PowderFresh's Story

[PowderFresh]

Hello everyone -

I'm glad to see that there is a hair loss forum available for people going through what can be a stressful situation. My name is Ruben. I'm 25 years old and have been using 5% Minoxidil since the age of 19. I know that this drug works because I've had awesome results. The only problem is that my results aren't permanent. I use this stuff religiously - in the morning at about 9am and then in the evening at about 6pm.

I do get great results, the only problem is that the hair that has regrown with the use of Minoxidil falls out several months later. When it falls out, my hair gets VERY thin and I get temporarily depressed (I manage to always pick my self up ). About six months ago, I added Finpecia (generic propecia) to the mix - The SAME THING happened. I don't know what to do. I get really excited when the hair regrows but then I get shut down all over again when the hair thins out.

Anyone else going through this? Any tips, comments or suggestions on what you think I may be doing wrong, how to fix this, or another approach to keeping the regrown hair. I'd really appreciate any feedback anyone has to offer.

Thanks,
Ruben

 

[damnthis]

could you elaborate a bit on your experience with minoxidil, you say you have een using it for six years and that you use it, you get regrowth and it thins again several months later, is this a repetitive thing (in that case it strikes me as odd) or does it only happen once, if the latter is true then what happened the other five years you were on only minoxidil?

Also where are you loosing your hair?

 

[PowderFresh]

It's a repetative thing - I regrow with Minoxidil - the hair is nice and thick (compared to without Minoxidil) for an average of 5 - 6 months, then the regrown hair all falls out and then I'm left with thin hair again. It's happened throughout the six years I've been using it. I really don't know why because I use it everyday.

The cycle goes like this
Regrowth --> Fallout (5-6 mo later) --> Regrowth --> Fallout --> Regrowth --> Fallout ... and so on. It just doesn't stay thick.

Hair thinning is frontal and Vertex

 

[Bash]

Dude, try a concealer during the really bad sheds---Dermatch is the best in my opinion.