Minoxidil Failure BUT Propecia Success?

[Dude,Where'sMyHair]

Anybody have treatment failure with topical spironolactone and topical minoxidil or topical minoxidil alone, then have success after switching to oral propecia + topical minoxidil?

Basically, if topical minoxidil is a failure and does not regrow hair for a person when taken alone, can a person expect for oral propecia + topical minoxidil to only maintain at best or can there actually be regrowth when oral propecia is added to the regimen of a non-responder to just topical minoxidil?

Any opinions?

 

[Pondle]

Topical minoxidil has a lower success rate than oral finasteride; NHS Direct says about 1/3 of minoxidil users get some (modest) regrowth, 1/3 maintain and 1/3 continue to lose hair. In contrast, >80% of Propecia users maintain or regrow hair after 2 years.

See also http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1222 ... d_RVDocSum

 

[chri5]

I hope so, I can't take Minoxidil and only Propecia, because I have this seborrhea Eczema or whatever it's called and my Doctor told me to stay away from it, foam and liquid.