Re: Whowahhh's Story - (Mid 20's /adding Dutas)
I buy it generic through an online pharmacy. Definitley legit, I can tell by the very mild side effects I had on the name brand dht inhibitors vs these generic version meds. I have indeed used minoxidil, just regular old kirkland 5%. I actually went about using that the wrong way and started it a few years ago at the same time I started finasteride, so I am afraid to find out what happens if I cut it out of the regimen but don't exactly know how much its benefitting. All I know is I have not lost one hair in the past few years (I had VERY aggressive hair loss, almost happened over the course of a year). And this month I just took new pictures and the results are so encouraging. People say only to add duta. if propecia is not working. Propecia was definitely working, just no gaining. And I do not want to cut finas out completely. This combo just seems to be working too well. No special shampoo. I need to get more recent updates soon. As you can see in the first two pics though, I was almost clean bald on the back a few months ago (no density or thin hair at all), and the last two pics from a month ago I have tons of dark hair, just small in diameter. Its hard to tell by the pics, but I am hoping im on course for great results.
O no! I just wrote a whole post and it got deleted when the pic failed to upload. Anyways, I will write this again briefly. This is a pic with NO FLASH. I know that the flash does not represent what people see in real life, I mean it definitely accentuates the baldness for that matter. I have always received comments about the bald spot (the dreaded spot) in the past, because the rest of my hair and hair line is really thick. And everyone always calls me GQ lol So I think it always just surprised people when they saw the back of my head so they commented. Anyways, the past month I have not received a single comment, which is a record. And I just recently realized that if I take a mirror and hold it up to another mirror (you know, to see the back of your head) I can actually style it (fluff it up a bit, per sey) in order to mask it, almost in its entirety, which I could never come close to doing before. So I stuck my head in the bathroom lights and took a pic, just so I know what others see. Might I say I am excited. In a little over 6 months. I will update some time soon with pics with a flash in order to try and compare them to previous.
What a difference though. I am about the last human being on earth who could pull off a shaved head, and I mean it. I was literally on the verge of a quarter life crisis 6 months ago during the shed. I could not come close to hiding it like this. I couldent believe it this morning when I looked at it and I could cover it up so that even in the light it was barely visible. It went from the worst its ever been to the best. So hang in there, especially if you are going through a terrible shed.