Young and need some advice..

[redy]

how do I go about getting a prescription for the pills?

also, should I try the foam on my hair line?

[Notcoolanymore]

Talk to your doctor about your hairloss and just ask him/her if you are healthy enough to take them. If you are, ask him for a script. My Dr. was hesitant to prescribe fin. Not for any health reasons. Just didn't think it was worth it because of cost and commitment.

Some people around here don't even see a doctor before getting on the pills. I was too much of a wimp to just go for it without seeing a doctor first. You can get the pills online without a script. I have ordered online from inhousepharmacy.biz. Still waiting for them to get here.

[Parker]

Definitely go to a doctor to get the pills. You never know for sure if you're getting the real thing online.
In my experience they will just hand you a prescription without any problem just if you ask for it and tell them why you want it.

I'm sure you've been told before but If you get side effects, stop using it and never use it again. Ignoring sides is when you are really risking damage to your body (according to a mens health doctor I spoke with).


I'm not a big fan of Fin though. Never know what long term effects it has on things like mood. I beat my hairloss issues a different much safer way.

[SOTF]

Get on finasteride, yesterday.

[redy]

How do I go about getting fin, general doctor?

Also, would it make any sense to use rogaine on my hairline? would it just cause it to shed all the thinning area I currently have at once or how does that even work? my hairline in my opinion is weird in that I seem to have large thinning areas but not a horrible receding line, so I'm afraid that a rogaine shed or whatever will just knock those 2 areas out completely...

Or if I'm on fin and then use rogaine would that not be a big worry, since the pill will essentially if working block the actually cause of hair loss and then anything I shed from rogaine would just come back?

Can the pill cause a huge shed too?

I've been afraid to try rogaine because of that shed fear, I have no idea what actually happens, people are always just posting about how bad their "shed" was.

[Notcoolanymore]

I don't think that everybody experiences a shed that uses minox. I did, but my hair was crap when I started this hairloss battle so I just figured it can't get much worse. Some users of this forum have experienced a shed from just fin alone. So either way topical or pill, there appears to be a shed risk. I won't speak for all, and I definitely am NOT a hairloss expert. But at least from the pictures I have taken, it appears I have regrown most of what I lost.

Just prepare yourself for at least some type of shedding, and from what I have heard it is usually a sign that the meds are working.

[Parker]

How do I go about getting fin, general doctor?

Any old general doctor can prescribe you the drug and will do happily.
BUT if you want to feel safer you can go to a mens/sexual helth doctor who have ALL had experience with finasteride patients. They are the best people to talk to about any doubts you have since they have alot of experience with it.

Also, would it make any sense to use rogaine on my hairline? would it just cause it to shed all the thinning area I currently have at once or how does that even work? my hairline in my opinion is weird in that I seem to have large thinning areas but not a horrible receding line, so I'm afraid that a rogaine shed or whatever will just knock those 2 areas out completely...

Or if I'm on fin and then use rogaine would that not be a big worry, since the pill will essentially if working block the actually cause of hair loss and then anything I shed from rogaine would just come back?

Can the pill cause a huge shed too?

I've been afraid to try rogaine because of that shed fear, I have no idea what actually happens, people are always just posting about how bad their "shed" was.

The pill will not cause a huge shed no. Probably just the normal incremental levels of hair loss for the first 4-6ish months.


I personally believe that Minoxidil works on the hairline (as does my doctor who specialises in hair loss). It seems that the studies done on the drug were carried out on the crown only, which led to rumors that it only works on the crown.
But the shed on the hairline can be distressing to some people though so they quit it before they get results.

Minoxodil is a huge pain in the ass. I wouldn't bother using it unless you're really desperate to re-gain some density that you lost.
It's nowhere near as effective as Fin at stopping further loss anyway.

[redy]

but how much is a shed?

Is it going to make me completely lose my temples? or will it just thin it out a little bit? or what? what's it actually going to do if the shed occurs?


Everyone just says there will or won't be, not what it does. Or they say things like it's really bad my hairs really messed up etc..

To be honest, since I am on a forum for hair loss, I feel like a lot of people see their hair as 100x worse than actuality - I see people taking like 8 drugs and rubbing lotions in their hair and all they have is a mature hairline..

[Parker]

but how much is a shed?

Is it going to make me completely lose my temples? or will it just thin it out a little bit? or what? what's it actually going to do if the shed occurs?


Everyone just says there will or won't be, not what it does. Or they say things like it's really bad my hairs really messed up etc..

To be honest, since I am on a forum for hair loss, I feel like a lot of people see their hair as 100x worse than actuality - I see people taking like 8 drugs and rubbing lotions in their hair and all they have is a mature hairline..

Hah. You're very right about that.
Most people on this board have severe insecurities about their appearance (including me).
It's akin to teenage girls these days thinking they're fat and starving themselves despite having perfect bodies as far us males are concerned.
I blame the media...

Anyway, I don't have alot of experience with Minox and only know what I've asked my doctor.
But theoretically it should only shed the weaker thinner hairs (to allow them to grow back thicker). So you shouldn't completely lose your temples, just thinning I guess.

But some people might be so unlucky to be very sensitive to Minox and shed hairs that only have minor follicle damage.


If I were to guess, you'll probably notice the minox thinning quite a bit, but no one else will. And then it will be back and thicker in 6ish months.

[redy]

if I have my hair pretty short already, and its still growing pretty quickly in like 2-3 weeks to its current level, will that maybe make it even less noticeable for me?
I figure that it will take longer to notice if you have longer hair because it will come back as stubble just like if it fell out naturally without MPB right?

Or does the hair just come back whenever it pleases after a shed?