HopeBringer
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Hello,
I remember reading forums like these, and want to share a bit to the younger folks.
Long story short: started losing at 20, inherited my father who was a norwood 5 by 27. i’m 42 now.
Got on finasteride early, added minoxidil. Stabilized, a little regrowth. Norw 2-3. Curly hair made up for it.
After like 5-7 years it progressed some-switched to dutas. Worked, after many years of stable results I did minoxidil just once a day, eventually quit. Used ketokonazol shampoo for scalp innflammation/ dandruff and as a weak anti-androgen.
Years passed. Had a life, career, many fling, eventually married, looked to have kids. Didn’t work. After a year, I got my sperm count checked: 100 k total.m - Near nothing. Quit the meds…and luckily, 9 months later my sperm counts where in the millions. Kept off the drugs until I had two kids, loss increased a bit. Stabilized again…but somewhat thinner then it had been.
Kept on with dutas; checked sperm before third kid: it was down the drain yet again. Off meds for a year, conceived, on it again. A little thinner after the break, so added oral minoxidil this time. Grows hair like a beast, including body/fascial hair wih minoxidil.
All in all, I’ve been lucky. Lucky it worked, lucky to still be norwood 3 after all this time, and lucky that side effects were reversable. (Sperm)
Hair still matters to me despite my age…but a bit less. Still get the looks from gals though, so would like to keep it. I do not know if it might a side effect…but I hardly get any grey hairs, even though most guys I know are greyhounds now.
If it works for you: stay on, unless you have sides.
I remember reading forums like these, and want to share a bit to the younger folks.
Long story short: started losing at 20, inherited my father who was a norwood 5 by 27. i’m 42 now.
Got on finasteride early, added minoxidil. Stabilized, a little regrowth. Norw 2-3. Curly hair made up for it.
After like 5-7 years it progressed some-switched to dutas. Worked, after many years of stable results I did minoxidil just once a day, eventually quit. Used ketokonazol shampoo for scalp innflammation/ dandruff and as a weak anti-androgen.
Years passed. Had a life, career, many fling, eventually married, looked to have kids. Didn’t work. After a year, I got my sperm count checked: 100 k total.m - Near nothing. Quit the meds…and luckily, 9 months later my sperm counts where in the millions. Kept off the drugs until I had two kids, loss increased a bit. Stabilized again…but somewhat thinner then it had been.
Kept on with dutas; checked sperm before third kid: it was down the drain yet again. Off meds for a year, conceived, on it again. A little thinner after the break, so added oral minoxidil this time. Grows hair like a beast, including body/fascial hair wih minoxidil.
All in all, I’ve been lucky. Lucky it worked, lucky to still be norwood 3 after all this time, and lucky that side effects were reversable. (Sperm)
Hair still matters to me despite my age…but a bit less. Still get the looks from gals though, so would like to keep it. I do not know if it might a side effect…but I hardly get any grey hairs, even though most guys I know are greyhounds now.
If it works for you: stay on, unless you have sides.