I put my update up at 6 months and figured I would put one up at 9 months. Actually, I am almost at 10 motnhs, but I have been busy. I wanted to wait because I didn't want to freak anyone out over any sheds that may come since around the 6 month mark seems to be where they begin.
Well, I have been taking nizoral for 15 months now and finasteride for 10 months. I am a diffuse thinner and I first noticed thinning 2 xmas' ago. It took me 9 months to cave in and get proscar and I am glad I did. I noticed the thinning because I was spiking my hair and I gradually saw more and more scalp over a period of about 9 months until it was very apparent to all that I was thinning. I had to stop spiking my hair because it was not very noticeable when I parted my hair to the side like I used to.
For the first 3 months on finasteride, nothing really happened. I thought i was on a shed, but my hair was long so I think it was more due to the pulling of it while showering. At around 6 months, I finally got a haircut and was very pleased with the results. In the middle of my 7th month, big time shed. I would guesstimate that at least 60-80 hairs would come out in the shower and I would be finding hairs on my keyboard, etc. This went on for about 4-6 weeks, minimum. Even though I was losing tons of hair, it didn't really show up much until I got butchered at my last haircut. She went far too low for my tastes, but it still wasn't that bad.
What is very odd is that this shed ended very abruptly, one day 80 hairs in the shower, the next, like 15. I have shed very little for the last 3 weeks and what was really strange was that I was walking by the mirror yesterday and my hair was all messed up. I decided to spike it up and see what we had and I was shocked. It was not perfect, but I would say it was at least a 30% improvement. To be honest, I would say my expectations were at most 20% improvement and that would be at least 3 months down the line.
Well, that is all I've got. My advice is to ride out your sheds, have realistic expectations, and you will be quite happy with the results.
Well, I have been taking nizoral for 15 months now and finasteride for 10 months. I am a diffuse thinner and I first noticed thinning 2 xmas' ago. It took me 9 months to cave in and get proscar and I am glad I did. I noticed the thinning because I was spiking my hair and I gradually saw more and more scalp over a period of about 9 months until it was very apparent to all that I was thinning. I had to stop spiking my hair because it was not very noticeable when I parted my hair to the side like I used to.
For the first 3 months on finasteride, nothing really happened. I thought i was on a shed, but my hair was long so I think it was more due to the pulling of it while showering. At around 6 months, I finally got a haircut and was very pleased with the results. In the middle of my 7th month, big time shed. I would guesstimate that at least 60-80 hairs would come out in the shower and I would be finding hairs on my keyboard, etc. This went on for about 4-6 weeks, minimum. Even though I was losing tons of hair, it didn't really show up much until I got butchered at my last haircut. She went far too low for my tastes, but it still wasn't that bad.
What is very odd is that this shed ended very abruptly, one day 80 hairs in the shower, the next, like 15. I have shed very little for the last 3 weeks and what was really strange was that I was walking by the mirror yesterday and my hair was all messed up. I decided to spike it up and see what we had and I was shocked. It was not perfect, but I would say it was at least a 30% improvement. To be honest, I would say my expectations were at most 20% improvement and that would be at least 3 months down the line.
Well, that is all I've got. My advice is to ride out your sheds, have realistic expectations, and you will be quite happy with the results.
