Hi guys just starting on treatment...

[KO1]

Do you have baseline photos?

Furthermore, even if you are right and you have receded, don't make the mistake of coming off the drug. You may recede more.

[BigThinker]

Ok, scratch what i said before, Hairline/temple on the right is taking a sudden beating. receded and thinned out alot in what seems like 2 weeks. Anyone have any experience of this? it's not normal loss as the rate was pretty slow to begin with so probably a shed but still.. hmm.. annoying... again i know i'm in that weird 1st year 8-12 month shit period, but anyone got any positive experiences of things getting worse before they get better, just to humor me if anything, pretty bummed out atm. or just being impatient.

Doubt your hair could get noticeably worse since your last post unless you're pulling your hair out.

I've nothing to humor you, as I'm currently bummed and impatient as well. So much lost, so much miniaturization still. When will it end?

[Rochester]

KO1: yeah i do, but it's hard to tell as i wasn't pulling my hairline back properly, it has receded though as i can't style it like i used to. Yeah i'm not gonna get off it, gonna up the dose though to 1mg soon.

Big thinker: Well yeah that's what i thought but it seemed like a whole cm line of my right temple just faded over 2-3 weeks. there are still velus hairs there and some lower down on the hairline but can't tell if they're minaturised or new ones.. Oh well. Yeah feel you're frustration man. Can only keep on sticking to the plan i guess..

[Rochester]

Hello. Been a long time since i posted on here, but considering it's the end of the year thought i'd give everyone an update. My Hair is:


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Really good actually!! my hairline seems to have stabilised and there are small velus hairs seemingly popping up around the hairline. Tbh i've been so busy that i didn't really notice the change until i did some mirror checks and realised that at the very least nothing has changed from last year, which means that the rate has slowed right down . Also the texture of my hair has gone really thick again. I'm cautiously optimistic because sometimes it looks like its going down hill again, but that also seems to coincide when i'm in a bad mood or tired.

So yeah, happy days, still keeping an eye on everything as sods law it'll deteriorate a day after i post this but yeah so far so good. Have a good new year guys and hang on in there.

[Aik82]

Hello. Been a long time since i posted on here, but considering it's the end of the year thought i'd give everyone an update. My Hair is:


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Really good actually!! my hairline seems to have stabilised and there are small velus hairs seemingly popping up around the hairline. Tbh i've been so busy that i didn't really notice the change until i did some mirror checks and realised that at the very least nothing has changed from last year, which means that the rate has slowed right down . Also the texture of my hair has gone really thick again. I'm cautiously optimistic because sometimes it looks like its going down hill again, but that also seems to coincide when i'm in a bad mood or tired.

So yeah, happy days, still keeping an eye on everything as sods law it'll deteriorate a day after i post this but yeah so far so good. Have a good new year guys and hang on in there.

Hi Rochester,

how is it going so far? I am thinking of starting a low dosage of fin to mantain my hair and give it a bit of regrowth until something that will give me a full head again will come. I am scared as hell of sides.

Can you provide us an update now?

Thanks!

[Rochester]

Hi Aik82
Very weird I only saw message this when I checked my old email address randomly, I don't usually come on this forum anymore.

Yeah everything is all good on the hair front, I take 1.25mg of fin a day, sometimes miss days by accident but yeah been generally consistent with it. No sides. 2 years in My hair is thick as it was when I was 20 and I'm now 28, I'm growing it long for the first time in ages and it looks pretty good. Still not a straight hairline but I never really had one, but the Velus hairs had thickened up and more importantly is I barely think about hair loss which trust me is a load off my mind. When I think of the stress I went through pre-fin i wish I'd done it sooner just to chill myself out...

My advice is to try fin and see, and if you don't have sides try it for at least a year, or more.

But yeah, all good getting on with my life kind of thing...

[Aik82]

Hi Aik82
Very weird I only saw message this when I checked my old email address randomly, I don't usually come on this forum anymore.

Yeah everything is all good on the hair front, I take 1.25mg of fin a day, sometimes miss days by accident but yeah been generally consistent with it. No sides. 2 years in My hair is thick as it was when I was 20 and I'm now 28, I'm growing it long for the first time in ages and it looks pretty good. Still not a straight hairline but I never really had one, but the Velus hairs had thickened up and more importantly is I barely think about hair loss which trust me is a load off my mind. When I think of the stress I went through pre-fin i wish I'd done it sooner just to chill myself out...

My advice is to try fin and see, and if you don't have sides try it for at least a year, or more.

But yeah, all good getting on with my life kind of thing...

Thank you so much for your reply!!!

I am going to start nex week. I am going to start with .25 twice a week, as Desmond suggested. And increase if I get no sides.

I am scared as hell for my fertility and libido. But I would like to gain some density back and stop the loss and thinning.

Cutting propecia pill will do? does the cutting affect the absorption?