My Finasteride Story so far...

[Desmond84]

Quick update guys:

Still following the same regimen:

• 0.25mg Fin TWICE A WEEK.
• Nizoral 1% Shampoo TWICE A WEEK.
• Cardio exercises 5 days per week (45min-1hour on the treadmill).
• Last 18 months I've also been taking Niagen 250mg daily. I feel like my hairs have gotten darker and morning wood has been strong.

[Manochoice]

Wow man! This is really nice outcome. Congrats on that. You'd probably be a lot balder without the treatment. Are you totally satisfied with your mental status and your sexual life? Do you have to use any cialis, viagra or other enhancements to have a normal sexual life? I've been thinking about giving your regimen a try. I like the idea of low dosage (the lower of any chemical the better imo) but am not really willing to trade of my high sexual drive and mental acuity for hair - and I would love to regain hair. My situation is a bit worse than yours 5 years ago but it looks like for almost 1-2 strands of healthy hair there's 3-4 of miniaturised ones so probably I could regain some. Anyway, congrats on your results and may you be able to continue regaining and keeping hairs with very good overall body health man!

[marklin]

Can you provide the brand of Niagen that you have been taking. There are so many in the market. Thanks.

[Manochoice]

Desmond, would you say you had any regrowth? And what does regrowth mean? Sprouting new hairs or thickening of really fine ones?

[marklin]

How to you take 0.05 dose?
Di you cut it or dissolve in alcohol and drink it?
Thanks

Incredible results desmond,
I have some questions though. Why did you choose .25 3 times a week as opposed to a lower dose every day? I started taking .05 everyday two weeks in order to achieve some consistency as knowing myself, I'd have a hard time remembering to do that every week. It'd be easier for me to just take it once a night. The itch is heavily reduced now since I've taken it and if there is an itch, usually I can just ignore it as opposed to compulsively scratch at it [don't get me wrong, i do give in occasionally ].
Long story short, what are the pros and cons [in terms of side effects and regrowth] of taking a dose such as .05 ED vs your regimen?

[TragedyCastro]

Just dropping in after i started finasteride

I began with 1mg topical every other day and got nipple pain and floppy dick.

Went down to 0.5mg topical EOD and was ok

Now am doing 0.25mg monday and friday (oral), no sides anymore and i look thicker, people have commented on my hair

Hope desmond comes through for an update

[TragedyCastro]

Bump

Desmond are you still here? how is it going?

[Desmond84]

Hi Tragedy,

Still going well. I'm still in the same Norwood, taking Finasteride 0.25mg and 1 x TruNiagen per day.

We are still a few years away till we have a better solution, so I would highly advise trying this regimen.

Cheers brother.

[Desmond84]

Oops. Correction:

I'm taking Finasteride 0.25mg TWICE PER WEEK and 1 x TruNiagen per day.

[TragedyCastro]

Oops. Correction:

I'm taking Finasteride 0.25mg TWICE PER WEEK and 1 x TruNiagen per day.

Massive thank you for the update Desmond, glad it's going well, you maintaining?

Thanks for your response, I take the same fin dosage and frequency as you and can see/feel a difference, hair is somehow darker and less weak looking at the front

Thank you

[tedwilliams2021]

I know this is a very old thread but I am really curious as to the science behind .25 fin twice a week. Can anyone explain this for me or point towards the right study? I started with ED .5 fin but the brain fog was compromising my mental clarity. I dropped to ED .25 fin 2 months ago and haven't really notice any substantial gain or loss but I can still feel a little bit of mental disturbance early in the mornings. I would like to bring down intake to maybe 1-2 times a week but am concern with any digression. Thanks for the help in advance.