How much time with Rogaine

[Buster]

I am not sure why he believes that minox alone will stop mpb for many years.

I don't know how anyone would be able to determine whether or not something completely halted their hair loss, because for all they know their hair loss may have stopped on its' own. I started to recede when I was seventeen/eighteen and didn't start to notice my hair getting worse again until a few years ago. I'm thirty-eight now.

[WarLord]

sorry to bump an old thread but I am about to start rogaine and was googling about it. i just have to post and hope that people do not take this posters advice. Why are you attacking this guy for "imaginary side effects." You have no idea if they are made up or not, and even if they are, Im pretty sure he is allowed to do whatever he wants. You say you have kept ALL of your hair since 1997 yet the picture in your profile....im sorry but your hair looks terrible. the entire scalp is visible and the top is so thin and disperse. I think you would do yourself a favor by shaving. Really no need to be so hostile. Some people do get side effects from Propecia, I myself had minor gyno from it, although I dont regret trying.

Man, are you sane? Have you ever been cut to 6 mm?

And for those, who still have doubts about the long-term efficiacy of minoxidil, here is a summary of existing research:

http://www.ehrs.org/conferenceabstracts/2001tokyo/researchabstracts/128-rundegren.htm

You shouldn't base your opinion on a non-representative sample of frustrated outliers on the Bell curve.

BTW, this guy mpb47 is a deterrent example for all hairloss sufferers. Follow his posts and learn, what you shouldn't do, if you want to keep your hair in the long-term.

[mpb47]

BTW, this guy mpb47 is a deterrent example for all hairloss sufferers. Follow his posts and learn, what you shouldn't do, if you want to keep your hair in the long-term.

And he should read your posts, too, to get a general idea of your sanity. I did not wait 15+ years to start propecia and that is why I have kept more hair than you despite you being younger.

[Notcoolanymore]

Follow his posts and learn, what you shouldn't do, if you want to keep your hair in the long-term.

That is actually a good idea for a thread. Especially for many of the guys starting off trying to treat their hair loss. Many people waste their time with ineffective treatments, etc. It might really help some people.

[WarLord]

And he should read your posts, too, to get a general idea of your sanity. I did not wait 15+ years to start propecia and that is why I have kept more hair than you despite you being younger.

And why should I start Propecia, when minoxidil worked in me? Btw, I started minoxidil almost 17 years ago, when nothing except minoxidil was available. Propecia was a very expensive drug for a long time, and as I found out recently, I am a terrible responder to it.

I also don't think that you have kept more hair than me. Really, really. You can be glad that you still have the hair you have. It is almost a miracle. Others wouldn't be so lucky after so many changes of treatments.

[WarLord]

That is actually a good idea for a thread. Especially for many of the guys starting off trying to treat their hair loss. Many people waste their time with ineffective treatments, etc. It might really help some people.

This guy interrupts the treatment by minoxidil for 3 months only to see, if his imaginary "side effects" have anything to do with it. I wonder, why he isn't bald already.

The interruption of minoxidil use is a blunder with fatal consequences. There is already a lot of information in the internet that confirms it very unambigiously.