Minoxidil/finasteride stopped being effective. Any advice?

[Seth87]

Hi all,

I have been using finasteride and minoxidil since age 29 (I'm now 34) and it thickened out my hair, even moved my hairline forward a little, to my amazement ( although a pronounced receding hairline was still noticable to those who know what it looks like). But about 10-12 months ago, after a couple of spells of missing both treatments occasionally due to illness (really only a morning of minoxidil here and a missed finasteride there, perhaps one or two full days missed another time) it started to recede and thin out again. I have never been able to regain the level of thickness I had up until last year, and I worry minoxidil only makes it worse, as I used to get shedding from it even when my hair was thick.

Should I stop the minoxidil and try something else? It's a real shame as I thought my hair loss was virtually sorted for now.

I'd appreciate any guidance.

 

[Nebula74]

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[losingbattle88]

Eat bananas it Will grow nice and thick. Banana is the best treatment we got for hairloss today and its cheap.

 

[Nebula74]

Eat bananas it Will grow nice and thick. Banana is the best treatment we got for hairloss today and its cheap.

no eat brocolli sprout it grow hair in mouse

 

[losingbattle88]

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no eat brocolli sprout it grow hair in mouse

Bro ru from eu or us?

 

[Nebula74]

Bro ru from eu or us?

uk

 

[losingbattle88]

uk

Where did u buy your ru from? U use powder or u buy premixed? I had no luck with it 7 years ago but just wanna know. Ty.

 

[jamesbooker1975]

Hi all,

I have been using finasteride and minoxidil since age 29 (I'm now 34) and it thickened out my hair, even moved my hairline forward a little, to my amazement ( although a pronounced receding hairline was still noticable to those who know what it looks like). But about 10-12 months ago, after a couple of spells of missing both treatments occasionally due to illness (really only a morning of minoxidil here and a missed finasteride there, perhaps one or two full days missed another time) it started to recede and thin out again. I have never been able to regain the level of thickness I had up until last year, and I worry minoxidil only makes it worse, as I used to get shedding from it even when my hair was thick.

Should I stop the minoxidil and try something else? It's a real shame as I thought my hair loss was virtually sorted for now.

I'd appreciate any guidance.

Add tretinoin.

 

[Nebula74]

Where did u buy your ru from? U use powder or u buy premixed? I had no luck with it 7 years ago but just wanna know. Ty.

receptorchem and anageninc. But i've heard actifolic is good for eu, someone tested them on reddit and got high purity. i used powder and premixed

I used premix 100mg to 50mg because i got pyri from the group buy and i cant afford this sh*t and its not strong enough for me but i dont wanna shed like mpmd

 

[Nebula74]

Add tretinoin.

waste of time

 

[jamesbooker1975]

uk

uk

If I don't remember it wrong, there is

waste of time

Ignorant.

 

[Nebula74]

If I don't remember it wrong, there is

Ignorant.

i use with oral minoxidil topical minoxidil tretionoin 0.1 % microneedling, minoxil still does nothing

 

[jamesbooker1975]

i use with oral minoxidil topical minoxidil tretionoin 0.1 % microneedling, minoxil still does nothing

That don’t mean it don’t work , it will work for almost anyone . And is backup with studies . In the other hand, we don’t even know if you have Androgenetic Alopecia or what do you mean but “ does nothing “ .

 

[Nebula74]

That don’t mean it don’t work , it will work for almost anyone . And is backup with studies . In the other hand, we don’t even know if you have Androgenetic Alopecia or what do you mean but “ does nothing “ .

tretinoin enhancing min is just theory , never seen someone become responder in real life from tretinoin except 1 study which just showed it raised enzyme , not become minoxidil responder, show me long term study vs control group...

 

[Mr. Slap Head]

@Nebula74 how long have you been on pyri?

 

[Seth87]

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Thank you for your detailed response. Well, good to know. Guess it's back to the headshave for me soon.

 

[Nebula74]

Thank you for your detailed response. Well, good to know. Guess it's back to the headshave for me soon.

Joking, dutasteride + oral min

 

[Nebula74]

@Nebula74 how long have you been on pyri?

2 days

 

[jamesbooker1975]

tretinoin enhancing min is just theory , never seen someone become responder in real life from tretinoin except 1 study which just showed it raised enzyme , not become minoxidil responder, show me long term study vs control group...

Hahahahahaha. Theory ?! hahahahaha , hold my beer :
Tretinoin enhances minoxidil response in androgenetic alopecia patients by upregulating follicular sulfotransferase enzymes
Doble blind, place, IN VIVO, HUMAN study. Converting none responder into responder .
Smart people use internet to be smarter , stupid people use it just to spread their ignorance

 

[Nebula74]

Hahahahahaha. Theory ?! hahahahaha , hold my beer :
Tretinoin enhances minoxidil response in androgenetic alopecia patients by upregulating follicular sulfotransferase enzymes
Doble blind, place, IN VIVO, HUMAN study. Converting none responder into responder .
Smart people use internet to be smarter , stupid people use it just to spread their ignorance

Yes it enhances sulfotransferase enzymes but does it actually make them respond?