Hi everybody,
First of all, I would like to thank Spencer for creating another informative forum where most people who post seem to be genuine. I have been trying to stop my hair lost for most my adult life and 29 now. Although I still have quite a bit of hair, I have wasted a lot of time and money on useless products. I consider myself to be quite switched on when it comes to buying anything but yet I fell into the snakeoil traps. I have used a product called Nisim, Aminexil by L'oreal and the usual herbal remedies. I was always scarred of using minoxidil and propecia was out of question. Yet they are the only two products that have been documented and proven to work? Two years ago I bought a lasercomb, did nothing for regrowth but then last year I decided to use Rogaine foam. Again I don't think it did much for regrowth although many people told me about my hair looking thicker, but I think it was just because I grew it longer.
I was tempted to use Revivogen that looked legit but again I think they are a waste of time and money. So two weeks ago, I joined a hair-retention programme by a high street pharmacy (I live in the UK). They prescribe propecia and it cost about £30 (about $45) a month and include review and tracking the progress; which is actually very reasonable. If I were to get prescription for propecia, it would cost me £45 a month. The hair clinics are the biggest scam artists who charge up to £200/month for their minoxidil and propecia combination. I haven't experienced any sides yet, and things seem to be ok.
I started to freak out when I came onto a forum called propeciahelp.com and people there claimed they experienced permanent sexual side effects, depression, face fattening, bad skin ageing, wrinkles around the eyes, dark eyes circles, lost facial features. Can this be true? If not why do people post such things. Has anyone met someone in real life who experienced such things. In the uk hair loss is never talked about, we suffer in silence. Some people think I'm vain for worrying about my hair. Most people don't know about propecia, I haven't met anyone who uses it, so all my research is based on what people say on the net.
The reason I'm writing today is to get user experience from propecia users and secondly to re-emphasize to anyone who trying to stop hair loss, to avoid all those other so called 'natural' alternatives. It took me 7 years to realise that none of them work.
Kind Regards,
Zack
First of all, I would like to thank Spencer for creating another informative forum where most people who post seem to be genuine. I have been trying to stop my hair lost for most my adult life and 29 now. Although I still have quite a bit of hair, I have wasted a lot of time and money on useless products. I consider myself to be quite switched on when it comes to buying anything but yet I fell into the snakeoil traps. I have used a product called Nisim, Aminexil by L'oreal and the usual herbal remedies. I was always scarred of using minoxidil and propecia was out of question. Yet they are the only two products that have been documented and proven to work? Two years ago I bought a lasercomb, did nothing for regrowth but then last year I decided to use Rogaine foam. Again I don't think it did much for regrowth although many people told me about my hair looking thicker, but I think it was just because I grew it longer.
I was tempted to use Revivogen that looked legit but again I think they are a waste of time and money. So two weeks ago, I joined a hair-retention programme by a high street pharmacy (I live in the UK). They prescribe propecia and it cost about £30 (about $45) a month and include review and tracking the progress; which is actually very reasonable. If I were to get prescription for propecia, it would cost me £45 a month. The hair clinics are the biggest scam artists who charge up to £200/month for their minoxidil and propecia combination. I haven't experienced any sides yet, and things seem to be ok.
I started to freak out when I came onto a forum called propeciahelp.com and people there claimed they experienced permanent sexual side effects, depression, face fattening, bad skin ageing, wrinkles around the eyes, dark eyes circles, lost facial features. Can this be true? If not why do people post such things. Has anyone met someone in real life who experienced such things. In the uk hair loss is never talked about, we suffer in silence. Some people think I'm vain for worrying about my hair. Most people don't know about propecia, I haven't met anyone who uses it, so all my research is based on what people say on the net.
The reason I'm writing today is to get user experience from propecia users and secondly to re-emphasize to anyone who trying to stop hair loss, to avoid all those other so called 'natural' alternatives. It took me 7 years to realise that none of them work.
Kind Regards,
Zack
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