Openstar32 Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 (edited) Hello, I'm just starting with Finasteride. 5mg so far, a quarter pill each day. I have searched for hours on 'hairloss' topics and the web seems to be full of depressed blokes wondering whether to 'risk' the drugs or not. So, I decided to 'risk' the pills. I'll take good photos of my bald spot every month or so. That's it. I hope it will be of use to someone still considering whether to do it. Bob Edited July 24, 2012 by Openstar32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openstar32 Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 (edited) Hello, I'm just starting with Finasteride. 5mg so far, a quarter pill each day. I have searched for hours on 'hairloss' topics and the web seems to be full of depressed blokes wondering whether to 'risk' the drugs or not. So, I decided to 'risk' the pills. I'll take good photos of my bald spot every month or so. That's it. I hope it will be of use to someone still considering whether to do it. Bob Edited July 24, 2012 by Openstar32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openstar32 Posted April 20, 2008 Author Share Posted April 20, 2008 Did an update today - just to get in the habit. One month since I started .25mg generic Finasteride daily. Hair cut makes it look slightly different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill - Seemiller Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Openstar, Welcome to our forum community and thanks for charting your progress with finasteride and sharing it with us. At one month, don't expect to see any differences. In fact, finasteride is typically good at slowing down or stopping hair loss and only more rarely does it stimulate hair regrowth. If it does - expect to see some observable changes in 6 months to a year. Keep us posted on your progress. Best wishes, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openstar32 Posted April 20, 2008 Author Share Posted April 20, 2008 Thanks for the welcome, Bill. Let's see what happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Dewayne Posted April 22, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted April 22, 2008 Openstar: My Dr. prescribed the 5 mg to me, and recommended 1/3 of the pill every M-W-F. That's a little different than your regimen, but I'm not sure which is right or if there's much of a difference. 100? 'mini' grapfts by Latham's Hair Clinic - 1991 (Removed 50 plugs by Cooley 3/08.) 2750 FU 3/20/08 by Dr. Cooley My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Cooley Current regimen: 1.66 mg Proscar M-W-F Rogaine 5% Foam - every now and then AndroGel - once daily Lipitor - 5 mg every other day Weightlifting - 2x per week Jogging - 3x per week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Captain-Obvious Posted April 22, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted April 22, 2008 Just had my third HT so I'm taking .25 propecia to help with shockloss. I will definitely do 3 months of it, hopefully 6 (barring side effects), at .25mg a day, but then I'll porbably cut back to .25 every other day. 1mg of this crap scares me to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openstar32 Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 (edited) Originally posted by HT55:I think you have a chance for excellent results. I would add rogaine foam in the mix also I'm guessing you meant to say you are taking 1.25 mg/day if you are splitting a 5mg pill in 1/4's Hello, Nope, I'm taking 0.25mg. A quarter of a 1mg tablet. As mentioned on Wikipedia. I have been thinking about Rogaine. Do people think that Finasteride can maintain hair grown due to Rogaine? I can take the Finasteride forever - but not sure I want to apply potion forever. I must be less dedicated than a lot of blokes on here!.. or maybe I'm just getting started!? Bye for now, Bob Edited July 24, 2012 by Openstar32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openstar32 Posted May 25, 2008 Author Share Posted May 25, 2008 (edited) Update for this month. -- Bob Edited July 24, 2012 by Openstar32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openstar32 Posted May 25, 2008 Author Share Posted May 25, 2008 Hmmm, yummy. 12 and one quarter pills consumed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member dabuski Posted May 25, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted May 25, 2008 Originally posted by Openstar32:Originally posted by HT55:I think you have a chance for excellent results. I would add rogaine foam in the mix also I'm guessing you meant to say you are taking 1.25 mg/day if you are splitting a 5mg pill in 1/4's Hello, Nope, I'm taking 0.25mg. A quarter of a 1mg tablet. As mentioned on Wikipedia. I have been thinking about Rogaine. Do people think that Finasteride can maintain hair grown due to Rogaine? I can take the Finasteride forever - but not sure I want to apply potion forever. I must be less dedicated than a lot of blokes on here!.. or maybe I'm just getting started!? Bye for now, Mark Bravo Openstar, i to have decided to go down the quarer 1mg dose road, also using standard 5% minoxidil twice a day. I shall look forward to your photo updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member dabuski Posted May 26, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted May 26, 2008 Originally posted by dabuski:Originally posted by Openstar32:Originally posted by HT55:I think you have a chance for excellent results. I would add rogaine foam in the mix also I'm guessing you meant to say you are taking 1.25 mg/day if you are splitting a 5mg pill in 1/4's Hello, Nope, I'm taking 0.25mg. A quarter of a 1mg tablet. As mentioned on Wikipedia. I have been thinking about Rogaine. Do people think that Finasteride can maintain hair grown due to Rogaine? I can take the Finasteride forever - but not sure I want to apply potion forever. I must be less dedicated than a lot of blokes on here!.. or maybe I'm just getting started!? Bye for now, Mark Bravo Openstar, i to have decided to go down the quarter 1mg dose road, also using standard 5% minoxidil twice a day. I shall look forward to your photo updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openstar32 Posted July 5, 2008 Author Share Posted July 5, 2008 (edited) And another month. 19mg consumed since I started in April. Bob Edited July 24, 2012 by Openstar32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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