Hi,
New to the board. Glad to find the site. Seems to be a lot of useful and relevant information. First of all, to give some background. I'm 25, and I've begun to see the top/front of my head start to get progressively thinner. I still have fairly good coverage and nobody can really tell that I am balding. However, I'm definetly seeing my hair thinning out, especially when it is wet. Anyways, I'd like to at least keep the hair I have and prevent any further hair loss. I've been on rogain foam for about a month now and just started shampooing with Nizoral twice a week. I guess the next step would be to find a good DHT bloker. I'm looking into Propecia. However, the sexual side affects scare the hell out of me. Their website claims that less than 2% of users have suffered the effects and they go away after you stop use, but not sure it is worth the risk. Also a little concerned about the price. If any of you could give advice on the followin questions, I'd much appreciate it:
What is your general opinion on Propecia?
Has anyone on here ever taken Propecia and suffered any side effects?
Are there other alternatives to Propecia that are effective in blocking DHT that don't have the side effects?
Has anybody used generic finasteride with much sucess. Are the generic brands as effective as Propecia?
Not sure if Rogaine foam is effective because I don't think much of it is reaching my scalp, because I think my hair is soaking it up. Any advice on this?
Thanks for the help. I plan on consulting a Dr. as well, but thought it would be worth while to do some research before hand. Wish you all the best and I'll ya posted on results.
New to the board. Glad to find the site. Seems to be a lot of useful and relevant information. First of all, to give some background. I'm 25, and I've begun to see the top/front of my head start to get progressively thinner. I still have fairly good coverage and nobody can really tell that I am balding. However, I'm definetly seeing my hair thinning out, especially when it is wet. Anyways, I'd like to at least keep the hair I have and prevent any further hair loss. I've been on rogain foam for about a month now and just started shampooing with Nizoral twice a week. I guess the next step would be to find a good DHT bloker. I'm looking into Propecia. However, the sexual side affects scare the hell out of me. Their website claims that less than 2% of users have suffered the effects and they go away after you stop use, but not sure it is worth the risk. Also a little concerned about the price. If any of you could give advice on the followin questions, I'd much appreciate it:
What is your general opinion on Propecia?
Has anyone on here ever taken Propecia and suffered any side effects?
Are there other alternatives to Propecia that are effective in blocking DHT that don't have the side effects?
Has anybody used generic finasteride with much sucess. Are the generic brands as effective as Propecia?
Not sure if Rogaine foam is effective because I don't think much of it is reaching my scalp, because I think my hair is soaking it up. Any advice on this?
Thanks for the help. I plan on consulting a Dr. as well, but thought it would be worth while to do some research before hand. Wish you all the best and I'll ya posted on results.
