Recent content by db135

Anyone know how to get finasteride out of tablets to make topical? I'm using ethanol to try and extract the finasteride from my 1mg tablets but most of the drug seems to remain un dissolved with the fillers. To cut a long story short, I crush a finasteride tablet in stainless Steel mortar and once in...

I had an itchy head before starting finasteride. It stopped itching pretty rapidly afterwards. I stopped finasteride after a month due to sides and switched to my own topical. Itching has returned, which is making me wonder if its doing anything. However I'm dissolving it in ethanol and propylene glycol which...

Hi all, Spent a month on oral finasteride, started at a low dose with the intention of increasing it over time. I was hit with brain fog after a week, I cut my dose but still suffered cognitive problems, also developed watery semen and reduced libido. After a month I stopped. I then decided to...

Maybe it's the lighting or maybe it's the finasteride but your scalp looks quite healthy for a balding person. I know where I'm thinning there's a notable difference in colour, it's redder and irritated. The hair growing on your head looks healthy, although wet hair will make it look better. Hair in...

Interesting, ive never been a big shampoo user. But I have noticed if my head was really itchy a good wash with head and shoulders would kill the itch stone dead for at least 2 days. To me that suggests the itch is something on the surface rather than "dht attacking the follicles" as I don't...

Has that improved your hairloss? Are you on finasteride?

Still seems to be working although I had a couple of itchy moments today but that's the first in a week. Something I noticed with the itch over the years is I NEVER woke up with an itchy scalp. It alway struck mid morning 2 or 3 hours after getting up. I've often wondered why, but since doing...

Yes I'm thinning from my left corner inwards, if this was mirrored on the right it would indicate that I am forming an island at the front. However my left has been thinning for years and at the moment my right shows almost no signs at all. I do a massage every night, circular movements all...

Guess the gene could be there then. Do you know what age they went bald at? Unless you actually know your starting to bald I wouldnt be taking finasteride, I'm thinning and I'm still not on it. My hairloss is slow. Increased hair in the shower, shedding poor quality hairs, itching and scalp irritation...

What's your family history of hairloss? Doesn't look like you are thinning apart for maybe a tiny bit of recession in the corners.

Had itching in the area I'm thinning in for the past 6 or 7 years. I don't have crusty or flaky scalp but it is irritated and inflamed. Started a 5 to 10 min scalp massage every night 2 months ago and it's it's best thing I've done for the itch. It's much reduced. Also noticed like grains of...

Decided to start doing a 5 to 10 minute scalp massage every night at the start of June. My scalp, especially in the area behind the temples where I'm thinning was so tight I could hardly pinch it. Fast forward to now and I can easily pinch a fold of scalp and it's looser all over. Have nothing...

What would you recommend starting with? I'm about to start, reluctantly, and was planning a low dose first to see how I react. 0.125 mg every morning?

I've been slowly thinning inwards for the past 8 to 10 years. I'm assuming I have fairly slow hairloss given how long it's taking. Guess I've left it as long as I can, didn't want to take finasteride but seems the only chance. How well do people my age respond?

2 years later posting a few new pics. Still not taking finasteride even though I think I'm going to be forced to if I want to keep my hair. Thinning inwards from the left temple has gotten a bit worse. Still very little on my right side. Central forelock is still thick, so is crown and top. If I was to...