Recent content by couldbebetter

I was. Been depressed for years, hair made it much worse. First antidepressants I tried didn't seem to do anything, second caused me to grind my teeth in my sleep. Didn't like using the mouth guard to stop me from grinding, so I stopped taking antidepressants. They didn't help much anyway. The...

Certain medications, finasteride and Minoxodil included, aren't available on the NHS. It doesn't cover cosmetic stuff. Can anyone else verify Dr Fox? Or any other site? They all look so dodgy, somehow. Maybe I'm just paranoid.

Title says it all. I'm thinking of taking the plunge. I'm looking for a reliable, preferably cheap UK vendor. I've found DrFox which sells finasteride for a much lower price than Lloyd's Pharmacy or Superdrug - like £15 vs £25 for one month. Can anyone vouch for DrFox? I asked this on another thread...

Thanks. Okay. I guess I'll give finasteride a go, then. Maybe. It's a big decision. What can I expect from the shedding? I've been on Minoxodil for a while, might that mean it'll be worse? Or better? Or nobody knows? Is it a good idea to try taking finasteride in smaller doses to begin with, to see if I...

I didn't really get a huge spurt, though. It just stopped my hair loss and improved the quality of my hair - which resulted in it looking thicker. I assumed it'd keep working for as long as I was using it. This is horrible. Again, I'm going to give Nizoral a chance. Extra hair loss loosely...

Since people are so keen to see: Hairline is pretty bad, overall density is pretty bad, plus I've got this random thin patch. Isn't where one would normally expect to find a bald spot (pretty much on the top of my head and off to the side). That patch appeared very recently, within the last...

You're a real bundle of joy. People have had success without finasteride - I was one of them. I'm concerned as to why I then lost so much of what I gained. You'd think it just wouldn't work at all. I'm considering finasteride. If my situation doesn't improve over the next few weeks then that'll be an option...

I did mention it. I said I wasn't comfortable with it. No pics because I didn't think it was necessary. It's not like I'm posting a before and after.

I don't know what that would achieve. I'm a diffuse thinner, lost anywhere between half and two-thirds of my hair. Also a Norwood~1.5/2 hairline. No appreciable bald spot, bar a patch of shorter hair at the top/side of my head that escapes explanation, though the thinness of my hair does make it...

Good luck to you. If I was in your position I wouldn't mind so much - you've got nearly 10 years on me. The thing is that I know so many guys my age who are pretty much bald, but they don't seem bothered by it. I wish I could stop caring. Maybe if I do shave my head then I will. I'm told my head...

I started out with thin hair and wanted to increase density. That's fair reasoning, though. Have you been using it for long? What's your experience been so far?

Well as I mentioned, I've got this weird patch of short/thin hair on my head. It's like a bald patch where a bald patch shouldn't be. I was doing fine - it was going okay. I don't get why it would suddenly decide that it needs an inhibitor when it was managing fine, more or less, without. I know...

I suppose I'll think about it then. Where would you recommend I get finasteride from in the UK? I just don't get why it would stop working. I'd heard that there's sometimes a shed after using for a year, but I didn't think it'd be this bad. I was doing okay without finasteride - I certainly felt like the hair...

It's okay, but still too much when you put Minoxodil on top of that.

So I've been using Minoxodil since August 2015 and Nizoral since February 2015. I got modest results out of it - enough that I could feel confident with the right haircut. I looked okay. However, I seem to have regressed slightly. A lot. My hair is still healthy - one of the primary benefits I...