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Hey guys, So its been a year since i started using finasteride 1mg and Ketaconazole 2%every week . How time flies .....So, concluding on finasteride results i would say that my hair look around 10-15% better than base line , being norwood 6 diffuse thinner i would say I have achieved some fullness. Now to my Question I was thinking about adding Minioxidil liquid 5% to the routine . Please give opinions on what i should expect ???? (shedding is my main concern)

Excellent result as usual dr radha.This type of work is what keeps our hopes alive,It would be great if yo could answer few of my questions. 1.Was the patient started on finasteride to preserve his crown and his miniaturized hair in the front ? 2.Did he suffer any shock loss as he seems to have quite a few miniaturized hair in the front ? 3. How many grafts does he have left in the bank if his hair loss in the crown progresses ?

Not trying to be the advocate for propecia as i was in the same boat 5 months ago but finally after a lot of thinking took the dive . I have not seen any visible results by now but its fairly early to say anything. But as far as the sides go i have not experienced any , may be a little loss of libido in the first 2 weeks of starting the medication, may be that was my body adjusting to the medication , after that every thing went to normal, absolutely no sides.Hope this helps.

yup bro , i have been using caboki pretty successfully :cool:

yup bro , i have been using caboki pretty successfully :cool:

Thanks for the reply . well i might be early but still i am a diffuse norwood 6 . i have got six uncles on mothers side who are all norwood 6-7 and they all started to bald early in there lives and were completely bald by the age of 30 or so . As far as my dad goes he is 55 and is a norwood 5 and started to lose in his mid 30s so i am pretty sure i m not like him as i am already thinning in the areas he has hair in. :eek: . As far as topicals go , yes the are a part of my long term plan .

ontop , minioxidil is easily available in 2 and 5% in liquid form here in pakistan. Altough its not available in foam form like rogaine . But the thing is as i have mentioned in my previous posts ,I want to know the efficacy of finasteride on its own as it is manufactured by a Local company. secondly i do not plan to keep a buzz so it would be difficult to apply liquid once the hair is long again.

hahahahah you were pretty close , its Pakistan ..... But the culture,norms and perception of people is pretty much the same in both countries

Thanks for the reply bro .I hope that you are right that i caught it early, Still it seems like i have lost around 70% of my orignal density but i am hoping, that i respond well to the medication.Also It would be great if you could reply to my previous query regarding my hair density, as you seem to be a experienced campaigner. Thanks

brilliant result (Y)

Also guys , I would like to know what do u people believe to be my current density in grafts/sq.cm . Can it be assessed from the buzz . I would like to look at the bigger picture and assume it be my benchmark density for a hair transplant. Well a little better then this i suppose around 20% better. Also how do i get all the experts on this forum to reply to this post . I dont really know my way aroud this forum :confused:

Thanks so much mate . look at my reply to KO regarding buzzcut . plus minioxidil is not an option as i will be growing my hair out . but who knows a year later if i accept the buzzcut i will start on topicals

to be honest thats my opinion of the buzzcut too, that it looks good on me. But the thing is where i live , these buzz cuts are just not socially accepted , plain and simple , they see you in a buzz and go like, hey baldy, they just assume you are bald even if you have a full head of hair . so i like , but socially its unacceptable .

hahaha its really nice to hear, thick and hair in the same sentence as its been a long time thanks for that . well i plan to stick to the meds and hope for the best

Thats the plan .... to stick with the medication religiously . hmmm i dont know about the coverage though as every one around me has started to notice and point out my thinning. Does not look all that good grown out especially from front as it is pretty much see through