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Hair loss.

I have had this problem for years. I wash my hair morning and night using the shampoo shown on the picture. It contains piroctone olamine and salicylic acid. I know I'm touting this product all the time, but it has really helped. No dandruff, no itching (which was driving me mad) and no red...

I wish that were true, but I personally don't believe it is.

My advice to him was to ask a MD about it. It could very well be that it's not a problem with topical minoxidil. But maybe I shouldn't have told him how I would've reasoned if I were in his shoes. It could be that I'm crazy - I'm definitely not rational when it comes to hair, but I'm not retarded.

No, not retarDed.

Your reason not to use topical minoxidil doesn't seem rational to me. Besides, I wouldn't worry about my heart if something as big as my hair (and in elongation of my reasoning, propagation), is on the line. Ask a MD about it. Finasteride you should of course start with as well as some medicated...

A person's libido is not static. It goes up and down throughout a year (and of course diminishes with age). Average Joe contemplates a week or two with low libido and says to himself that he has been drinking too much lately. Someone on finasteride, on the other hand, will always blame...

How did you know that? Actually, I stopped during the child producing period :D I asked an urologist doctor "friend" about it, and he advised me to take a break. No side effects at all. It's a fantastic drug and I cherish taking it each day.

Hopefully, yes. About three years now with finasteride and close to half a year on minoxidil. I started with finasteride in my mid-twenties, actually, but I couldn't get a MD to prescribe it, so it was hard to source. Used stuff like finpecia in periods which I bought over the internet. After a...

People make fun of me when they learn that I'm afraid of losing my hair and take medications to fight the process, but I know my hair, and can see some thinning (especially at the left side and widow's peak, as mentioned). Besides, I don't buy into the finasteride scare - some might have side...

I'm 37 and I would personally say have a better hairline then OP, but I'm stressing like mad. Finasteride, minoxidil, ketoconazole and piroctone olamine... My left side and widow's peak has started thinning and I'll do what it takes to stop it.

I definitely think fake. My latest batch says "Made in USA" on the can, but on a sticker attached to the clear plastic used to wrap the can, it says "Made in China". But I still buy it, use it and I'm actually quite content with it.

You are receding. It won't get better. If I were you, I would start using finasteride, minoxidil and ketoconazole+piroctone olamine.

Money better spent elsewhere, in my opinion.

I'd add a piroctone olamine + salicylic acid shampoo to that mix. Also, I eat the finasteride instead on putting it on the scalp, but you have clearly thought this well through. Good luck!