Hi guys,
[Im posting the same thing I posted on reddit yesterday FYI]
First timer on Hairloss talk, but ive been reading this a lot. I'm from Sri lanka, small island in Asia. I had my first hair transplant two years ago when I was 27. It was 3000 grafts FUE, grew back very slow, lost most of the hairs in the crown area even though I did the transplant on the hairline. Maybe due to shock loss. I have been a stoner all this time, but only a light user. I started minoxidil and finasteride after 5 months of the hair transplant coz I was desperate for results. Hairline didnt grow at all, I was blaming weed and masturbation for it. Stopped weed completely for some time but didnt help. My Doctor said it could be due to Folliculitis and poor post op care but I dont agree.
Regarding the finasteride, I didnt have much sides, maybe a lil bit low libido but I was shagging fine. After 1 year post op my hair grew really well except the hairline, so my Doctor gave me a touch up, another 1500 grafts on the front. Now its been 8 months after my 2nd hair transplant and still the hairline hasn't grown. Dont know what my problem is.
I have been shedding sh*t loads of hair all these years (only at the crown area), I think that is non transplanted hair. So I was certain neither finasteride or minoxidil wasnt working for me. But I kept on using them. I got my hands covered with all kind of hairs when I apply minoxidil which is so depressing. I was reading all the forum about duta and Ru and planning to get some down here so I can drop finasteride. Coz I was blaming my depressing and work stress on finasteride. I think my problem was weed, not finasteride.
However since the beginning of July I got my dream job, good pay, less stress. I stopped smoking weed cold turkey, stopped worrying about hair. Dropped finasteride too. Only on minoxidil and Nizoral. After a week or so I noticed a reduction in shedding, I thought its because I dropped finasteride. But soon I noticed my hair has been thinning/ different, got back on finasteride after 10 days. Also I ordered Ru from china so I can switch, which came down here in 6 days. However around 15th July I noticed a huge difference in my hair, massive improvement, ZERO shedding, which I couldnt believe my eyes. (Im still not using Ru). I dont know what changed , maybe the weed, maybe the stress, maybe coz i gave a shake with finasteride. I dont know. Finally my shedding stopped after 2 freaking years on finasteride. Frontal hairline is sprouting out, I'm not worried about it coz from 1 cm behind the transplanted hariline I have a very good dense hairs which can easily cover the front.
So back to RU. I started RU on 27th July (3 days before), 2.5g mixed with kirkland minoxidil. Felt great until I got chills all over my body, feverish, activated sinus, fatigue, severe headache which made me take a short leave from work today. I thought i'm under the weather coz RU cant give such sides within 3 days of use. But now im 80% certain its RU, coz I got a sudden chest pain few hours ago. Im dropping Ru right now. I think finasteride has been doing wonders for me. Compared to this finasteride didn't give me any noticeable sides at all. Now I think we should appreciate finasteride more.
Regret for even thinking about RU when finasteride is giving me no sides.
Just wanted to share my story guys. Ill keep u updated.
Cheers
Dean
UPDATE -
Guys im 100% certain its RU that caused those symptoms. My headache and heart aches reduced to a great extent.
Maybe im a bad candidate for ru. Now I'm wondering what shud i do with rest of the 10 grams.
[Im posting the same thing I posted on reddit yesterday FYI]
First timer on Hairloss talk, but ive been reading this a lot. I'm from Sri lanka, small island in Asia. I had my first hair transplant two years ago when I was 27. It was 3000 grafts FUE, grew back very slow, lost most of the hairs in the crown area even though I did the transplant on the hairline. Maybe due to shock loss. I have been a stoner all this time, but only a light user. I started minoxidil and finasteride after 5 months of the hair transplant coz I was desperate for results. Hairline didnt grow at all, I was blaming weed and masturbation for it. Stopped weed completely for some time but didnt help. My Doctor said it could be due to Folliculitis and poor post op care but I dont agree.
Regarding the finasteride, I didnt have much sides, maybe a lil bit low libido but I was shagging fine. After 1 year post op my hair grew really well except the hairline, so my Doctor gave me a touch up, another 1500 grafts on the front. Now its been 8 months after my 2nd hair transplant and still the hairline hasn't grown. Dont know what my problem is.
I have been shedding sh*t loads of hair all these years (only at the crown area), I think that is non transplanted hair. So I was certain neither finasteride or minoxidil wasnt working for me. But I kept on using them. I got my hands covered with all kind of hairs when I apply minoxidil which is so depressing. I was reading all the forum about duta and Ru and planning to get some down here so I can drop finasteride. Coz I was blaming my depressing and work stress on finasteride. I think my problem was weed, not finasteride.
However since the beginning of July I got my dream job, good pay, less stress. I stopped smoking weed cold turkey, stopped worrying about hair. Dropped finasteride too. Only on minoxidil and Nizoral. After a week or so I noticed a reduction in shedding, I thought its because I dropped finasteride. But soon I noticed my hair has been thinning/ different, got back on finasteride after 10 days. Also I ordered Ru from china so I can switch, which came down here in 6 days. However around 15th July I noticed a huge difference in my hair, massive improvement, ZERO shedding, which I couldnt believe my eyes. (Im still not using Ru). I dont know what changed , maybe the weed, maybe the stress, maybe coz i gave a shake with finasteride. I dont know. Finally my shedding stopped after 2 freaking years on finasteride. Frontal hairline is sprouting out, I'm not worried about it coz from 1 cm behind the transplanted hariline I have a very good dense hairs which can easily cover the front.
So back to RU. I started RU on 27th July (3 days before), 2.5g mixed with kirkland minoxidil. Felt great until I got chills all over my body, feverish, activated sinus, fatigue, severe headache which made me take a short leave from work today. I thought i'm under the weather coz RU cant give such sides within 3 days of use. But now im 80% certain its RU, coz I got a sudden chest pain few hours ago. Im dropping Ru right now. I think finasteride has been doing wonders for me. Compared to this finasteride didn't give me any noticeable sides at all. Now I think we should appreciate finasteride more.
Regret for even thinking about RU when finasteride is giving me no sides.
Just wanted to share my story guys. Ill keep u updated.
Cheers
Dean
UPDATE -
Guys im 100% certain its RU that caused those symptoms. My headache and heart aches reduced to a great extent.
Maybe im a bad candidate for ru. Now I'm wondering what shud i do with rest of the 10 grams.