propecia + romaine making it worse

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Some people do stop. There is absolutely no way for anyone to know if they are going to be one of the lucky ones for whom it does stop. Therefore it is best to be prepared for the worse and hope for the best.

I don't think you truly understand what the doctors were probably saying to you. To give you an example; If a person is genetically programmed to be a Norwood 4 and they are currently maintaining a Norwood 2 with medications, once they stop those medications the process of progressing to Norwood 4 will resume. On the other hand, if a person is genetically programmed to be a Norwood 4 and they are already a Norwood 4, they are not going to get any worse - but how would they know that? There is no way for them to know that. They certainly won't get better without the medications, but they might get better with medications. If they do get better, they would need to keep taking the medications to prevent returning to a Norwood 4.

Did that make sense?

Tracy, that makes sense, and thanks. That is how I interpreted what the doctors told me--that you have a "default" setting that you'll bald to absent mitigation via medications. I'd be curious to know on what basis the three doctors pegged me as a NW3--maybe my current age combined with my current pattern and level/location of miniaturization. Who knows. I was heartened that all three of them said the same thing independently.