Been taking it for a little over 4 months now.
I visited my doctor when I started noticing thinning. She agreed that it wasn't just a pattern, but uniformly thinning on the top of my head (lucky me).
I started splitting 5mg finasteride. into 1/4s every day.
No significant side-effects. In fact I may even have an increased libido. I did notice some itching/tingling on my scalp at one point.
Around month 3 I started shedding a bit more: I started noticing that if i ran my hand through my hair (especially in the shower) that I would have 2-3+ hairs on my hands each time for usually a total of 15-20. At first, it seemed to go down a bit and at month 3 it went up to 5-6 per hand and my hair was looking worse.
It's 4 months and i'm back down to a shedding just a few hairs total when running my hands through my hair in the shower. I've also noticed a bit less on my pillows.
Obviously none of this is very scientific or thorough, just wanted to jot down my experience for everyone here.
I do feel as if my hair is a bit more greasey and has more dandruff - though that could be from diet or something.
I'm considering adding some other stuff, but don't really know much about it. For me, rogaine products seem awful and want nothing to do with the greasy/flaky mess. Any other suggestions? I notice some people use shampoos with minoxidil in it?
I visited my doctor when I started noticing thinning. She agreed that it wasn't just a pattern, but uniformly thinning on the top of my head (lucky me).
I started splitting 5mg finasteride. into 1/4s every day.
No significant side-effects. In fact I may even have an increased libido. I did notice some itching/tingling on my scalp at one point.
Around month 3 I started shedding a bit more: I started noticing that if i ran my hand through my hair (especially in the shower) that I would have 2-3+ hairs on my hands each time for usually a total of 15-20. At first, it seemed to go down a bit and at month 3 it went up to 5-6 per hand and my hair was looking worse.
It's 4 months and i'm back down to a shedding just a few hairs total when running my hands through my hair in the shower. I've also noticed a bit less on my pillows.
Obviously none of this is very scientific or thorough, just wanted to jot down my experience for everyone here.
I do feel as if my hair is a bit more greasey and has more dandruff - though that could be from diet or something.
I'm considering adding some other stuff, but don't really know much about it. For me, rogaine products seem awful and want nothing to do with the greasy/flaky mess. Any other suggestions? I notice some people use shampoos with minoxidil in it?