ng2gb,

i would seriously recommend u try propecia. i am a diffuse thinner as well & propecia has definitely halted my hair loss. by halting what i mean is..

almost no hairs on my pillow.
less hairs comin out when shampooing or combing.
& i took pictures to make sure I had the same amount of hair before/after starting propecia.

I have experienced some coverage on my crown which is good enough for me because i just have general thinning on some parts of my crown. propecia definitely thickens up thinning hair

given my diffuse thinning, if the individual native hairs thicken up then i can achieve good coverage without a HT. this is the goal

thanks cricketlover. I guess Im somewhat concerned over the possible sexual sides of propecia. Is it pretty well established that if you are one of the unlucky one's who has sexual sides that they subside after stopping the meds?...not too certain as I have heard a few horror stories or maybe I have made them out to be too much of horror stories out of my concern for my nimphomaniacal sex drive...

Hey NGTGB Matt Zupan from SMG told me if I cant use the rogaine foam twice a day use it once full strength, will work just as well. It is easier for me to use it a couple hours before I go to bed, this way it fully dries on my scalp.
Hope that helps Jeff

hey ng2gb,

you could start the medicines & then stop them if you see ny sides. half life of finasteride is 6-8 hours based on which the drug would be out of ur system within a couple of days once u stop it. since so many people take it without sides & have had success stories, its worth a try.

as jfo mentioned, i too use rogaine once a day during nights.

since diffuse thinners r more prone to shock loss, it is better to try the medicines before goin for a HT. u don wanna run the risk of losin ur native hair after the transplant.

jfo and cricket-thanks...

maybe I am too concerned about the sides of propecia, but I recently read that it also decreases sperm count. Are there any studies as to its inability to knocking up sm-yng-girl? Actually, I don't have any lil notgoing2gobalds running around yet and one day I would like to be able to give them fake awards and let them create their own donation websites where they too can live off of the giving hearts of others and squander their money while at the same time living a life of complete opulence, debauchery, and self-indulgence...anyone know about this?

please advise...

I don't know about sperm count actually being lowered (anecdotal evidence aside); however, a side-effect very well can manifest in the form of (lowered) semen volume.

Btw, you must be very familiar with goverment to find inspiration for your will-be family business of "donations".

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hey ngtgb:
i have a similar issue as you, but imo you should not be worried.
since, as you said, the front is not thin out yet and you are a slow thinner, then it will take many more years before it will appear to be thinning, in which case you can go for a second HT
most likely however, is that if you take finateride, you will keep what you have at the front.
BTW, don't worry about its side effects, and don't read to much about that because it can create a self-fulfilling prophecy. Personally, i started Propecia about 1 month ago, and so far no sides effect at all. I read somewhere that if you are going to experience sides, it will be within the first 2 weeks. Actually i think sex is even better now. Another thing to keep in mind is that most people bitch when they have a problem while they tend to stay quiet if there is no problem, thus i think the vast majority of fin users have no problem but they don't shout about it in this forum.

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latinlotus,

thanks. some very good points especially regarding propecia. Your right, I think Im actually MORE worried about the self-fulfilling prophecy aspect of worrying about sides of propecia than I am the drug itself!

The front of my hair: in the front middle it is the thickest point of all the top (thankfully). But, the 'v' shape is getting to be a thinner and thinner v...styling is becoming very strange. and it seems to be slowly gowing further back on the sides...

this is the only circumstance under which I could find the following statement applicable:

I have too much head...


I saw your photos and yes our hair is similar. I want to lower my hair line but I also would like to go in and thicken up the rest in advance and unlike you Im concerned about density.

Well see. thanks for the input.