Artista and Finasteride

[Artista]

Anyone???? LOL

[jamesst11]

Never used it personally... I know my dad uses it and after he dyes his hair it looks a bit thicker. I think it's the consistency of the dark brown hair without the grey... ALSO I think it may give pigment to those thin vellous hairs that seem to be almost clear, potentially making it look thicker.

[Artista]

Hi Jamesst11 !

I have to agree with you on this. It certainly does add pigmentation to vellous hairs as well.
As long as one does not over do its use, the colors do look natural too.

[jamesst11]

ARTISTA! I never saw your pics and man, I am impressed! How was the hair dying experience? Did it make your hair look much thicker? Was the color noticeable in contrast to the rest of your head? I have a TON of smaller thin hairs, which I hope are new growth, and was wondering if I dyed my hair if it would make it look thicker. I read somewhere that the dye itself adds like 25% volume to the hair strand...
I didn't have too much time to read through the entire thread, but the progress is solid. I am about 4.5 months into fin, about 1.65mg/day (I just cut them into thirds which is easier). I am still shedding pretty consistently, but do see a lot of new hairs sprouting up, I think? I hope!! Around what month did you start to see a reduction in shedding and new growth?

[jamesst11]

ARTISTA! I never saw your pics and man, I am impressed! How was the hair dying experience? Did it make your hair look much thicker? Was the color noticeable in contrast to the rest of your head? I have a TON of smaller thin hairs, which I hope are new growth, and was wondering if I dyed my hair if it would make it look thicker. I read somewhere that the dye itself adds like 25% volume to the hair strand...
I didn't have too much time to read through the entire thread, but the progress is solid. I am about 4.5 months into fin, about 1.65mg/day (I just cut them into thirds which is easier). I am still shedding pretty consistently, but do see a lot of new hairs sprouting up, I think? I hope!! Around what month did you start to see a reduction in shedding and new growth? Did you ever experience an INCREASE in libido?

[Artista]

Jamesst11 ,
Im sorry that I had not seen this response from you sooner.
Adding dye to hair does make it look like it has a better volume, especially when improving ones hair with Finasteride.
My wife and I DID NOTICE a change to my hair approximately 3 or 4 months into using Finasteride back in 2013.
My hair is STILL slowly improving from its use to this day!!
Ive been on it now for over 2 years .
Again, I have NOT experienced any bad-side effects. My libido has not changed. It is a normal libido...LOL
thats true.
The new growth that I have been experiencing is mostly on my crown area. I never really paid to much attention to the back of my scalp because the framing of my face in the past, was A-OK.
A few years ago I was surprised to see just how much hair loss I did have on my crown.
Of course, i did not allow that to ruin my life. I decided that I would stay a happy man regardless of how much hairloss I had had.
Once I began using Finasteride I was surprised at what it could do for my hair.
It is on going too, James!!

[Artista]

Jamesst11 ,
Im sorry that I had not seen this response from you sooner.
Adding dye to hair does make it look like it has a better volume, especially when improving ones hair with Finasteride.
My wife and I DID NOTICE a change to my hair approximately 3 or 4 months into using Finasteride back in 2013.
My hair is STILL slowly improving from its use to this day!!
Ive been on it now for over 2 years .
Again, I have NOT experienced any bad-side effects. My libido has not changed. It is a normal libido...LOL
thats true.
The new growth that I have been experiencing is mostly on my crown area. I never really paid to much attention to the back of my scalp because the framing of my face in the past, was A-OK.
A few years ago I was surprised to see just how much hair loss I did have on my crown.
Of course, i did not allow that to ruin my life. I decided that I would stay a happy man regardless of how much hairloss I had had.
Once I began using Finasteride I was surprised at what it could do for my hair.
It is on going too, James!!

[Artista]

Hello everyone,

I now have been on Finasteride, 1mg per day, for 2 years and 3 months, on going.
I am still, to this day, experiencing positive improvements to my hair.
My hair is NOT perfect of course but i am accepting of it.
Im leading a good and happy life regardless of hairloss.
I had an appointment set with my doctor on Sept 24th.
Not because of my hairloss but because of knee pain ive had.
(Thankfully my knee will be A-OK. nothing major)
We also did talk about my hairs improvements and of his many other patients he has prescribed Finasteride to.
To this day, none of those patients have experienced any BAD side effects from it.
(Just over 100 of his patients)
I too have NOT experienced any bad side effects from it either.
Now I am not here trying to promote Finasteride, I am here sharing my experience with it.

At some point, I will once again post recent photos of my hairline, front and back.
All of us here should be accepting of our lives regardless of how much hair we have or dont have.
Over-emotions and stress can and will cause much more unnecessary hairloss.
Stay happy everyone!!

[Artista]

Hello everyone,

I now have been on Finasteride, 1mg per day, for 2 years and 3 months, on going.
I am still, to this day, experiencing positive improvements to my hair.
My hair is NOT perfect of course but i am accepting of it.
Im leading a good and happy life regardless of hairloss.
I had an appointment set with my doctor on Sept 24th.
Not because of my hairloss but because of knee pain ive had.
(Thankfully my knee will be A-OK. nothing major)
We also did talk about my hairs improvements and of his many other patients he has prescribed Finasteride to.
To this day, none of those patients have experienced any BAD side effects from it.
(Just over 100 of his patients)
I too have NOT experienced any bad side effects from it either.
Now I am not here trying to promote Finasteride, I am here sharing my experience with it.

At some point, I will once again post recent photos of my hairline, front and back.
All of us here should be accepting of our lives regardless of how much hair we have or dont have.
Over-emotions and stress can and will cause much more unnecessary hairloss.
Stay happy everyone!!

[jamesst11]

Artista,
I have some questions for you that are very important to me and that no one seems able to help me with.

- I have now been on finasteride for almost 7 months
- I have lost quite a bit of hair while on it. My thinning has just seemed to be somewhat perpetuated by it
- I have not had significant side effects
- I have had occasional and unusual sensations (tingling, crawling feeling) in certain areas while on it and this is where my hair has been thinning the most
- HOWEVER, I do see a bunch of new hairs starting to pop up through the hair line and beyond

I suppose I don't know why I am exactly asking you this, but am wondering if you experienced anything similar. Did you have immediate success on it or was it more gradual. I think I am just afraid I am a poor responder and at this point this is my only hope. Thanks for any info you can give.

[PinotQ]

Artista,
I have some questions for you that are very important to me and that no one seems able to help me with.

- I have now been on finasteride for almost 7 months
- I have lost quite a bit of hair while on it. My thinning has just seemed to be somewhat perpetuated by it
- I have not had significant side effects
- I have had occasional and unusual sensations (tingling, crawling feeling) in certain areas while on it and this is where my hair has been thinning the most
- HOWEVER, I do see a bunch of new hairs starting to pop up through the hair line and beyond

I suppose I don't know why I am exactly asking you this, but am wondering if you experienced anything similar. Did you have immediate success on it or was it more gradual. I think I am just afraid I am a poor responder and at this point this is my only hope. Thanks for any info you can give.

You are probably asking Artista b/c you can tell by his prior posts that he is rock solid, realistic and above board. I have known him for years and can remember when he was dead set against using propecia, so his experience will be invaluable. I would also add some links you may find helpful from the Bernstein medical group;

1) It is highly likely that you will go backward before you go forward: See the What to expect section - http://www.bernsteinmedical.com/medi...rmation-sheet/

2) It can take up to a full year to see any effect: http://www.bernsteinmedical.com/answ...er-transplant/

3) In Bernstein's experience with a big patient group over many years, "I have not seen minoxidil or finasteride worsen hair loss." Therefore, it is highly unlikely that propecia is causing/perpetuating loss (other than shedding before regrowth): http://www.bernsteinmedical.com/answ...l-finasteride/

I am responding to your post b/c I had been on propecia for years with success but it began to lose its effectiveness. I switched to Avodart 6 months ago and have gone thru what I believe to be increased shedding, now seemingly subsided. I have had and do have thoughts and questions similar to yours. My hair is thinner since I began Avodart but I do now see many smallers hairs, growing. Of course, I have no way of knowing if those were thicker hairs that have gotten thinner or healthier hairs that are coming back stronger as a result of the Avodart. FYI Bernstein is not my doctor. Good Luck.

[Artista]

Wow, its great to see your response PinotQ-Hello !
We should talk privately together later on sometime.

Your response to Jamesst11 was a good one.

Hey James'
I also want you to keep in mind that there are a percentage of patients on Finasteride that
DO experience some initial hair shedding but then the improvements come afterwards.
Just dont become stressed over that.

Stay very positive Jamesst11 !!
Especially since you did say that-
"I do see a bunch of new hairs starting to pop up through the hair line and beyond"

Good to hear from you PinotQ!

[jamesst11]

Thanks PinotQ! and Artista, keep up with the solid info and positivity. Like I said before, your positive attitude is extremely valuable in a place where most people are vulnerable, frustrated and even depressed over something they cannot control. I would rather stay positive, know I am doing all that I can, even if I do lose my hair quickly, rather than be negative, not try anything and have a lingering depression while I lose it slowly.

[Artista]

Im glad to see your response James'! Good for you bro!

To answer your earlier questions..
I did not experience or notice any shedding once I was on Finasteride.

Both my wife and I did begin to see some type of hair improvements beginning to show about 4 months
into my use of Fin' back in 2013 but it wasn't an 'immediate success' at all..lol.
It certainly was a POSITIVE experience though.
Back then I didn't know just how much better it could be..but I purposely would not focus on it though.
I continued to stay POSITIVE with the hope that it might make my hair better than it was then.
I know what stress can do to ones hair from my own experience.
Today it is relatively much better than it was in 2013.
It is ongoing of course.
No bad sides' too.


Im glad to have a dialog with you James and thank you for the compliments.
Im here mostly to try to HELP others,,especially the very young.
Have a good day.