016 for 850 grafts

Would it be better to hop on finasteride first and use minoxidil down the road? My hair loss isn't aggressive.. I'm 27 now with some recession. How would you rate finasteride in your experience? How long have you taken it?

 

[shookwun]

finasteride all the way. minioxidil without finasteride is essentially useless.


both together are a synergistic combination.

once you start male pattern baldness, it's on route to your final norwood pattern. regardless of what you can see, androgen activity related to dht effects all scalp regardless of it looking uniform at first.

 

[hellouser]

^ Settling with a woman just because of hair loss seems like a one way ticket to living a miserable life.
I see a ton of bald men with significant others.

It's not about 'settling' in terms up just 'settling subpar' but rather doing much better to find a woman than finding hair, you've got a lot better chance of doing that than regaining your hair, and especially when you have hair.

 

[Eren]

Well, probably I would have gone to another docter. Mine wasn't very willing to prescribe finasteride (he didn't say that). Every time I got there, it was "I don't see you losing hair. When you think it's cosmetically significant, come again." In just 2 years, my hair went from a full head to diffuse thinner with acquired progressive kinking of hair (i.e. hair shaft deformation and a VERY significant decline in hair quality). Lost 70% of my density in just 2 years.

Taking finasteride has helped a bit, but it's still lusterless, weak, still a bit kinked (even the sides and the area above my ears). Basically, that moron lied to me. If I had known this, I would have gone to another one or try to get it from the internet.

 

[Goldee Lox]

Well, probably I would have gone to another docter. Mine wasn't very willing to prescribe finasteride (he didn't say that). Every time I got there, it was "I don't see you losing hair. When you think it's cosmetically significant, come again." In just 2 years, my hair went from a full head to diffuse thinner with acquired progressive kinking of hair (i.e. hair shaft deformation and a VERY significant decline in hair quality). Lost 70% of my density in just 2 years.

Taking finasteride has helped a bit, but it's still lusterless, weak, still a bit kinked (even the sides and the area above my ears). Basically, that moron lied to me. If I had known this, I would have gone to another one or try to get it from the internet.

Unfortunate, brother.

 

[hellouser]

Actually, I would have gone into bioengineering and stem cell research myself if I had known my fate in high school. Probably more likely to cure myself than having to wait for a commercial product.

 

[TransientHair]

I would have started Finasteride the day that I turned 18 and maybe Minoxidil too.

 

[EvilLocks]

I don't regret anything. I went on all the treatments I could early on, however they didn't work. But at least I tried, I gave it my best against this disease. I would have regretted it if I didn't go on any treatments though.

 

[debyne]

finasteride all the way. minioxidil without finasteride is essentially useless. both together are a synergistic combination.

+1000 Get on finasteride and minoxidil and don't look back. I wish I had just stuck with finasteride and minoxidil from the very beginning and not pussyfoot'd around in fear of sides. I was lucky enough because my hair loss wasn't super aggressive in that I was able to recover, but I guarantee my hair would've been even fuller if I had started earlier and been consistent.

- - - Updated - - -

I would've become a Federation cadet, traveled with the Enterprise, and harvested tribbles as a hair loss solution and made millions.

 

[Swoop]

Actually, I would have gone into bioengineering and stem cell research myself if I had known my fate in high school. Probably more likely to cure myself than having to wait for a commercial product.

This lol.

What's your game plan by the way hellouser? Going to wait some more years? What if the treatments don't pan out?

You are a veteran pretty much by now so that's why I am curious. Let's suppose you don't get anything that pleases you in 5 years that makes 10 years of waiting right and potentially more.

10 years is already a pretty damn long time waiting for something. Assuming someone is happy with his hair till age 20 and on age 60+ hair doesn't matter really that much anymore, 10 years is already pretty much 1/4th of somebody his time.

 

[davesmith420]

When I first started noticing my hair loss I panicked and jumped on all of the Big 3 right away. I wish I would have just done finasteride and Nizoral for a year and see where I was before adding min since my hair loss is still fairly minor. I would stop using min as I have only been on it for a month but I already bought a **** load of it and don't want it to go to waste.

 

[Cue Bald]

would have gotten on finasteride at 18 (i was fully developed then) never been a minoxidil fan.

 

[shookwun]

Actually looking back, I would of never of gotten off finasteride once I started at 19 years of age.


Most people don't realize that their whole scalp is slowly being affected by androgens from the on set of hereditary hair loss. It's been said that we only notice hair loss when we loose approximately 50% density, but that can be through the course span of many years. Had I of known what I know now, I would of never came off.

very common for people to say 'I started loosing my hair at such n such age' - but reality is, that's when it became noticible. They were loosing density far before the visible on set to the eye.

 

[nameless]

I think I would go back further than the rest of you. I would have gone back to before I was born and not be born.

 

[Folliman]

I would've started finasteride 4-5 years earlier. I used to be scared of sides.

 

[big_head]

I would have started finasteride 3 years ago when I noticed my hairloss.

Ideally I would have started 7 or 8 years ago. But realistically 3 years ago.