Recent content by rando

Dek, Actually, I seem to finally be making some progress (despite a recent post to the contrary :oops: ). I've said it before: Though 1 year may be an appropriate benchmark to assess whether Propecia may work at all, it likely takes much longer to see regrowth. In my experience, hair grows...

Hey. I'm at month 14, and I've been suffering from some similar symptoms. For example, my libido is non-existent and I often have severe groin/prostate pain after ejaculating. As for the moodiness, I'm beginning to believe more and more that Propecia is causing my depression/mood swings. Don't...

I'm on month 14 right now, and I'm going through the mother of all sheds (at least I'm hoping it's a shed). Over the course of these 14 months, my hair has cycled between good, great, and absolutely terrible. Unfortunately, the latter has predominated. Oh well. As long as it grows back...

Same here. It's not so much the recession that bothers me as much as the thinning. I can't stand the thinning!!!

Hey Cornholio. Thanks for giving such practical advice. Honestly, I'm not too concerned with the potential side effects of taking Dutasteride. I consider myself fairly well informed, but I can't balk at the prospect of taking a drug that may very well be my last chance to hold onto (and maybe...

Paradise Lost, I'd be interested to hear how you're doing on dutasteride in a few months. I remember experiencing a surge of testosterone (increased libido, lower body fat, etc.) after first starting Propecia, but unfortunately, these effects attenuated by the 5-6 month mark. Now i'm just stuck with a...

I'm just starting month 14 on the Big 3 and have been underwhelmed so far with my results. I suffer from bitemporal recession with diffuse frontal thinning and have noticed, at best, a slowing of loss. My results are disappointing because I do not (did not :( ) consider myself to have a...

thanks for the reply. you mean that if i leave it in for 30 minutes before applying something else, right?

recently, when i've gone to rub in the minoxidil with my fingers after applying it to the scalp, i've noticed that my hands have been sweaty. i think i just get really worked up when i have to look at my hair. anyway, is it possible that rubbing the minoxidil in with sweaty hands can make it less...

i'm with you kyriakin, i experience a similar thing: when i feel like my hair loss is bad, it seems like everyone around me has a full head of hair. on those (few) days when i feel good about how my treatment is going, it seems like everyone my age (24) has begun losing their hair. weird. but...

BHD, your theory makes sense to me. as long as there's the hope that it'll grow back again, i can hang on. not sure how many more "sheds" i can keep going through. whoever said this was a roller coaster wasn't kidding. it's awful. petchsky, how has your hair loss progressed? where can i expect...

bad hair, don't do that to me. i thought you were the poster-child of success. anyway, as i said, i'm at month 5.5 on propecia and still no results. in fact, things have only gotten worse. i'll trust you if you tell me that things will get better. i know i might be grasping at straws, but have...

ty, you're one funny dude. agreed. get on 1mg of propecia.

hey guys. thanks for the replies. tynan, yes, that's exactly where it's thinning. as kyriakin said, though, i thought that's supposed to be the last to go. i'm also losing hair at both temples. i've literally never seen anything like this before. it's like i'm going to have two "islands" of hair...

i'm sorry, i don't have any pictures, but imagine what temple recession looks like, but i have it at the part of my hair (in addition to at the temples). how can this be? i thought this part of the hairline is the strongest in men? it actually seems to resemble a female hairline. any ideas?