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Jon reversed his hair loss using a Propecia and Minoxidil combo.
These pictures are evidence of how hair, and lack of it, can really
affect your appearance.
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When did you
start losing your hair? |
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In my mid 20's
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Did you do
anything immediately? |
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Used Minoxidil BEFORE it was available to the public. Read an article
about how it was being tested and got a pharmacist friend to crush
up pills, put it in solution and filter out the binders. We arbitrarily
decided on a 3% solution. Used it for a year and a half but didn't
notice much difference, so I cut it out. A year or two later I read
about some Dr. in Houston who was claiming to have great success
mixing Rogaine with an androgen blocker. Yup, Peter Proctor. I flew
to see him, got his homemade concoction and put it on my noggin
for another year and half and again noticed no difference. (Who
knows, maybe the stuff was slowing down my loss, but it was fairly
expensive and as far as I was concerned the results weren't dramatic
enough to justify the cost.)
Over the course of the next, oh, ten years, I tried various things,
some pretty wacky, (Helsinki shampoo, reflexology, various herbs
and oils, meditation, electric fields) none of which yielded any
results. I'd given up and shaved my head when Propecia hit the market.
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Before
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After
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What
is your current regimen? |
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I currently take 1.25 mg Finasteride daily, use 5% Minoxidil. There
is a 15% Minoxidil with Azelaic Acid, but I didn't feel this addition
would make enough of a difference to justify the cost. I shampoo
with Nano, Nizoral and various other anti-dandruff shampoos. I also
take an extremely comprehensive vitamin/mineral/super food complex
called Daily Advantage (1-800-888-1415). I also take Green Tea capsules,
Soy Isoflavones and NAC. I take occasional large doses of L-Arginine.
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How
long have you been on it? |
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It's been more or less like this for three years. Some things have
been added (Soy), other things have dropped out (Saw P, Pygeum,
Nettle) and I occasionally give something new a shot. For instance
I tried
Tricomin Spray and Prox-N.
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What
kind of results have you seen? |
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Basically, after the first 6-8 month spurt, nothing's changed much.
While the results are obviously phenomenal, the downside is the
hair is slightly finer, slightly less pigmented (I use dye every
couple of months) and won't grow long. I'd hoped that in subsequent
growth cycles it'd thicken up, darken up and grow longer, but it's
more or less stayed the same.
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The
Products in Jon's Regimen |
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Minoxidil 5% |
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Finasteride 1.25 mg |
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Nizoral |
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