Doctor Told Me To Get Minoxidil For Hairloss

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I had a dermatologist appointment on Monday and she pretty much told me to get Minoxidil and use it every night before bed and after 10 days use it three times a week. She also gave me some caffeine shampoo. She said I'm not gonna benefit from Finasteride side effects (low libido), as I am still young (22). Thoughts?
 
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himynameisj said:
She said I'm not gonna benefit from Finasteride side effects (low libido)
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I did benefit from the side effects. Spontaneous erections had destroyed so many pairs of underwear. I no longer have this problem thanks to finasteride.
 
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himynameisj said:
I had a dermatologist appointment on Monday and she pretty much told me to get Minoxidil and use it every night before bed and after 10 days use it three times a week. She also gave me some caffeine shampoo. She said I'm not gonna benefit from Finasteride side effects (low libido), as I am still young (22). Thoughts?
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After 10 days use it 3x a week....? Literally never heard that sh*t before

For best results you should apply it 2x day indefinitely. Can still get results with 1x a day use, just probably not as good.

I wouldn't do that 3x a week thing unless you're some kind of extreme case where you're getting side effects or something

Also, do you feel like your body has filled out? At 22 you're (probably) old enough to be taking finasteride.

I think you need to find a new derm to be honest. She doesn't sound like she knows her sh*t about male pattern baldness, or she takes it lightly. You have to get aggressive against this sh*t....
 
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kj6723 said:
After 10 days use it 3x a week....? Literally never heard that sh*t before

For best results you should apply it 2x day indefinitely. Can still get results with 1x a day use, just probably not as good.

I wouldn't do that 3x a week thing unless you're some kind of extreme case where you're getting side effects or something

Also, do you feel like your body has filled out? At 22 you're (probably) old enough to be taking finasteride.

I think you need to find a new derm to be honest. She doesn't sound like she knows her sh*t about male pattern baldness, or she takes it lightly. You have to get aggressive against this sh*t....
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I don't know if I explained it correctly, I meant after 10 days of applying Minoxidil every night, I will cut the use to only three days out of seven (a week). She said Minoxidil is not going to help me a lot, hopefully it will and I know without Finasteride most of the things I do are pointless, but I have an active sexual life and I am not sure that low libido and weak erections are going to help me in this aspect, because I already have some kind of mild ED... Also I am not the type of risky guy, but paradoxally I would do anything to keep my hair, so I am trying everything possible that has relatively low risk and decent success rate before trying Propecia...
 
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Hi, I have used minoxidil for two to three months now, especially on my hairline, I see growth on my right temple but not much on my left temple, where the NWing was more pronounced. Any idea why I can't get some growth on my left temple?
 
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Simar@ said:
why don't anyone of you tried natural remedies? why everyone ready to use these drugs which definitely put adverse effect on your health.
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A lot of people have tried natural remedies. There are at least dozens of different ideas out there, most of them poorly researched, plus pharmaceutical companies lie about their ingredents sometimes, it's high risk low reward. Further, If you do find a natural remedy that works the same as finasteride it will offer no advantage over finasteride.

Saw palmetto is very likely a weaker finasteride, so you can use it, get around half the effectiveness and half the side effects, approximately, though we can't be sure. @SmoothSailing is using saw palmetto.
 
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Simar@ said:
why don't anyone of you tried natural remedies? why everyone ready to use these drugs which definitely put adverse effect on your health.
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Take good quality pictures same hair length/style/lighting/angle. Then a year or two after your natural treatment/cure post some new ones. You maintain or grow new hair and I will try that treatment.
I have never seen such a thing, and even with pictures evidence is very lacking.
So you can try saw palmetto and hope it does anything. If it does your probably getting sexual sides or you can take finasteride. finasteride you know the deal of sides, but you also know for certain in most men it does work well. Id rather chance the proven one. Saw palmetto alters hormones or whatever else the same way or it wont work
 
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Simar@ said:
Is hair really so important that you are ready to take any risk on your health just for hairs?

Am so sorry if i said something wrong but i am a little bit serious about health. i know everyone wants dense and healthy hair. Even i want long, thick and healthy hair, but not at the cost of my health.
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I would, yeah. If I go bald (which is quite possible), I'll be dead anyway from an aesthetics point of view.
 
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