Recent content by TheGrifter1

That's right Anxious1, smoking cannabis seems to roughly double the chances of schizophrenia in those people who are already at risk of developing psychosis, heavy use can increase your risk by six fold! No connection between pot and hairloss that I know of, but it can't do much to help ;)

It's absolutely normal. :)

Joe, I've been on Propecia and Nizoril for about 2 1/2 months now and Minoxidil for about 3 months. I realise my hairloss wasn't major to start off with, but I'd noticed it, others were starting to notice it was getting a little thin, and I knew it was only going to get worse without treatment...

OK so I appreciate that this is a very poor comparison, because everything that could be different is different with these photos, but I haven't got round to taking a photo of my head yet- something I'll try to do later today. The fact is though, that yes my hair's a bit longer now, but the...

Well a few of you guys have been asking for pics and I've come home for a reading week (didn't realise we had such things in medicine!) so I've dug out my old digital camera to post up a couple of shots. I'm sorry I didn't take more photos before because I'm not sure how well these show things...

Me again guys, I've been meaning to come on here for a week or so now just to let you know that I seem to be progressing really well on Minoxidil once daily and 1mg finpecia 4 times a week. Already I'm able to style my hair pretty much as I want without worrying about glaring patches around my...

Hi guys, another quick update. I'm back at uni and don't know whether it's escaping the harsh bathroom lighting at home or not, but I feel my hair's already starting to look better! I also seem to have stopped getting that horrible white flakiness on my scalp from the minoxidil residue which is...

OK I'm looking like a Zebra! I think the sides of my head, especially on the right side look worse than ever. I don't know if it's anything to do with the treatments or if I'm just continuing to bald, but whereas before I could notice a sort of feint line running back from my temples where the...

OK, well I guess it's too early to say if my meds are having any positive effect on my hairloss, I could say I've noticed some very small hairs around my temple region which weren't already there, but I do have some very fine hairs on my forehead anyway so it might not be any more than me...

Re: Brandnew's Story - (21 / with recent buzz cut) I don't think anyone can really answer that, from what I've seen of trials that have been carried out, finasteride will affect your DHT levels for several days, so it won't make much difference if you take 0.5mg every other day or 0.25mg each day. I'm...

Re: Happy as Larry's story Hey Happy as Larry, that's a terrible story, especially coming from your brother! I was just wondering how you're doing now you're back on propecia?

OK just a quick update, over the last few days I'd say the thinning areas in my temples where I've been applying most of the minoxidil, particularly the right temple have become more noticeable and quite patchy/ mottled looking. I'm really hoping this is the effect of the minoxidil kicking in...

Hey BodyDysmorphic, Thanks for the reply, I know my story is nothing unusual, I just thought I'd keep a track of my progress for my own use and for anyone else thinking of starting on the big three. :) Also, thanks for your advice regarding minoxidil/finasteride, I know minoxidil is recommended twice a day...

Hey guys, My name's Steve and I'm a 23 year old medical student from the UK. I first started worrying my hair might be thinning about a year and a half ago. Ironically it was during the first time I'd ever tried to grow my thick curly hair out (thanks to my girlfriend at the time!) and I...