Recent content by scargo

Really appreciate the posts guys. I'm on it now. I'm gonna stay on it. We'll see. I get my fine hair from my mom's side, and my crown actually looks a bit like my sisters. When you see it on a girl, you don't think twice, but when it's on a me (a guy), it raises concern.

It's a terrible catch 22 because on the one hand you want to know if it's coming out, but on the other hand hair naturally comes out, so you're just magnifying the normal shedding to yourself. Also, I tend to think that battering my hair with my hands dozens of times a day probably knocks...

I'm sorry but when interpreting those results, does that mean 52% and a separate 58% both saw their hair worsen? Or does it mean that over the 5 year trial, a total of 90% of those tested at least maintained? Thanks for the info!

Having a line in your crown is normal for some people, right? I mean even if it only developed as you matured? I recently noticed a line in my crown. It depends how my hair lays, but sometimes it's from my swirl almost down the middle of the back of my head, and other times it is from my swirl...

Sort of an unrelated follow-up that I thought I'd post here... How do you guys feel about using finasteride proactively, like even before hairloss is very noticeable? To be honest, I'm not quite sure if it's my hair pattern changing a bit coupled with my naturally fine hair, but I don't really...

Sorry if this has been covered in another topic: Has anyone come across research that shows finasteride becomes less effective over time? I mean, does the body get used to it after a while, or does it just keep impeding the dht at a constant rate over time? Also, I know I've read that finasteride has not...