So... I think I'll start with finasteride and will keep doing it until something better (like CB) will appear and just hope everything will be fine. I see no point in waiting two years or so, hair loss may accelerate pretty fast in that time and I'd really punch myself for not trying it earlier.
What is the lowest reasonable dose? I saw some studies that side effects apparently are more likely to occur at 5mg compared to 1mg, so even though the DHT is suppressed pretty much the same in both cases, something else seems to be going on. So I'd like to take the lowest reasonable dose. Would 0.5 mg be fine?
I read this graph about 0.2mg already being enough, but don't know about a lot of other research...
Do you think 0.5mg will be just as good as 1 mg? Or could I even go 0.33mg? 0.25mg? I'd like to take the lowest possible dose that still will likely be effective.
I also got a second question: If you are on finasteride and take it e.g. for 2 years and then stop it, the receptors in your hair follicles probably are upregulated somewhat due to decreased amounts of DHT... So if you were to stop finasteride for some reason, does this mean that some time later you will lose even more hair compared to what you would have lost if you never touched finasteride?
Thanks everyone!
What is the lowest reasonable dose? I saw some studies that side effects apparently are more likely to occur at 5mg compared to 1mg, so even though the DHT is suppressed pretty much the same in both cases, something else seems to be going on. So I'd like to take the lowest reasonable dose. Would 0.5 mg be fine?
I read this graph about 0.2mg already being enough, but don't know about a lot of other research...
Do you think 0.5mg will be just as good as 1 mg? Or could I even go 0.33mg? 0.25mg? I'd like to take the lowest possible dose that still will likely be effective.
I also got a second question: If you are on finasteride and take it e.g. for 2 years and then stop it, the receptors in your hair follicles probably are upregulated somewhat due to decreased amounts of DHT... So if you were to stop finasteride for some reason, does this mean that some time later you will lose even more hair compared to what you would have lost if you never touched finasteride?
Thanks everyone!