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Hello, thought it was about time I posted as a fairly long term reader of these boards...
I started noticing the signs of the dreaded MPB when I was about 27-28 at I'd say NW1.5 - 2. Didn't seem too bad at the time as had very thick hair and easy to style etc.. Fast forward 2 years and now very noticibly thin at front and receeded with an obvious widows peak (uneven too
) Very sad as my hair is one of my only good features lol!
Last year I started to seriously look into the options. Fin, niz minox lllt and alternatives. Found this site http://www.hairloss-research.org/ProtocolMen08.html quite interesting for its holistic approach to battling hairloss.
Anyway, took the plunge in nov '11 and started Proscar (pfizer branded) at 1mg (cut into 5ths) and soon developed crippling sides in 1-2 months (poor erections, testicular pain, watery semen) athough these are par for the course with Fin I'm led to believe!
Rather than stopping cold turkey I have reduced my dosage to approx 0.25mg (as best as I can measure) per day. I wouldn't say I'm 100% but much better regarding sides although still a bit worried
In total my regimen based on various sources of advice is as follows:
Fin 0.25mg each day (since Jan, 1mg previously since nov '11)
Nizoral 1-2 times per week
Emu oil and aloe each night before bed
LLLT 11 Diode laser comb (home made!lol) 15mins 2-3 times a week
Biotin 300ug each day (just started)
Nettle root extract (pretty much ditched this now)
I'm kinda fumbling in the dark like everyone else and sad to say that my only results so far are that I've lossed probably near 30% in sheds of what I had as baseline in the front and top when starting + recession is on way to NW3 now. I'm beginning to think based on everything I'm reading and that NOTHING works for top and front bar HT at this point but will continue at least until 6month stage.
I started noticing the signs of the dreaded MPB when I was about 27-28 at I'd say NW1.5 - 2. Didn't seem too bad at the time as had very thick hair and easy to style etc.. Fast forward 2 years and now very noticibly thin at front and receeded with an obvious widows peak (uneven too
) Very sad as my hair is one of my only good features lol!Last year I started to seriously look into the options. Fin, niz minox lllt and alternatives. Found this site http://www.hairloss-research.org/ProtocolMen08.html quite interesting for its holistic approach to battling hairloss.
Anyway, took the plunge in nov '11 and started Proscar (pfizer branded) at 1mg (cut into 5ths) and soon developed crippling sides in 1-2 months (poor erections, testicular pain, watery semen) athough these are par for the course with Fin I'm led to believe!
Rather than stopping cold turkey I have reduced my dosage to approx 0.25mg (as best as I can measure) per day. I wouldn't say I'm 100% but much better regarding sides although still a bit worried
In total my regimen based on various sources of advice is as follows:
Fin 0.25mg each day (since Jan, 1mg previously since nov '11)
Nizoral 1-2 times per week
Emu oil and aloe each night before bed
LLLT 11 Diode laser comb (home made!lol) 15mins 2-3 times a week
Biotin 300ug each day (just started)
Nettle root extract (pretty much ditched this now)
I'm kinda fumbling in the dark like everyone else and sad to say that my only results so far are that I've lossed probably near 30% in sheds of what I had as baseline in the front and top when starting + recession is on way to NW3 now
. I'm beginning to think based on everything I'm reading and that NOTHING works for top and front bar HT at this point but will continue at least until 6month stage.
heres hoping!
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