5mg Finpecia ordered, pill cutter bought -- it's time

[25 going on 65]

Start 0.5mg dut / week tomorrow, in conjunction with 1.25 mg fin / daily.

Just ordered Kirkland minox 5% foam off Amazon. Will start that around the 15th - will apply 1 / day (night, most likely).

No reason not to pull out all the stops.

You already know this, but you need to be prepared for major shedding when you start dut+minox around the same time. It might not be that bad, but the possibility is there.

It is one thing to know it in theory and another thing to live it. My dut shed is not "horrible" but it is definitely significant and has taken a serious toll on my outlook/mood

Good luck!

[BigThinker]

You already know this, but you need to be prepared for major shedding when you start dut+minox around the same time. It might not be that bad, but the possibility is there.

It is one thing to know it in theory and another thing to live it. My dut shed is not "horrible" but it is definitely significant and has taken a serious toll on my outlook/mood

Good luck!

Would you expect it to be different from my fin shed? At this point, I have mostly given up - just nuking all DHT.

I guess I wouldn't be surprised if minox shedding operates through a different mechanism than dht-inhibition (thoughts?), but fin and dut should be similar?

Btw, popped dut this morning and felt nothing. No prostate ache or anything (like when starting fin).

[hiilikeyourbeard]

after a week and a half of fin my **** went numb and my prostate was aching pretty bad. not sure what to do now

[BigThinker]

after a week and a half of fin my **** went numb and my prostate was aching pretty bad. not sure what to do now

My prostate ached pretty bad the first two weeks. I was pretty concerned, but it went away.

[hiilikeyourbeard]

did your **** go numb? my prostate can ache all it wants but that is something I can't work around

[BigThinker]

did your **** go numb? my prostate can ache all it wants but that is something I can't work around

I don't think so. To be blunt: If it is or was more numb, it wasn't enough to interfere with me using it.

Try lowering the dose? I always told myself that was one of the things that would make me drop it right away - scary, I'm sure.

[hiilikeyourbeard]

I'm already taking 1/8 of a proscar every 3 days. dunno how much lower I can go

[25 going on 65]

Would you expect it to be different from my fin shed? At this point, I have mostly given up - just nuking all DHT.

I guess I wouldn't be surprised if minox shedding operates through a different mechanism than dht-inhibition (thoughts?), but fin and dut should be similar?

Btw, popped dut this morning and felt nothing. No prostate ache or anything (like when starting fin).

I think my dut shed has been worse than my fin shed was. I do not remember having much of a shed on fin. However I admit I am watching my hair closer now than I was then, & also in those days (early months of fin) I was rarely sober

[BigThinker]

I think my dut shed has been worse than my fin shed was. I do not remember having much of a shed on fin. However I admit I am watching my hair closer now than I was then, & also in those days (early months of fin) I was rarely sober

I swear my hair gets rocked when I get wasted. Being hungover sucks. Burning a bunch of money sucks. Potentially making an ass of yourself sucks. But, losing a substantial amount of your hair in a short period of time? Insufferable.

I'm just not even going to bother trying to gauge if I shed on dut. At this point I'm just riding it out. If I end up shaving my head, I'll for sure use the minox that's on its wayand see if I can't maintain some stubble (probably end up adding minox before that though.

[BigThinker]

Just applied minox for the first time. In a manic state, I ordered a 3 months supply off Amazon and accidentally got liquid. Was sorta bummed at first, but it was really easy.

My hair was damp from a shower. I parted my hair in 5 different spots and ran the dropper across the line from front to back. Then I did one run across the hairline.

Wish me luck guys.


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Finasteride since 02/20/2013
Dut since 08/04/2013
Minox since 08/10/2013