Joshua's Story - ( 24 / receding temples and thining hair)

[Loolapalooza]

Hi all.

Joshua 24, I have got the problem since 19, I started loosing my hair at both temples. By that time I had thick and dense hair, no way I thought getting bald. so I didn´t worried about it.
The next years my hair remained the same so I thought that the receding hairline at the temples was normal and I would be like that forever. But by 23, it started speeding up by the speed of light. Hair got thinner and less dense, receding temples increased like hell.

Went to the doctor .. told my family story .. ANSWER: You will get bald.

:woot:

I know finasteride is the only real deal, but I´m scared to try it, and my doctor told me minoxidil could hold the problem for quite a long time (5 to 10 years what he said), so I thought "i´m going on minoxidil and when things start to get ugly I´ll do finasteride".

So I started recently minoxidil 5% + Nizoral.
Hair looks having more volume, I think mainly because using Nizoral.
But my interest is not the volume, but stoping hair loss ...

So my question is.. Is this formula going to work? Any success story? Because from what I hear minoxidil won´t do nothing, or if it does it´s clearly little results.

Seems to me that any kind of successfull treatment has got finasteride.

So as I am afraid of finasteride, I´m thinking on Topical spironolactone+revivogen for DHT inhibitor substitute, according to this website this formula is the Holy Graal, but honestly I haven´t found success stories on this too!!

So, can anyone advise me on what to do? Any success guy on minoxidil 5 alone? Any success guy on spironolactone and Revivo without finasteride?
I´m afraid going to spend money and the problem keeps progressing.

Sorry for the bad English,

Cheers

 

[hairrific]

The more you dic around the more you lose. It is easier to keep hair than to hope to regrow hair that was lost to DHT damage.

Start early on finasteride before big trouble and the "its to late" scenario and you will bypass future loss.

You say you are afraid of finasteride, I guess you are saying that you might be in the 2% of those with side effects, and not in the 98% of those millions who do just fine. Your penis could shrink away and in 2012 the world might end. There, now you have 2 more dumb reasons to stay away from finasteride.

 

[timbo]

It is unlikely that minoxidil alone will stop aggressive hair loss. Let's face it, when things get bad enough, you are going to try finasteride - everyone who cares enough about their hair will will at least try it. So why waste time right now?

 

[Loolapalooza]

I´m not saying I won´t try finasteride. But I will give a shot to a free side effects treatment. If Spironolactone is as effective as Doctors and this website say, why not giving it a shot? Why spironolactone is commercialized anyway?

I think you are all just making things to easy. Nobody knows what´s the real damage made by Finasteride in long term. Just because some haven´t got sides doesn´t mean if any change have occured in the body. Some specialist have expressed concerns on this ... So who´s me to contradict?
All the controversy in this drug gotta have a reason.

And that´s not all. I´m not only afraid of Finasteride because of the side effects, but because it is a life commitment. Its not an easy decision!

To tell you the truth, the side effect I fear more, is premature aging .. Why preventing baldness if I get a 40 year old face?

I´ve been chatting with long term Finasteride users, and they all seem to have reasons to complaint about something.

Don´t get me wrong. I would be on finasteride if there weren´t options. But that´s the reason why I´m on this Forum .. To question if there are spironolactone users with results! To see if it is worth it!

So .. Show up folks!


Cheers

 

[hairrific]

I´m not saying I won´t try finasteride. But I will give a shot to a free side effects treatment. If Spironolactone is as effective as Doctors and this website say, why not giving it a shot? Why spironolactone is commercialized anyway?

I think you are all just making things to easy. Nobody knows what´s the real damage made by Finasteride in long term. Just because some haven´t got sides doesn´t mean if any change have occured in the body. Some specialist have expressed concerns on this ... So who´s me to contradict?
All the controversy in this drug gotta have a reason.

And that´s not all. I´m not only afraid of Finasteride because of the side effects, but because it is a life commitment. Its not an easy decision!

To tell you the truth, the side effect I fear more, is premature aging .. Why preventing baldness if I get a 40 year old face?

I´ve been chatting with long term Finasteride users, and they all seem to have reasons to complaint about something.

Don´t get me wrong. I would be on finasteride if there weren´t options. But that´s the reason why I´m on this Forum .. To question if there are spironolactone users with results! To see if it is worth it!

So .. Show up folks!


Cheers

WHAT! Where did you get that? :shakehead:

Generally societies norms equate baldness and hairy back and ears with old as in a typical look of a aging male growing older.

DHT has particular masculine effects on the male such as , genitalia growth before and during puberty, increased hair on the body in all kinds of places you never dreamed or wished for as you age, and less hair on scalp as you age. I have to wonder just what I need excess DHT for now that I am grown. All that would be considered true for males as they age, so finasteride can help prevent that.

 

[Loolapalooza]

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WHAT! Where did you get that? :shakehead:

Generally societies norms equate baldness and hairy back and ears with old as in a typical look of a aging male growing older.

DHT has particular masculine effects on the male such as , genitalia growth before and during puberty, increased hair on the body in all kinds of places you never dreamed or wished for as you age, and less hair on scalp as you age. I have to wonder just what I need excess DHT for now that I am grown. All that would be considered true for males as they age, so finasteride can help prevent that.[/quote]

Premature aging is quite a common side effect. Very often users complaint about facial features changing, dark baggy eyes, puffy face and very dry skin.
I believe that, because DHT is an essencial hormone for the men skin. Do a little research and you´ll find that.
I´ve been chating with long time finasteride users and some of them agree they look way older than what they really are.
I´ll be monitorizing the way I´m progressing with minoxidil and nizoral to evaluate the usage/non usage of finasteride.

Cheers

 

[wannakeepitall]

minoxidil has worse side effects when it comes to skin. A lot of people report "raccoon eyes" and increased wrinkles with minoxidil.

 

[hairrific]

minoxidil has worse side effects when it comes to skin. A lot of people report "raccoon eyes" and increased wrinkles with minoxidil.

"Puffy face"

 

[Loolapalooza]

"Puffy face"

I meant rounder face
kind of like a baby
More fat distributed along the face
That´s commonly refered

Get now? unk:

Cheers

 

[hairrific]

Premature aging is quite a common side effect. Very often users complaint about facial features changing, dark baggy eyes, puffy face and very dry skin.
I believe that, because DHT is an essencial hormone for the men skin. Do a little research and you´ll find that.
I´ve been chating with long time finasteride users and some of them agree they look way older than what they really are.
I´ll be monitorizing the way I´m progressing with minoxidil and nizoral to evaluate the usage/non usage of finasteride.

Cheers

[/quote]

Not so.

How do you explain the Dominican pseudohermaphrodites who are deficient in type 2 enzyme 5AR? They live healthy lives, and with no premature aging, (and most importantly, no baldness!).

finasteride does not inhibit type 1 5ar which is most prevalent in extra-prostatic tissues, primarily liver and skin, type 2 5ar is the big bad guy for scalp hair for which finasteride inhibits and does not act on the skin.

Besides all that, Propecia dosage does not eliminate all type 2 5ar so there's plenty left to convert T into DHT.

 

[timbo]

I have researched finasteride very extensively, and I have not hears about premature aging side effects. However, this is a listed side effect of minoxidil!

Loolapalooza, it is not always helpful to trust people on the internet as a credible source. Let's be honest, people make stuff up and try to blame things on finasteride because they don't want to admit that they've just put on the lbs!

 

[hairrific]

I blame most of my problems on those green fruit loops I had as a kid, the other colors I think were okay, I heard the green ones could cause problems later in life.

Or it could be the milk. :dunno:

 

[wannakeepitall]

But I will give a shot to a free side effects treatment.

There is no such thing. Any treatment that works carries a risk of side effect. There is no treatment that works and guarantees no side effects.