I'm not ready for propecia, so i've finally started minox

[BigThinker]

It's all confusing. In correspondence with Finasinfo.com they tell me out of the 5k ppl they prescribe to, only 5 reported sides, and one guy quit. What are you supposed to think? I'd like to think they wouldn't lie to me, and perhaps they haven't. I dunno..

DUDE. Stay away from propeciahelp.com.

I was in the exact same position as you half a year ago. I was soo wanted to save my hair, but I kept negotiating with myself:

• "my hair will get better, I'm sure of it"
• "I'll just shave my head and be a manly man.. hopefully"
• "my dad went bald, so why can't I?"
• "it's crazy to risk your sexual health for hair"

Hell, you can probably find me saying shit just like that in my earlier posts.

Here's what ended up happening:

1. I read sites like propeciahelp.com & even our BTT residential fear mongers.
2. I went and saw a physician and then a dermatologist who confirmed I have MPB, offered me fin (to which I said, "I'll just keep an eye on it and see if it gets worse, then start fin")
3. I kept negotiating with myself
4. My hair kept getting worse and worse, I'd style it differently every couple weeks
5. Finally I could see an inch back through my hairline in the bathroom mirror and said F*** it, as I was completely shook by the loss
6. Ordered my finasteride
7. Received finasteride in the mail
8. Started taking it right away, ~8 months after first noticing hair loss, ~4 months after really being shook by hairloss
9. Regret not starting earlier
10. Continue to regret not starting earlier
11. Hair loss stabilized and no side effects
12. Regret not starting earlier some more

Please don't make my same mistake. Either get on finasteride right now, or shave your head so you don't have to look in the mirror every morning and feel like shit about it. If you wait 4 months like I did, you'll be disgusted with yourself.

Again, stay AWAY from propeciahelp.com. That's like not wanting to hear about people dying and reading the obituary.

[akai]

Also to the guys in this thread starting finasteride: use Nizoral shampoo as well. If you get the 1% use it a few times per week. If you get the 2% people recommend not to use it more than 1 or 2 times per week. Ymmv.