Will this fill in now I’ve increased to 1mg finasteride

[Adam124]

I’ve been on 0.5mg finasteride for 4 years (took a break for 9 months during covid so maybe this is why I’ve experienced what I feel is thinning on crown). I’ve now ramped it up to 1mg after seeing my crown has thinned quite badly recently ...

Do you think 1mg will make much of a difference and fill this in or am I being too ambitious ?

I do not want to go on minoxidil as too lazy to stick to the daily regime (just being honest !).

 

[Adam124]

Anyone ?

 

[King Norwood]

Anyone ?

No real signs of thinning. Dude just stay on finasteride and hope for the best. And how tf are we supposed to know if it's even thinning if there are no baseline pics?

 

[Adam124]

Thanks . Nah , I’m not asking am I thinning as you just gta look at my crown pic to see the thinning . Just wanting to know if bumping up to 1mg will help thicken out the crown .

 

[King Norwood]

Thanks . Nah , I’m not asking am I thinning as you just gta look at my crown pic to see the thinning . Just wanting to know if bumping up to 1mg will help thicken out the crown .

Should've just started with 1mg tbh. There's a lot of unnecessary fear mongering on the internet about finasteride. Just do it

 

[Adam124]

I think you’re probably right . I think the sides are in the mind a lot of the time.

Fingers crosssed after being on 0.5mg for 4 years , now I’ve ramped up to 1mg it’ll stop any further loss and regrow and I haven’t become immune to it’s impact after doing 4 years on 0.5mg.

 

[Norwoody]

If you don't want the hassle of topical minoxidil then you can take it orally.

 

[Adam124]

Oh I haven’t heard of oral minoxidil ? Where wld I get that in the uk and is it approved ?

Will ramping up to 1mg of finasteride after being on 0.5mg do the trick on its own ?

 

[Norwoody]

Oh I haven’t heard of oral minoxidil ? Where wld I get that in the uk and is it approved ?

Will ramping up to 1mg of finasteride after being on 0.5mg do the trick on its own ?

It is hard to get in some countries, you would most likely have to go through the gray market.

However, you can also drink a few drops of the topical. 1ml of minoxidil 5% contains 50mg. So you could drink 0.1ml for 5mg, or even as little as 0.05mL for 2.5mg and get results.

Going from 0.5mg to 1mg might improve your hair a little, but it won't do anything significant. If you want serious regrowth you should also add other treatments that operate in different ways.

 

[Adam124]

Thanks for the info .

I think I’ll just stick at finasteride at the mo . When tablet form of min is approved and available on prescription I may give it a try .

At present when i style my hair etc there’s no sign of thinning at crown so as long as I maintain I’ll be happy . If I regrow on finasteride that will be win win .

Thanks again