Recent content by Thins

Me again, thought I'd give an update in 2023, although I'm not sure who else will read this, hopefully it can be of help to someone who's going through the same thing. It's been around 5 years since I've taken finasteride, throughout this time I've consistently been taking 0.5mg every single...

wanted to give an 11 month update: I've continued to take 0.5mg finasteride everyday, however I've also continued to thin and recede on the frontal part of my hairline; it's probably receded about a cm or so? And I've noticed my hair is a lot less dense when I run my hands through it and it's...

thought I'd post another update since it's been 6 months since I started finasteride. Unfortunately all the "thickening" and "regrowth" I thought I was getting was just wishful thinking, because as of my last haircut today I can finally see that my frontal hairline has continued to recede and...

hey man it looks like your hair looks a lot better since starting finasteride! How long did you take it to notice an improvement in your hair? I've been on 0.5mg for almost 6 months and have not noticed any difference in my hair except for maybe a bit more recession/thinning :/

Just wanted to post an update for January, hope everyone had a happy new years! I'm still on 0.5mg every day but unfortunately even though I am losing less hairs on the shower, I am still thinning on the left side :/ It seems to be really really slow but I can see my hairs looking thinner and...

just so I could have a consistent dose of finasteride every day, my dermatologist actually recommended me to do 0.5mg everyday but I was apprehensive so I started off with EOD first. Didn't really notice an increase in any other side effect except maybe increased acne! But I think that's due to...

hey man, that sucks to hear that finasteride was causing you sides. Did you try lowering the dosage or trying every other day to every two days? I definitely had sides but kept going through it, and now I don't really experience any sides at the moment. Just updated my post too if you wanted...

UPDATE: As it's been around 4 months since I've started finasteride, this is my timeline. AUGUST 1 2018: 0.5mg every other day - had a few side effects, not really ball ache but I had some shooting groin pains that would last about 30 seconds to 1 minute. I had chest and breast sensitivity...

what kind of chest pains did you have? I had some chest sensitivity and tenderness, but not actual pain where it hurt to move or anything like that...it felt a bit numb at times and I also had some tingling around the area and some discomfort. I also had some swelling and me messing with my...

good luck man! I think it's good to start on a lower dose and slowly move yourself up, that's what I did after talking to a few members on this forum. That's exactly how I feel too, I don't want to take more than I need to keep my hair, but it's good that we both caught it early so we can...

I've been doing pretty good, I noticed when I started finasteride in the first month or two I had some shooting groin pains, not the ball ache that people said they had, as well as some chest/breast sensitivity. Both of these have gone away now, and in terms of my hair, not much has changed...

hey man, your hair still looks great and I think starting on a low dose of finasteride can keep it for many years, maybe even regrow some if you respond well! I'm in a similar situation as you, 26 and just started frontal thinning and recession, my dad had a very receded hairline in his 30s...

hey! awesome to hear from you again, I guess we're both on similar timelines at the moment :P I feel as though my hair was improving after the first month but now I'm going through a shed too...lots of hairs in the shower and after styling, here's hoping we both improve in the months to come...

so far no progress, my hair is actually getting a bit thinner on the left side. Hopefully I'm going through the shed phase that most people say they've went through before seeing progress. In terms of sides, in the first month I didn't have any ball ache but I did have some shooting groin pains...

Update: started 0.5mg generic finasteride every other day on August 1st. Changed to 0.5mg every day starting September 1, so far no changes noted except for some increased shedding and more thinning, especially on the left temple side since the last time I posted pictures, will keep it updated...