Okay, so first things first, i have been on a Finasteride 1mg/day treatment for three and a half years now. (23yrs old) and i have pretty much managed to maintain since starting Finasteride, which for most of you would be considered a success story. But i waited far too long to start treating my hairloss... Far too long...
Right now i'm a NW2-2.5, with very wide temple recession and no hairline to speak of (thankfully no noticeable crown loss) however i'm not happy with my hair. Maybe some of you will say "i'd kill to have your NW2, GTFO", but the truth is my hairloss, alongside another illness that also took a toll on my appearance, turned the simple act of looking into a mirror into torture for the past four years of my life and it's a miracle that i'm not clinically depressed or suicidal after four years of that. I've had enough of this. I want to change, i want to go back to the days where i could look into the mirror and feel good about myself again, and here i am looking for help.
"Abba, have you tried using _": Well, i have considered Dutasteride but i don't expect much improvement from it and so i decided to go for what i think is a step further with spironolactone. I have tried minoxidil in the past (with disastrous results, will never give it another chance), cannot realistically obtain RU or any of the experimental treatments and am not willing to go further than Spironolactone in my regimen (Aka the Antydhtor/Bridgeburn route). I also don't believe Hair Transplants are good for much more than giving you the illusion of hair, when what i want is actual hair, and i also stopped expecting anything from the "up and coming" treatments, that are at best 5 years away or just pure snake oil.
And so i'm asking the users here who have added Spironolactone on their regimen and are successful with it: What kind of regrowth can i expect after adding spironolactone to my regimen and in which timeframes? And what side effects should i expect to get and which dosage should i use? (heard good things about 100mg day and 100mg night). What do you wish you had known before you started taking spironolactone? Anything in particular that i should be wary of? (like Potassium levels). And finally, do hairs gained on spironolactone become spironolactone-dependent like it is the case with Minoxidil? Or do i expect spironolactone to be a lifetime commitment like Finasteride is?
Right now i'm a NW2-2.5, with very wide temple recession and no hairline to speak of (thankfully no noticeable crown loss) however i'm not happy with my hair. Maybe some of you will say "i'd kill to have your NW2, GTFO", but the truth is my hairloss, alongside another illness that also took a toll on my appearance, turned the simple act of looking into a mirror into torture for the past four years of my life and it's a miracle that i'm not clinically depressed or suicidal after four years of that. I've had enough of this. I want to change, i want to go back to the days where i could look into the mirror and feel good about myself again, and here i am looking for help.
"Abba, have you tried using _": Well, i have considered Dutasteride but i don't expect much improvement from it and so i decided to go for what i think is a step further with spironolactone. I have tried minoxidil in the past (with disastrous results, will never give it another chance), cannot realistically obtain RU or any of the experimental treatments and am not willing to go further than Spironolactone in my regimen (Aka the Antydhtor/Bridgeburn route). I also don't believe Hair Transplants are good for much more than giving you the illusion of hair, when what i want is actual hair, and i also stopped expecting anything from the "up and coming" treatments, that are at best 5 years away or just pure snake oil.
And so i'm asking the users here who have added Spironolactone on their regimen and are successful with it: What kind of regrowth can i expect after adding spironolactone to my regimen and in which timeframes? And what side effects should i expect to get and which dosage should i use? (heard good things about 100mg day and 100mg night). What do you wish you had known before you started taking spironolactone? Anything in particular that i should be wary of? (like Potassium levels). And finally, do hairs gained on spironolactone become spironolactone-dependent like it is the case with Minoxidil? Or do i expect spironolactone to be a lifetime commitment like Finasteride is?