Evening All,
I've been lurking around for a while and thought I'd sign up to share my experiences in hairloss.
Since about 2005/06 my hair has receeded down to a Norwood 3V. I've had a couple of HT consultations recently and both suggested I'd need 2500-3000 grafts to get the sort of result I'm looking for.
As one surgeon pointed out to me recently, there's not much point getting it done at the front only for the rest of the hair at the back to fall out! Therefore, they suggested giving Finasteride a go.
Like most people I took some convincing but when you separate the scaremongering from the hard facts then there isn't really a lot to be worried about. As a Doctor friend of mine pointed out, there are risks with virtually every drug you can take.
So I'm going to take the plunge and have requested 1 month's supply via the Boots Hair Retention Programme here in the UK. As someone else pointed out is quite pricey (?46 for the first month, then ?90 for subsequent 3 month supplies). I guess if it really works for me I can shop around!
I should be picking up the pills this week and once I start I'll upload a couple of 'before' photos and (hopefully) in a few months some afters!
