Recent content by ossa

Oh course. Many commericial medical labs can check testosterone, free testosterone, and dht levels on serum (blood). You'll need a doctors order.

I for one am convinced that propecia can actually cause hairloss. I don't subscribe to the notion that that hair was "going to fall out anyway." The same could be said for every hair follicle on my head! My hair was cosmetically damaged by finasteride use for one month only. I noticed...

Jayman, Why do you think I posted my experience online? Well, it was both to get advice (not sarcasm and criticism) and to let others know that when they experience a reaction to a medication they should file an adverse event report as I have done with Merck. The reason there is little...

Jayman, You post an average of 17 times a day on this site. Surely you have something better to do with your time than to mock the experiences of others? Maybe not. I didn't say propecia was poison for everyone. I said it was poison for me...and that too was hyperbole. I didn't...

There's no proof whatsoever that those who shed early in treatment go on to be so called "good responders." That is your opinion. There are no published data on that whatsoever. There are however numerous testimonials from people who start shedding early and never stop shedding even after...

O MY GOD! If any had actually bothered to read.... I've been taking oral minoxidil for two years. The same dose 10 mg a day. I've never made any changes and I've never had a shed from minoxidil. I take minoxidil under a doctor's supervision , and don't recommend it unless you have a good...

Oh I get it. You guys must work for Merck. That's the only rational explanation for "one size fits all" answer that seems to be the mantra of this site:"you didn't stick with it long enough." I don't have bad genetics. I wasn't even balding...before I started finasteride. You're...

We're not talking about "non responders": My experience and the experience of those individuals who are worse off at a years time BECAUSE of the drug should not simply be classified as a "non responder" as the manufacturer has done. I'm sure that some of those 15% "non responders" were...

Clearly not everybody responds to finasteride in the same manner. If you've read the posts here you're surely aware that there are plenty of testimonials from people who think they're worse off after more than a year of taking the crap. Not every "early shedder" goes on to be a "good...

propecia sucks....cont'd OK. I've been off propecia for three days, and my skin is still terribly oily. On the good side, the scalp itch has reduced greatly - maybe by 75%. For much of the day it's not even noticeable anymore. Also, it may be a bit premature to say but I think there's already...

OK, I admit I was lamely looking to you all for advice to counter what my intuition had told me two weeks ago. Propecia is poison for me. It may work for other people, but not me. A month ago I had a full head of hair with only the slightest suggestion of some vertex thinning. I had some frontal...

OK, I admit I was lamely looking to you all for advice to counter what my intuition had told me two weeks ago. Propecia is poison for me. It may work for other people, but not me. A month ago I had a full head of hair with only the slightest suggestion of some vertex thinning. I had some...

I have exactly the same question- see my post on Finasteride induced Telogen Effluvium. I don't want to be one of those guys who just gets progressively diffusely thinner. I've only taken Propecia for a month and wonder if it wouldn't be best just to cut my losses now.

Finasteride induced Telogen Effluvium. I just filed an adverse event (AE) report with Merck. Amazingly, they have no other reports of Telogen Effluvium related to Finasteride. If you feel that you have bona fide Telogen Effluvium (diagnosed by a physician) that you feel could be related to...

Hi, This is my first post here. I'm a 40 year old male who prior to one month ago really had no discernible hair loss. My two older (only by a year and 18 months) brothers do have considerable thinning and recession of frontal hairline, so as a preventative measure I've been taking minoxidil...