Propecia; Thinking Of Increasing Dosage

[seneca]

Hi Folks,

Currently taking 1.25mg a day and have been for about 4 years. I've noticed my temples are beginning to recede quicker and a line of hair I've used as a guide for checking hair retention/recession has started to recede away.
I split a 5mg pill into quarters but was thinking of taking an extra 1.25mg every second or third day; do you think this is wise and would it have any effect?

I also use rogaine twice a day (doubt it does anything) and nizoral once a week (can't say)

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[Hiker]

This is what I've tried and it seems to be working, take 1/2 Proscar one day, and the next day, take 1/4 Proscar, and follow that dosing down the line. It seems to have stopped my shedding, but I'm not giving medical advice.

 

[Bryan]

I split a 5mg pill into quarters but was thinking of taking an extra 1.25mg every second or third day; do you think this is wise and would it have any effect?

I doubt that going from 1.25 mg to 2.5 mg every second or third day will make much of a difference. Going to 5 to 10 mg (or more) every day might help a bit. Have you considered using Prox-N in addition to the other things? It has ingredients which aren't included AT ALL in those other things you use. Some of them are really state-of-the-art.

 

[Bryan]

Prox-n huh? Did you ever use this? If so did you have any good results from it?

Yes, I used Prox-N exclusively (along with NANO Shampoo) for a period of almost exactly two years. It did a bit more than maintain my hair for that entire period. My before-and-after photos of that period used to be posted here on this site, but they aren't here anymore.

 

[Bryan]

Did you use the prescription version? And if you don't mind me asking- Why did you stop treatment?

During that two-year period covered by the before-and-after photos, I used nothing but Prox-N (the non-prescription version of Proxiphen) and NANO Shampoo. I quit using anything at all several years later just because I was devoting too much time to it all (by that time, I had added numerous other experimental treatments). It was simply starting to get to be too much.