Ok, everybody, time for an RU update,
as of right now, I have been using RU with Xandrox for 1 month and have stopped taking topical dutasteride for 3 weeks. Overall, I BELIEVE that the RU is doing a good job of maintaining. I do not believe that my hair has worsened over the last 2.5 weeks, but it is hard to tell, because the hair i have is getting longer and possibly hiding spots that could be getting barer.
But, I would say as soon as I stopped dutasteride + RU, things did get worse for about a week, temples receded and vertex started to look worse, but in the last 2+ weeks, i would honestly have to say my hair looks pretty steady, as in it has not gotten any worse. Also, shedding is way down, in the shower I usually only get around 15 hairs out, when the norm for me is usually 30+ at least.
However, it is not all sunshine yet. My overall appearance and feeling of my hair is that it is just not dense enough for me to be happy yet. But is it worse than a month ago? I don't believe so.
Plus, I am unhappy with my hairline, I see some small vellus hairs at my temples, but they have not grown into terminal hairs yet, very frustrating.
So overall, i would say no miracles happening yet, but hair thus far SEEMS pretty well maintained. And honestly, i have been mostly using RU only once a day, and xandrox once a day. I feel i need to be more diligent and do it twice a day. Plus, maybe i need something stronger than xandrox to bring back my temples, like DNC or applepoly. I don't know. Hope this update is helps, i'll update again later