1 year rogaine UPDATE (23 yrs old)
I joined the bald truth talk about a year ago now, and just want to take the time to thank everyone. I have read alot of posts that have made me feel like life isn't completely over and that everyone has their good and bad days. I started rogaine 5% last august (was nw3, diffuse thinning and more thin at vertex, hairline kind of thin but still intact) and it has been a very up an down year. I also use nizoral twice a week. I apply it to my vertex and temple regions. When I first started it I was really optimistic. A few weeks in there was alot of hair in my fingers after applying. after a while that number of hairs shed started to go down, and I didn't see as much on my hands in the shower after shampooing. I know rogaine says you should see regrowth after 4 months. I didn't notice anything. But I decided to stick with it for a full year. Around the 9 month mark, I started feeling better hair quality in the vertex area, but under the bright lights in my bathroom,there was obviously still a bald spot. I can tell there is some regrwoth on the left portion of my vertex area, but not as good as I thought it would be. These hairs are not as dark as the other areas.
I am gonna stick with it I guess for another year to see if the hairs ever come in as dark or somewhere near the darkness of the back and sides of my head. Right now I'm treating this not as a failure, but also definately not a complete victory obviously. I will start on fin in the near future as soon as I am more financially stable and I can only hope that will thicken what i Have. It probably won't be close to what it used to be, but I can live with it as long as it's respectable.
Any one else see their hairs come in more dark after a year of use?