Hi everyone,
I wanted to post an update now that I've just passed my one year point for starting finasteride. I have not tried minoxidil (yet), although I have been using Nizoral 2-3 times per week for the past year. I wanted to see if finasteride+nizoral was enough rather than start minoxidil also and not know which one helps the most.
Results
Side effects
Before (left) and after (right) - top
(hairline)
(frontal selfie)
(side)
Some days it looks like there's an improvement, other days it seems like its still thinning. Depending on the pics/lightning I really cant tell sometimes. If there is an improvement its definitely meager, but I think I can conclude that my loss has stopped for now. I'm sorry for the blurriness in some of the pics but its the best I can do right now.
Any opinion on these results and on whether its worth adding minoxidil at this point?
Thank you
I wanted to post an update now that I've just passed my one year point for starting finasteride. I have not tried minoxidil (yet), although I have been using Nizoral 2-3 times per week for the past year. I wanted to see if finasteride+nizoral was enough rather than start minoxidil also and not know which one helps the most.
Results
- TBH, can't really say I've noticed increased growth. Sometimes when I look at pictures of myself from a year ago (will post below), it looks like I have more hair. But it could just be the lighting differences in the pictures/type or shampoo or any of those things.
- It seems my hair loss has stopped (or slowed significantly). I lost way more hair in the year prior to taking finasteride than I did in this past year. I do worry that finasteride will suddenly stop working one day or that I'm still thinning very slowly.
- The itchiness on my scalp (especially strong in the thin areas) did NOT subside on finasteride.
Side effects
- Had an aching sensation in the penis/testicle area for the first couple weeks of taking it, but then it subsided.
- Noticed a moderate loss of libido in the first month of taking it, but this also subsided.
- Had no ED / trouble with orgasm / no other sexual sides other than the one month of moderate libido loss.
- Noticed stinging pain in the breast/nipple area. This still comes back periodically and my doctor noticed that my nipples kind of had a puffy/swollen look. They are definitely bigger than they were before (but not by too much) and they did not continue to grow after the first couple months. However, the stinging/aching pain still comes and goes randomly.
Before (left) and after (right) - top
(hairline)
(frontal selfie)
(side)
Some days it looks like there's an improvement, other days it seems like its still thinning. Depending on the pics/lightning I really cant tell sometimes. If there is an improvement its definitely meager, but I think I can conclude that my loss has stopped for now. I'm sorry for the blurriness in some of the pics but its the best I can do right now.
Any opinion on these results and on whether its worth adding minoxidil at this point?
Thank you
