Theo

well honestly you're on the best drugs that we have... and neither are suppose to work on the front hair line. i am on both, and i also use the laser comb, but my hair line is still receding as well. it's funny you say your twin doesn't have a receding hair loss.. they blame hair loss on genetics, youd think that your brother would be on the same boat as you... i'm starting to believe that hair loss is caused by something we do. like if you laugh a lot you get laugh lines, or squint you get crows feet, or lift weights your muscles get bigger. what do we do that causes hair loss, something we eat? our posture? face muscle tightness? i google every day to find answers.. anyway sorry for the rant... at the end of the day you do not have it so bad, a receding hair line isn't the end of the world (i used to thinkso too 5 years ago, now with the crown thinning i say i had it pretty good with only a receding hair line..).. you have soooo much more hair left on your head you should try thinking of it that way. and just remember you could always have a small transplant using a few hairs from the back of your head. take it easy.

hey fellas thx for the replies... i tried half a pill and even a third of a pill m-w-f and i believe i had some side effects, no morning wood for sure. the quarter pill m-w-f seems to have little effect on it, morning woods back with no real side effects. quite a few docs have said the half life of propecia vs the effects on dht are two different things. and after viewing studies online (hope they're real) and reading what docs have to say, seems even .20mg day suppresses dht 62%. i've heard of people having success with half pill every other day (or mwf), i've read very few stories with .25mg m-w-f, i wish people would chime in if they have used that dosage. as for the scalp pain i know many people associate it with hair loss. i've had scalp pain on the hair line, and it's receded about an inch over the years. i recognized the pattern a few years ago, and reading other stories on other forums it just affirms what i thought... like rogaine, propecia mostly works in the crown, so i really do believe that my reduction in scalp pain in the crown is from the propecia. i'm hoping this is followed by hair growth in the coming months. it seems most derms prescribe anti depressants for BSS as it reduces levels of P substance. it's something i'm going to look into further, so far i haven't seen too much that's promising. my own experiences with dermatologists is they'll look at your hair, say you have MPB, say it's your genetics and say you can get on rogaine or propecia and that's it. if anybody has some first hand experience with treating burning scalp syndrome, i would love to hear it! thanks!

hey there i've been losing my hair since i was 18, now 27 im a norwood 2 with thinning in the crown. i started propecia august 2009, i've cut the dosage to .25 mg and take it mon-wed-fri. i also use laser comb few times a week, and rogaine only on the front hair line where it's receeded, for over a year. so far it's been a little over 6 months on propecia and i'm not sure what to think. but there's one thing that i know is better... i used to have scalp pain, sometimes followed by pimples, then followed by hair loss. i knew i was going to start losing my hair in my crown in feb '08 when i had scalp pain in the crown for the first time. it's thinned quite a bit since then, but you can't tell if i do a mini comb over... and now without a doubt propecia has stopped the scalp pain in the crown, the last time i had significant scalp pain there was in late january '10. compare that with sharp pains in the crown every few days before propecia... so i'm happy about that but i can't tell if my hair loss has stopped in the crown. a few months ago i thought it was getting better, now i think it's thinned a bit more. i know it's a bit early, but i wanted to see if anybody else had a reduction in scalp pain with propecia, followed by hair growth?