Big 3, 1 Year Pics

[ravegrover]

Hi Everyone! Here are before/after pics of my one year treatment with Big3. Progress is slow, but I am pleased with results. Here is my routine. Let me know if you have any questions.

(1) Finasteride 1mg once a day after breakfast
(2) Minoxidil 5% solution (generic) apply once a day only and before bed-time
(3) Nizoral 2% shampoo apply once a week
(4) Rest each day I use regular shampoo (Pantene) and sometimes conditioner
(5) NO oil, gel, mousse, blow dryer. I do use hair color

[Shan]

The 1st picture is not very clear as the 2nd one is so cant compare, but glad you have results

Are you thinking about a transplant?

[ravegrover]

nope - I don't have the balls to go under the scalpel for hair

[ITNEVERRAINS]

Looks better short in the 1st pic.

[Tracy C]

Progress is slow, but I am pleased with results.

The pics are not very good. It is very difficult to see that there is improvement but with some effort I can see improvement. Consider adding Rogaine foam in the morning.

It would be nice if the BTT could post an instruction on taking good quality pictures for measuring progress.

Another way to measure your progress is to make a mold of your balding area as you would if you were going to order a hair piece. It's pretty easy to do. Just make a mold every six months and compare them to see if the balding area is shrinking.

[drybone]

I didnt want to be the first to say this , because I dont feel that being negative with someones effort does anything to further the sites cause.

But in this case I have thought about it for several days and have come to this conclusion. I dont want others to come read your thread and think medications do nothing whatsoever. Its not fair to the millions who it has helped and does no justice to new people who want hope that they can get help.

Your photos make it look like the medications have done nothing whatsoever and in fact, look slightly worse like you had not taken anything at all.

Like the others have stated, I hope its because the lighting is bad or its at the wrong angle.

The only way its possible is if your hairloss was so rapid, that taking the meds slowed it down to a crawl, and you barely lost anything in the last year.

Please let us know whats going on and post up a couple of more pics

[PatientlyWaiting]

You should take pics with the same hair cut.

Like the others, I can't tell the difference, only different hair length.

Did you take more pictures? I have taken pictures in every angle possible, every lighting, 3 different rooms, day and night pics, clear pics, blurry pics, all kinds. All with the same exact haircut.

You should get the same hair cut and take the same angle as the before picture and then come back here and post it.

[ravegrover]

Looks better short in the 1st pic.

That's funny. Anyways - I feel the hair have improved and understand the process is slow. Perhaps, these pictures are better. The first one was taken 8 months ago and the 2nd I took today.

[Tracy C]

Perhaps, these pictures are better.

Not really. It's still pretty difficult to tell any improvement.

Keeping your hair exactly the same for that period of time would have helped a little but the quality of the photography is still too poor for most to be able to tell if anything happened at all. I see improvement but I had to work really hard to be able to find it.

[ravegrover]

Thanks, Tracy. Perhaps it isn't working for me. I am going to quit this website!

[UK_]

Thanks, Tracy. Perhaps it isn't working for me. I am going to quit this website!

Hey dont listen to Tracy - thats a given on this site.

You look like you got some great results in the crown area, but I think you should consider conflating your treatment with a transplant (I know you're scared of going under the knife but FUE is minimally invasive).

Would be interesting to know if you had any side effects with Finasteride/Minoxidil?

[PatientlyWaiting]

Hey dont listen to Tracy - thats a given on this site.

You look like you got some great results in the crown area, but I think you should consider conflating your treatment with a transplant (I know you're scared of going under the knife but FUE is minimally invasive).

Would be interesting to know if you had any side effects with Finasteride/Minoxidil?

She's right, you could barely tell. You'd have to look hard. I'd give the guy the benefit of the doubt if he at least gets the same haircut. Nobody is attacking him, in every hair loss forum where some one puts up before and after pics with different hair cuts, the other members react the same way and that is that it's hard to tell. Especially in this case where he is coming back from what appears to be a deep NW.

[PatientlyWaiting]

Just to tell the thread starter something positive, and true, you could at least see that you have maintained throughout the year. I mean you did not get worse at all and you feel you have improved, that is what matters. I know how it feels for some people to deny your improvement, I showed pics of my crown which filled out a little in one month on Dutasteride and Rogaine + fin, and a coupe of posters rejected the photos as having different lighting, different angles, etc. But in the end, if you feel the treatments is helping you, that's what matters. It brings your confidence up that you are improving and it keeps you going.

[ravegrover]

Well I started losing hair at age 17, I think. And, started Fin when I was 24. But the damage around the hairline was already done by that time.

Fin has allowed me to maintain my hair and it doesn't look too bad when it is cut short (not too bad at age 38). I started Minox and Nizoral2% an year ago to see if I can GAIN some hair.

Fortunately, where I live, both generic Fin and Minox are cheap. I will continue the treatment for another year and would post better pictures next time. Perhaps use a regular camera this time instead of an iPhone. Thanks, everyone!

[UK_]

Well I started losing hair at age 17, I think. And, started Fin when I was 24. But the damage around the hairline was already done by that time.

Fin has allowed me to maintain my hair and it doesn't look too bad when it is cut short (not too bad at age 38). I started Minox and Nizoral2% an year ago to see if I can GAIN some hair.

Fortunately, where I live, both generic Fin and Minox are cheap. I will continue the treatment for another year and would post better pictures next time. Perhaps use a regular camera this time instead of an iPhone. Thanks, everyone!

I'm confused, you're 38 years old and you started finasteride at 24?

what Norwood were you when you started Finasteride (age 24)?

Have you experienced any side effects from Finasteride?