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My Niz and Minox Story
Hey guys - not sure if I should be posting this in the story, or treatments section - but seeing as people will be looking in here for treatments, this seems like the better place 
A quick intro then - 31/yo male - dealing with receding hair for a long long time. My family has a natural history of a high hairline (Which I just had to deal with) - but from about 2008 it started to get much worse.
To sort this out - I went and had a HT in the frontal section - and all was good.
I started on Fin at the same time - but quit it a few months later due to sides. Jury's out as to whether I really had them, or it was psychological (I'm that kinda person) - but in any case, I quit. Blood work showed hormonal changes had happened .. but then .. I guess they would
I didn't want to start Minox as I didn't wanna have to deal with some foam or liquid everyday - so I left it at that.
Jump forward 4 years - and it became obvious that my recession was continuing - and now the hair behind the HT hairline was becoming thinner. This could obviously turn into a disaster - so I had to rethink my earlier plans.
I refused to go back on Fin, or any of the experimentals (due to the way my mind thinks) - so decided it was time to start in Rogaine (Foam) and generic Nizoral.
So about 4 weeks ago - that is what I did.
I'm going Niz (2%) 2x a week (Sun and Thu) and the Rogaine once or twice a day (trying for 2, but keep forgetting - lol).
For the Niz, I just wash my hair as normal first - then put a few drops in my hand and lather up - not loads, but it makes a good lather. I see some people say only use it once a week, but I don't seem to have had any adverse affects. It took about 2 applications until the horrible MPB itch stopped - yay!
The rogaine I am applying a biggish blob in the crown, then parting my hair down the middle and applying a thin line all the way down. Finally, for the front bit, applying blobs until it's all covered. I'm doing this all straight from the can. I'll estimate this is just over 1ml each time as the can ran out after 1 month even though I'd only done mainly once a day.
After about 1 week - I started to shed BIG TIME. The hair just in front of the crown (coming forward) really started to thin - and the frontal bit (just behind the hairline) got destroyed. Lol. It's not all gone, but a lot lot thinner. Luckily, I can simply spike my hair up (from the HT) and the thinness gets covered - so it's not all bad - but really scary!
This shedding lasted until a couple of days ago and now seems to be stabilising - so now the long long growing wait begins.
The way I am checking shed is simple. I apply the foam as usual. Wait for it to dry. Make sure my sink is clean of hairs, then simply brush all my hair forward with my hands. During the shed time, at least 30 hairs would fall out doing this - now only about 10 or so come
About sides - well - I shouldn't read the internet so much, but I got really freaked out after about 3 weeks that my eyes were becoming black. Well, not becoming black, they were black. However - luckily, I had some photos from *before* I started, which showed they were exactly the same!!!
So my advice for people starting Minox (who are a bit of a hypochondriac like me) and who are worried they might get sides, is make a note of everything before you start. Take photos of your face area, so you don't worry in the future if you got black eyes, or lines which weren't there.
Do you sometimes lay in bed and can feel your heart thumping - make a note of this - coz after you start Minox and get the same thing, you will start to worry it's affecting you
As for sexual sides - I was really worried about this possibility due to the experience on Fin. However everything has been totally fine. If you try and find people who had them, you will only find a tiny amount of posts - this was reassuring to me, and for me to say that, it's a pretty strong statement
Sorry - this is a long post - future ones won't be I just want to try and be helpful for people who come looking for info.
Ok - so I guess you want to see photos. Well, I won't be doing that yet. I do have some baseline pictures taken - and if things get better, I will post them up. I just don't want to post and for nothing to happen - which will make me more disappointed. Sorry, I hope that's acceptable for now.
I'll keep this thread updated as I go along - probably not much until next month when hopefully something will start happening
A quick intro then - 31/yo male - dealing with receding hair for a long long time. My family has a natural history of a high hairline (Which I just had to deal with) - but from about 2008 it started to get much worse.
To sort this out - I went and had a HT in the frontal section - and all was good.
I started on Fin at the same time - but quit it a few months later due to sides. Jury's out as to whether I really had them, or it was psychological (I'm that kinda person) - but in any case, I quit. Blood work showed hormonal changes had happened .. but then .. I guess they would
I didn't want to start Minox as I didn't wanna have to deal with some foam or liquid everyday - so I left it at that.
Jump forward 4 years - and it became obvious that my recession was continuing - and now the hair behind the HT hairline was becoming thinner. This could obviously turn into a disaster - so I had to rethink my earlier plans.
I refused to go back on Fin, or any of the experimentals (due to the way my mind thinks) - so decided it was time to start in Rogaine (Foam) and generic Nizoral.
So about 4 weeks ago - that is what I did.
I'm going Niz (2%) 2x a week (Sun and Thu) and the Rogaine once or twice a day (trying for 2, but keep forgetting - lol).
For the Niz, I just wash my hair as normal first - then put a few drops in my hand and lather up - not loads, but it makes a good lather. I see some people say only use it once a week, but I don't seem to have had any adverse affects. It took about 2 applications until the horrible MPB itch stopped - yay!
The rogaine I am applying a biggish blob in the crown, then parting my hair down the middle and applying a thin line all the way down. Finally, for the front bit, applying blobs until it's all covered. I'm doing this all straight from the can. I'll estimate this is just over 1ml each time as the can ran out after 1 month even though I'd only done mainly once a day.
After about 1 week - I started to shed BIG TIME. The hair just in front of the crown (coming forward) really started to thin - and the frontal bit (just behind the hairline) got destroyed. Lol. It's not all gone, but a lot lot thinner. Luckily, I can simply spike my hair up (from the HT) and the thinness gets covered - so it's not all bad - but really scary!
This shedding lasted until a couple of days ago and now seems to be stabilising - so now the long long growing wait begins.
The way I am checking shed is simple. I apply the foam as usual. Wait for it to dry. Make sure my sink is clean of hairs, then simply brush all my hair forward with my hands. During the shed time, at least 30 hairs would fall out doing this - now only about 10 or so come
About sides - well - I shouldn't read the internet so much, but I got really freaked out after about 3 weeks that my eyes were becoming black. Well, not becoming black, they were black. However - luckily, I had some photos from *before* I started, which showed they were exactly the same!!!
So my advice for people starting Minox (who are a bit of a hypochondriac like me) and who are worried they might get sides, is make a note of everything before you start. Take photos of your face area, so you don't worry in the future if you got black eyes, or lines which weren't there.
Do you sometimes lay in bed and can feel your heart thumping - make a note of this - coz after you start Minox and get the same thing, you will start to worry it's affecting you
As for sexual sides - I was really worried about this possibility due to the experience on Fin. However everything has been totally fine. If you try and find people who had them, you will only find a tiny amount of posts - this was reassuring to me, and for me to say that, it's a pretty strong statement
Sorry - this is a long post - future ones won't be
I just want to try and be helpful for people who come looking for info.Ok - so I guess you want to see photos. Well, I won't be doing that yet. I do have some baseline pictures taken - and if things get better, I will post them up. I just don't want to post and for nothing to happen - which will make me more disappointed. Sorry, I hope that's acceptable for now.
I'll keep this thread updated as I go along - probably not much until next month when hopefully something will start happening
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