Bombs away! And advice please!

[WiseJoeyD]

Started Propecia a week ago, and so far no real problems...

Funny thing was I was all confident up until I actually obught it and was about to take it! Then I was all "oh lord! this is going to mess with my body! It's serious sh*t!". However, I soldiered on and those fears are behind me. Indeed though the main 'problems' were psychological. I thought I was becoming more tired and and very uneager to engage in any sexual acts, but it's turned out to be my new job (started so as to pay for Propecia)....unwrapping and pricing clothes all day can do that to a person!

Anyway, I'm eager to know what the best course of action would be regarding scalp cleanliness.

I use Nizoral twice a week, and wash my hair once a day, as you do...

However, I was wondeirng about how much DHT is present on surface sebum (from type 1 5AR), and thus, whether this should be cleaned away more than the usual once a day? Or would this dry my skin and probably be counter productive for a healthhy scalp?

I'm also interested to know what people mean by "shed". I do know what it means, and the process, but what I don't understand is how severe it is.

Does it have a cosmetic effect or is it something only you'd notice?

 

[Guest]

Re: shampoo. Stay on your current schedule. More frequent shampooing will not help but MAY hurt. Conjecture here, no data on this.

See http://www.skinbiology.com for a very good section on general hair care.

Re:shedding, some folks report more hair loss initially when starting propecia. This did not happen to me but happens to others.

In other words, more hair in the sink!

Ignore it and it will pass if you are like most of us.

Good luck

 

[Axon]

"Shedding" is the phenomenon where both thinning and cosmetically normal hair can be "forced" out by new hair growing in the root.

In typical internet hyperbole fashion, shed tales have grown to epic proportions. People have claimed they have lost 90% of their density or that shed hairs have never grown back. Others have claimed the hairs came to life and attempted to murder them.

While a scant few of these claims may be true, the vast majority can be dismissed as paranoid delusion. People are just scared and they start noticing things they've never noticed before, and they attribute it to Finasteride.

Lastly, you may not shed at all. I did not. People are busy looking for "new" hairs that they do not realize Fina and minoxidil are much better at nursing thinning hair back to cosmetic normalcy. I have yet to see one new hair, but all the thinning hair I've had (even on the hairline) has recovered.

My hair ain’t perfect, but it's light years from where it was.

 

[ShedMaster]

"Shedding" is the phenomenon where both thinning and cosmetically normal hair can be "forced" out by new hair growing in the root.

In typical internet hyperbole fashion, shed tales have grown to epic proportions. People have claimed they have lost 90% of their density or that shed hairs have never grown back. Others have claimed the hairs came to life and attempted to murder them.

While a scant few of these claims may be true, the vast majority can be dismissed as paranoid delusion. People are just scared and they start noticing things they've never noticed before, and they attribute it to Finasteride.

Lastly, you may not shed at all. I did not. People are busy looking for "new" hairs that they do not realize Fina and minoxidil are much better at nursing thinning hair back to cosmetic normalcy. I have yet to see one new hair, but all the thinning hair I've had (even on the hairline) has recovered.

My hair ain’t perfect, but it's light years from where it was.

Hey Axon, why don't you fill out your regimen in your profile so we can see what has helped you. :2gunsfiring_v1: :sulkoff: