Recent content by OldNo.7

I posted here a while back detailing concerns of a follicular nature, primarily recession to a NW3 ish stage at 25 years old. Well, I obtained a prescription for Proscar and, for the first month took 0.5 mg per day to wean myself onto it, eventually upping to 1 mg on around the 10th January...

Update on recent thoughts and today's GP visit: So I'm still hesitant to start finasteride, not due to the short term side effects - as seemingly few are affected at all by them - but by the unknown long term effects. Considering finasteride is a drug to be taken long term and any regrowth/stalling that...

Thanks for the detailed response. I'm unfamiliar with hair loss vocab, what's the Norwood scale? Can you tell me a little bit more about your finasteride experience? Side effects, hair loss after stopping, etc, etc.

Just started to notice a considerable amount of loss after having a haircut, I'm 25 and I've had extremely thick hair for my entire life (hairdresser even remarked, "at least you'll never have to worry about losing your hair" :<). I was prescribed Nizoral shampoo for dandruff a month or so ago...