I'm 19 turning 20 in march. I've been on finasteride for about 8 months now, give or take. My hairline did end up improving and hair became thicker but the hairline has started to move back slowly again- the hair on the left side of my hairline are very thin compared to the right, i can see my scalp under the light. Now i don't want to move to duasteride or anything as the side effects of finasteride are enough. So i was wondering should i add 2% minoxidil to the area. The reason i don't want to add 5% right now and teh reason ive been scared to start it, is because ive heard minoxidils efficacy is like 5 years. I really want to use it long term, so i was wondering if i started with 2% then slowly and later down line i can up it to 5%. Is this a good idea?? or should i go straight to 5%. Also the 2% is sold for women so lol, i will prob have to buy that :s. The realisation i've come to is that, finasteride isn't going to hold my hairline perfectly forever, and even if i just apply bit of minoxidil to the thin area, i might be able to save the hairline a bit longer. If i don't use minoxidil the hair follicles will miniaturise and then it's pointless. I'm also scared with minoxidil that the hair follicles might become dependent, so even if i dont drop finasteride but end up dropping minoxidil down the line then i'd lose more hair than i gained with minoxidil. Furthermore i've heard nizoral has similar effect to 2% minoxidil but i've read forum it can destroy your hairline, hence i didn't really start it. As you guys can tell i'm most concerned about my hairline. Sorry for rambling on for too long - it's just there isn't really anyone that can understand my stress about this - everybody thinks it's not a big deal - but i'm just 19 and the hairloss is really aggressive and it affects my self confidence and puts me in a depressed state everyday 
. Also i was thinking of just adding it once a day, so i mean adding 5% once a day would it be same as applying 2%. I don't want to apply twice for same reason discussed above. Any advice whatsoever would be appreciated thanks alot.
. Also i was thinking of just adding it once a day, so i mean adding 5% once a day would it be same as applying 2%. I don't want to apply twice for same reason discussed above. Any advice whatsoever would be appreciated thanks alot.
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