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In order to reduce the dosage of Finasteride, which I currently cut into fourths from a 5mg pill, can days be skipped (not taking it on Sun and Wed, for example) without any issues in effectiveness, half-life, or otherwise? I'd prefer to take a smaller amount daily, but find it impossible to...

Thanks for the feedback. The only hair supplement I'm on currently is 5000mcg of biotin 2x a day (will go down to once eventually). I've been using Nizoral a bit too often though, it seems. Still fighting that thinning on the sides. Need a good daily shampoo to match, and possibly the suggested...

49-year-old male here, using Finesteride 1 mg and Rogaine 2%. Began using Nizoral more frequently and switched to Rogaine 2% when scalp irritation became more of an issue for me. Noticed how Nizoral works extremely well not only for the irritation, but simply as a shampoo for my particular hair...

Update: Now down to 1.25mg of finesteride for 3 days with 2mg on the 4th day. Though not particularly clear, I'm inclined to believe that after several months now of slow titration, I'm far less negatively impacted, hormonally or otherwise, by the finesteride than I was when originally at...

Reviving thread here. I always wear my hear relatively long and find minoxidil application considerably difficult. Merely touching the dropper to the head, and not squeezing the bulb (which could douse the hair a bit rather than the scalp) sounds promising, if that's what you mean. But this...

Thank you - I'll look into all of this. Hadn't heard about a major risk profile to Nizoral yet, but had planned to use the 2% variant about 1-2 per week. Here in Taiwan, some of these ingredients may be hard to obtain. Not zinc, of course.

Badhabiz, it seems you were able to foresee that itch and inflammation would arise (perhaps due to cutting down on finesteride in this long titration process, which is doing something hormonally leading to inflamation), and that is now, suddenly for the first time, the case. It's itching. I...

Is that indeed so? Is that based upon the only clinical testing that was done with finesteride for balding at the crown (yet we know that others have moved beyond those parameters of the clinical tests and successfully regrown with finesteride elsewhere)? Is this a commonly accepted notion that...

I just came across that term yesterday for the first time -- basically it's nothing more than alopecia around the back and close to the ears. Unless it's traction alopecia, then all the standard treatments are basically the same as hair loss elsewhere...i.e. use minoxidil and finesteride. Or...

The temples and crown are not seeing much loss, however there's diffuse loss behind and above the ears. Does this unusual pattern indicate anything about the cause -- is this suggestive alopecia areata rather than typical male hair loss? I'm on finesteride for many years, while applying...

After a haircut today, the thinning that occurred over 1 1/2 years ago from which I'm trying to hold ground on seemed more pronounced on the sides than ever, right above the ears and behind them. This one area is a concern now and I'm wondering if loss on the sides alone suggests anything, as...

The beginning of the thread includes the explanation as to why I was up to 5mg. Suspected prostate issue, dr. advised, further testing, later proved negative. Yes, there's nothing supporting >1mg. This is gradual titration as the endocrine system adjusts.

After a haircut today, the thinning that occurred over 1 1/2 years ago from which I'm trying to hold ground on seemed more pronounced on the sides than ever, right above the ears and behind them. This one area is a concern now and I'm wondering if loss on the sides alone suggests anything, as...

A new update: after a long and cautious steady decrease in dosage amounts, I'm now down, technically, to 1.8 mg a day from the original 5 mg of months ago. In actuality, I'm alternating between a half pill of Proscar (2.5 mg) and a quarter pill (1.25 mg) each day, so the daily average is ~1.8...

A new update: after a long and cautious steady decrease in dosage amounts, I'm now down, technically, to 1.8 mg a day from the original 5 mg of months ago. In actuality, I'm alternating between a half pill of Proscar (2.5 mg) and a quarter pill (1.25 mg) each day, so the daily average is ~1.8...