Hey everyone! I would like to share my experience here to see if someone went through the same problems and could give me some advice or just chat.
I am from Brazil and the water there is soft. I used to have very oily hair so considering the soft water I could use my shampoo for hairloss with LSL without issues. I also took saw palmetto for 2 years combined with topical minoxidil 5%. Finally, I used to have my scalp "ionized" every once in a while (in this procedure you hold an electrode while someone goes with the other electrode in your scalp and you receive little shocks. The current flows in and out of your scalp carrying nutrients that are added to the scalp by the professional). This regimen worked wonderfully! I had hair growing everywhere, tiny/medium ones, but they were a lot and I couldn't see my scalp. Hair loss was under control.
So then I moved to the Netherlands in August of last year. The water here is hard, so the consequences were rough. Minoxidil would create an immense amount of flaking and itching, so I had to stop. My scalp got dryer and I couldn't use my good old shampoo anymore. Had to change to this overpriced Regenepure that, honestly, doesn't do much besides being less aggressive (I would love a cheaper alternative just to make my scalp free of itching and flaking). Using cetoconazol shampoos just aggravate the problem, while in Brazil I used to apply them without a problem.
I got desperate last year, when seeing my hair coming out in my hands in the shower, so I started with Finasteride and changed the shampoo. Nowadays I can see my scalp, all my hair regrowth went to the drain and I am very unhappy with taking finasteride, since I very much dislike the fact that my semen is liquid.
Now what to do?! I wanna quit finasteride, but afraid of start losing more. I am even thinking about going back to Brazil just because of my hair, but the country sucks and I really don't wanna do this. Hard water is so bad and I can't do anything about it. I just bought a low alcohol minoxidil to try and will hopefully work, but I am afraid it will itch. I reeally wanna go back to saw palmetto and saw this Neofolics formula that has saw palmetto in it and seems high quality since it is a Dutch company, but not sure, it is also very expensive.
Please guys, share your opinions!
I am from Brazil and the water there is soft. I used to have very oily hair so considering the soft water I could use my shampoo for hairloss with LSL without issues. I also took saw palmetto for 2 years combined with topical minoxidil 5%. Finally, I used to have my scalp "ionized" every once in a while (in this procedure you hold an electrode while someone goes with the other electrode in your scalp and you receive little shocks. The current flows in and out of your scalp carrying nutrients that are added to the scalp by the professional). This regimen worked wonderfully! I had hair growing everywhere, tiny/medium ones, but they were a lot and I couldn't see my scalp. Hair loss was under control.
So then I moved to the Netherlands in August of last year. The water here is hard, so the consequences were rough. Minoxidil would create an immense amount of flaking and itching, so I had to stop. My scalp got dryer and I couldn't use my good old shampoo anymore. Had to change to this overpriced Regenepure that, honestly, doesn't do much besides being less aggressive (I would love a cheaper alternative just to make my scalp free of itching and flaking). Using cetoconazol shampoos just aggravate the problem, while in Brazil I used to apply them without a problem.
I got desperate last year, when seeing my hair coming out in my hands in the shower, so I started with Finasteride and changed the shampoo. Nowadays I can see my scalp, all my hair regrowth went to the drain and I am very unhappy with taking finasteride, since I very much dislike the fact that my semen is liquid.
Now what to do?! I wanna quit finasteride, but afraid of start losing more. I am even thinking about going back to Brazil just because of my hair, but the country sucks and I really don't wanna do this. Hard water is so bad and I can't do anything about it. I just bought a low alcohol minoxidil to try and will hopefully work, but I am afraid it will itch. I reeally wanna go back to saw palmetto and saw this Neofolics formula that has saw palmetto in it and seems high quality since it is a Dutch company, but not sure, it is also very expensive.
Please guys, share your opinions!