Hi New to the Fourm with a few Q's about my regime

[mashang]

Hi guys new to the site and have a few questions,

i started taking Propecia (merck) around 6 months ago, i split a pill in half and take .5mg everyday along with that i am using 1mg of minoxidil (kirkland) everyday aswell.

now recently i have noticed some itching on my scalp but that is if i do not wash my hair for 3 days or so,
i was thinking so i start using Nizoral ?
i do not shed alot of hairs well not more than 10 or so....

just to update on my progress, my friends and GF have mentioned that my hair is looking thicker, but i am still feeling a bit sceptical, i dont know if its down to me looking at my hair everyday in the mirror ?

also lastly my older brother was thinning alot when he was 27 (my age now)
he started a finasteride+minoxidil regime for 2 years and his hair grew back thick,
now will my results be similar as we are brothers?

thanks in advanced

 

[Petchsky]

Yes, Nizoral could help, although you may find using a conditioner afterwards helps, as it dries the hair....or use T-gel with sylic acid, or even head and shoulders as this has a good ingredient in it called 'Zinc pyrithione'

Looking in the mirror everyday can distort your perception of your hair, but it is hard not to keep looking.

Your brothers success is great, but there are no guarantees that you will have the same results, but a good omen maybe?

ps, I find brushing my hair helps a few hours after applying the minoxidil...dislodges some of the dried liquid

Welcome to the forum

 

[mashang]

hey thanks for the reply,
thought i would stay away from hair sites for a while as i dont want to stress myself,

with reference to the Nizoral , dont think my itching is that bad, just after a few days of not washing and using minoxidil every day can get a bit itching but not only on the male pattern baldness areas, so think its just down to not washing it (but my hair never looks greasy even on minoxidil) and my scalp is not red or sore.

getting on the to the finasteride, as mentioned i am on .5mg a day and have been for coming up to 6months, i dont see a lot of hairs in the shower or my keyboard (maybe 5 or 10) sometimes. Is that classified as a shed ?
but looking in the mirror i cant see any improvements, some days i feel good about my hair and some days i dont,
i have little hairs some thick and some thin all around my temples and frontal hair line, but i dont know if these are new growth or old hairs receding.

My main question is
with taking .5mg for 6 mnths would i have had a better growth if i took 1mg ?
and also should i wait till the 1 year is up before i decide to jump to 1mg?

the reason why i started on .5mg is that was scared shitless from all that bad-press from a particular website (we all know which one)
but i have not had major sides, a few weeks of mild nut ache , watery seaman
my libido has been the same , But my GF says it was low to start with (as i am a work aholic ).

i know everyone is different and reacts differently to the meds but would appreciate some words of wisdom.