My expHAIRiment...

[sausage]

Its only worth using minox if you have a shaved head like me....

I did use it years ago for like a week when I had longer hair and yes it just greases up your hair.

Do I expect to see any results....no...but its my one of 2 ONLY options.

[Tracy C]

From having to apply It Everyday FOREVER til' You Die, to also have it make Your Hair Greasy and feel Horrible once a Day with a Stronger Percentage OR applying the 5% Solution TWICE A DAY, Everyday, Every Week, Every Month, Every Year!!!
I don't understand the reasons behind wanting to go through THIS Routine for a lovely 'maybe' full Head off Greasy, Horrible feeling Hair for the rest of YOUR LIFE?!?

Obviously you know next to nothing about hereditary hair loss or using Minoxidil. You have a lot to learn.

My Question now is, Why use Minoxidil?

Because it works for most people who use it properly. I works for me.

It just doesn't seem worth going through all THAT Everyday Forever.

If you had bothered to take the time to learn what you need to know about hereditary hair loss and how it needs to be treated, you would see that your uninformed comments here are pretty moot.

Using Minoxidl properly is not even close to being as much of a pain in the butt that you are making it out to be. When using the foam, other people cannot even tell you are treating your hair loss.

[fab]

What was your experience exactly by the way?

I took it for 10 years and started developing side effects slowly up to a complete impotence from the last several months, now it's a total ED. Can't get it hard easily, and never hard enough for penetration, and it don't stay hard for more than 2 seconds, 1/10 libido.

[fab]

I heard you are afraid of going to a doc, i went to one, and he laughed at me when i told him about the post finasteride syndrome. We did blood work, the only problem i had was that my free T was a bit lower than baseline, he said to work out, exercise, eat healthy, practice more sex, and gave me Viagra.

I told him, I shouldn't be taking it at my age, he told me to do so cos Viagra might help to get back on track, i will do so after i start dating again. But i won't stop there. I will go to other doctors, orthomolecular medicine doctors for other natural treatments. The only thing i have done so far is to eat healthy and supplements, i will start exercise next month.

[boricotico]

I'm sorry to read that. I guess is more difficult to stop taking it when you're doing it for so many years without problems.

I'm planning going to te urologist too. Iv'e been off for almost 4 months and still dealing with it.

I stoped using minox too because using it daily could be irritating and I felt my head burned.

I took it for 10 years and started developing side effects slowly up to a complete impotence from the last several months, now it's a total ED. Can't get it hard easily, and never hard enough for penetration, and it don't stay hard for more than 2 seconds, 1/10 libido.

[yecats]

Away put Your Weapon, I mean You No Harm...

I DID apoligise in My early ravings not to offend!

I AM new to This...
I have only started Growing My Hair from clean Shaved since January & discovered The Bald Truth through searching on iTunes for Hair loss related Podcasts & found Spencer & This Forum.
So, I AM a noob Spring Chicken with a massive 3 Months of Hair Studies under My proverbial wig.

I have been listening to the show each Week since discovering & along with searching a multitude of Sites & documents everyday & buying almost everything under the Heat Lamp, to even trying to Buy Shares in 'Replicel'.

I don't think I'm doing TOO Bad.

[fab]

I'm sorry to read that. I guess is more difficult to stop taking it when you're doing it for so many years without problems.

I'm planning going to te urologist too. Iv'e been off for almost 4 months and still dealing with it.

Yeah, it is. I'm still not 100% convinced that Finasteride is the main cause of it. It is a cause for sure, but not sure if it's the MAIN one. To make sure, I need to run all the tests, check-ups, etc, I haven't seen an urologist yet, just a regular MD, but i will request a reference to see one tomorrow.

[chrisis]

What confuses me is how after a month or so I was starting to feel better, and now recently I'm worse!

Still searching for answers.

[Tracy C]

Away put Your Weapon, I mean You No Harm...

No weapons were drawn...

Hereditary hair loss is progressive, once triggered into action it continues to progress for the rest of your life. Once you know and understand that reality, you will know and understand that any treatment for hereditary hair loss needs to be continued for the rest of your life. This applies to ALL current treatments for hereditary hair loss, not just Minoxidil. Until a true cure is found for hereditary hair loss, this is and will be the reality of it.