Recent content by guy38

FWIW the same thing happened to me only I first found out playing with a camcorder and found where my vertex was starting to thin. Yes it was shocking that it could appear without me even knowing but it did. I started taking pictures right away with digital camera and that way I could see that...

fallout- Like you been at this a long time. I am younger than you but mine started even sooner than you (teens) but like you I keep dodging the bullet - Like 22 Plus years now and counting. I started on the generic (polysorbate 60 and 80) helsinki in '85. Like you it worked for awhile then...

Well if it's fake thats ok too as long as it keeps filling in my thin spot. I don't know if it's 100% the same, but it works, at least for me. When I ran out, my thin spot starting coming back ..and now it's shrinking again and now starting to get new layers. Can't be a coincidence and no it's...

Another update: Things continue to slowly improve . Outer egde of vertex, esp on right side where thining was spreading over to has really really reversed. Hair there has returned to normal and grows long and usable. This was one of 2 areas I needed help and thankfully I got it. Thin verex...

I have been using it (fincar)for some time now it it works just fine. I was on both it and minoxidil and ran out of fincar and it took some time to get it resupplied. During that time I lost tons of hair and once I got back on it (well 6-9 months later) my hair has come back so it is just a good as...

update: Well I think I just dodged the bullet thanks to the finestride. My hair loss got worse and it really looked like the stuff had stopped working for me. Vertex outline pattern got easier to see and got to the point that it was getting very difficult to conceal. But now I see things are...

Bob, Let me know if the .5 works ok. yes I have read that too but not sure how to cut up that amount. Right now I am taking 5mg and cutting it into 4 sections with pill cutter. I don't want to try cutting down now because I have had itching problems /sheding. I belive it's because I was running...

I can't belive a teacher would say something directly at you. Are you sure about that. Our teacher mentioned that genetics would eventually cause most of the guys in the class to bald but did not direct it at anyone person. Boy did that comment open up a can a worms.....

Bob, I have heard that some can get by on .5mg but I would wait another 3 months or so before I would say you are one of them. I guess I have been more concerned with crown/vertex because it has been a bigger problem for me as it happend much quicker than recessen and has been harder to stop.

Well of course there is risk if you stop. Heck I stopped because I ran out and it took the supplier over a month to restock and get my order to me. And I am still sheading so I'll let you know if it ever stops or if I am screwed. But if want to see if you really need treatment you just got to...

If that's what you are worried about then that's pretty easy to solve : If you think your male pattern baldness may be in a "sleeping" stage so to speak, just slowly taper off treatment . By slow I mean like a 3 month period so it's not a shock to your system. When you are complety off, within about 4 months you...

bob marley- I have some of the same fears as you but one thing I will tell you from personal experience is male pattern baldness is very unpredicable. Read my post in "my story" section. I am 39 and mine started at 17 and has been very very very slow until about 2.5 years ago (ironically about 3 years after I...

Sorry. I do tend to ramble at times, but he helps me deal with the frustration .

Thanks for the reply. I did some searching over the net and found a doctor descibing exactly what I went though. He called it step or stage balding. Men lose hair for awhile then it just stops only to start up again at a later time. His point was that it never stops for good. I can certainly...

No long term users here? I know most here are young guys , but surely there are a few pros out there?