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I do agree with the wisdom that you should asses treatments individually to test their efficacy, because if you start multiple treatments at once and they're successful, you won't know how well they're functioning individually. I think the problem a number of folks have with this approach is...

That's exactly the approach taken by my doctor (Dr. Jeffrey Wise in New Jersey). He didn't suggest Minoxidil for my situation, but does recommend a multimodal regimen. Going on three years, all of his recommendations have worked well for me.

I can only speak to my own experience and perception, which is that I had very slow diffuse thinning over the course of about 20 years, the front hairline was finally starting to become noticeable a few years ago, and under my current regimen I feel there's been some improvement in thickness and...

I really appreciate this thread and the comments. I just completed Month 4 on Finasteride (1mg) and I'm in a similar, discouraging place. For the first time ever, you can look at my front hairline and easily see a noticeable gap and thinning. And it got this bad over a period of a few weeks...