What's The Normal Amount Of Hairs Found When Showering?

[Luke Osborne]

I've been using minoxodil and ru58841 for about 2 1/2 months now, got a hair catcher for shower and been counting hairs it fluctuates from 30-50 hairs in the catcher depending on how often I shower. Does this sound like a lot? I unfortunately didn't get a baseline, what do you guys think?

 

[Slid]

Thats nothing turst me.

 

[TheZyzz]

2&a half.months are nothing bro.. you should start following changes after 7 or 8 months.

 

[Who Farted]

Yeah that’s not remotely concerning. The longer between showers, the more loose hair there will be. If that’s all your shedding on min consider yourself lucky.

 

[Luke Osborne]

Ok, do you guys reckon it's worth getting on finasteride or should I hold back on that for now and continue with minoxidil and RU? I just know that it's better to hop on finasteride as early as possible to stop hair loss. Could I maintain, losing 30 - 50 hairs a shower?

 

[OldnBald]

Ok, do you guys reckon it's worth getting on finasteride or should I hold back on that for now and continue with minoxidil and RU? I just know that it's better to hop on finasteride as early as possible to stop hair loss. Could I maintain, losing 30 - 50 hairs a shower?

Don't think of it that way. Not everybody has some huge shed. It depends how the hairs come back- shorter and thinner, the same. RU58841 is limited, and has been shown to have, moderate, at best efficacy when it comes to blocking androgens in the scalp. I'd get on finasteride and drop ru. It's only a adjust treatment, at best.

 

[Who Farted]

Ok, do you guys reckon it's worth getting on finasteride or should I hold back on that for now and continue with minoxidil and RU? I just know that it's better to hop on finasteride as early as possible to stop hair loss. Could I maintain, losing 30 - 50 hairs a shower?

The answer to that depends on the current state of your hair. Without pictures I can’t say for sure, but generally, unless you’re losing well over a hundred hairs a day, you are fine and will maintain.

For now stick with what you have, if for no other reason than to determine if you respond to them or not. If you go on finasteride before you do, you’ll never know which is doing what, but will be saddled with both for life. Remember, the goal is to take the least amount of medications at the lowest possible dose.

Keep a cool head and try to remain patient. Give the current regiment a year so you can see what it can do for you and then determine your next step.

That being said, if things really start going to sh*t then, by all means, consider adding finasteride, but be mindful of the situation and do so only as a last resort.

 

[Luke Osborne]

What's the standard practice for taking hair photos? When wet? dry? hair pulled back? I will upload some.

Edit: Uploaded
This is my hair pulled back, it's the temples I am worried about. Also i'm not sure if those hairs in the hairline that kinda look like baby hairs, are hairs going or coming.

 

[Who Farted]

I don’t think you have anything to worry about with regards to the shedding. Basically, the only way you can lose ground with a daily shed under 100 is if you have poor density and/or advanced recession. This is definitely not the case for you.

Everybody has baby hairs around the hairline, if they start to increase in number and/or stop appearing, then it can be an indication that further miniaturization is occurring, which in turn means that your protocol isn’t working well enough to halt the progression.

Right now, I think you’re good to go. If you take same set of pictures every 3 months you will be able to compare them and accurately track this yourself. As for pictures, I would recommend the hairline, isolated temples, the top of the head, and an isolated shot of the crown of your head. I would take one set wet, one set dry.

 

[badhairline]

i lost 20 every day. then i got on finasteride and it turned into 2 a day.

 

[Luke Osborne]

Ok cool ima continue with RU or CB for a couple more months with minoxidil and saw palmetto and take regular photos, If it gets worse then I was planning on trying micro dosing finasteride.

Also one more thing I know that 100 hairs is what most people lose but wouldn't the amount caught in the shower not be relevent to that because I might of shed some hairs during the day that would of fell away from the head?

 

[Luke Osborne]

Ok fair ill keep an eye on it, how do you guys find finasteride did it effect you guys much?

 

[Luke Osborne]

Yeh true, think i'm gonna try it out. Thanks