Recent content by rogber

s.a.f.: you really think it's worse to be like that at 20 than 26/27? sometimes i'm not sure. if it hits you when you're 20, you don't have much choice but to just buzz it. that probably helps you accept it sooner and also move on. i think it's those of us who got to our mid twenties with a...

got to back up the guy before me. can't see your face, but that looks like a good buzz cut. and you do have some hair up top. if you really want to save it, go on finasteride and minoxidil and give it a year.

Hey, that's a great post which I think answers my original question: even if DHT is one of the main causes of male pattern baldness, there's a bunch of other factors and it's the way they all interact together that counts. I guess that explains why finasteride also has such varying success rates. As I posted elsewhere, I...

hey grayman, thanks for your reply but it seems to me your answer begs the qurestion: there are some guys here who have significant hair loss at 23 or 24, suggesting they have aggressive male pattern baldness, but they go on the meds and get great regrowth within about six months (just look at the success...

a 20 years old guy who went from having a full head of hair to total baldness in 18 months? sorry, unless you've the pics to prove it, sounds fishy to me... if you are telling the truth, however, then best thing is get on the proven meds, or else learn to accept it - if you've really lost...

this is something i don't understand: most people here have male pattern baldness, which presumably has the same root cause, many are on a similar regime (finasteride+minoxidil etc), but the results are very different: it works wonders for some (the lucky few), has middling effects on others, and for yet others seems to only...

i was also wondering about effectiveness of dosage. as i've posted elsewhere, i've been on 0.5 finasteride for about 18 months with mixed results - some moderate improvement in the crown, but hairline has continued to thin out. have been wondering if it's worth upping the dose to 1mg per day, might this...

great film, great scene :bravo:

Well that sounds reasonably positive. Maintenance or small improvement in most areas...At any rate, better than the dude from Clockwork Orange in your profile pick (if I recognise it correctly) :)

Yup, I'm doing my best, just like all of us :) I usually apply the liquid twice, unless I have to rush out or get home late at night or something. Then just once. I suppose 1,5 times a day on average. Do you find minoxidil helped you in all areas - front, top and back, or also more top and back?

I live on mainland Europe and can't get Nizoral here except by mail order. However I've started using Ket shampoo, which I believe is pretty much the same. Hopefully it'll help. Ditto the foam. It's harder to get this in Europe and it's much more expensive (more than double the cost of the...

you're probably right. i expect minoxidil on its own wasn't enough and that therefore finasteride was necessary in conjunction. why the finasteride works on the crown for me but not at the front, even with 5% minoxidil, is a (depressing) mystery. but i've read enough posts here to see everyone reacts differently. some...

seems to be different for everyone. minoxidil hasn't worked on my front and sides at all, but then finasteride hasn't helped much there either. for the really good responders however it seems to work everywhere...

I was on minoxidil for a bit over a year with no gains. i then added finasteride. within a few months the crown was improving but the hairline continued to get worse. i therefore starting putting more minoxidil on the hairline/front area and a bit less on the crown. the crown, thought not wonderful, is better...