New Here, Rogaine Related

charlangas · Nov 20, 2014

Hey everyone, im 28 years old, always had long thin hair,on the last 3/4 years i ve been losing more hair every year, my father is bold, he went almost completelly bold when he was 27 but he atribuites it to not taking care of his hair and using oils and bad stuff on his scalp.

Recently i ve got more concerned about my situation, today i tryed 1 ml of rogaine, had it in my head for about 3 hours, then read a review saying that i would lose all my original hair and grow some "rogaine hair", wich would be shorter and fuzzy.

I m still checking out some of your stories but couldent find anything on this.
BTW i dont have any bold spots yet, i have very, very thin hair and im 90% sure im coming to it, any advice? shuld i start using something now or just wait?

Thank you guys

zzzzz · Nov 20, 2014

rogaine causes an initial shed in some people. This is just a short term loss that is due to the hair being stimulated and its pushing out old hairs for thicker, new hairs. It will take about 2 months to start to see results.

I would recommend taking finasteride too as minoxidil will not work longterm, only a few years max for most. But using it with finasteride you could keep your hair for a decade+ or even forever

charlangas · Nov 28, 2014

Thanks for the reply man, i ve started taking finasteride yesterday, bought a 3 month supply so i wont give it up on the first side affects i feel, i read on the forum that even if you get some sides they most of the time go away within the first 3 month so im going for that mark.
Also bought a 2% ketoconazol shampoo that im gonna use every 3 days, and today y started rogaine extra strength wich i m gona use twice a day.
Im taking pics every day since i started so i ll probably be posting my story whenever i have some time.
Sorry for my english, this is not my natural tonge, gl to you all!