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Green Soap

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I'm now a year into my regimen on both minoxidil and finasteride......minoxidil is 1.3 years, finasteride 1 year.

I haven't mentioned this but for the past three months I've only been applying 5% minoxidil once a day, very thourough evening application with 2ML.

the past three weeks I've been taking 1/8th (or less, considering the powder that falls away when you cut) proscar......


I've been through the rollercoaster but my god, I look at my hair (which is longer now - I could never do that before without it looking hellish) with a big hand mirror and it looks AMAZING.

I mean, it's long, and yet full all around. Before my regimen a year+ ago if I had it longer it looked GROSS. Thin and flat on top but full on the sides.

So, there it is, I'm on a very minimal regimen now and it appears to be working very well.

the treatments work, guys. Keep it up!


Edit, as a very serious side note to my finasteride reduction... I never really had a problem with sides before. I mean, that whole time on 1.25mg a day my body functioned okay....

but since I've cut back to a very low finasteride dose my libido has grown and, here's the kicker for all you guys who talk about a "brain fog": I've noticed myself being wittier and more clever in conversations with people. A noticeable change since I had been on 1.25 for a year.

Just thought I'd point it out.
 
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Green Soap said:
the past three weeks I've been taking 1/8th (or less, considering the powder that falls away when you cut) proscar......
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fair play to you mate. could you please explain your dosage situation to me. will be going on finasteride in the next week or so and am looking for advice regarding dosage levels. i agree with less is more, as long as it is uninterupted.
 
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well, the mods here have graphs taken from studies showing that a mere .22mg a day of finasteride is like 95% as effective (or some such) as 1.25mg.

Therefore I now cut my finasteride into 8th's. I figure I'm getting somewhere above .3mg finasteride a day.

It has resulted in a reduction of some issues.
 
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Green Soap said:
well, the mods here have graphs taken from studies showing that a mere .22mg a day of finasteride is like 95% as effective (or some such) as 1.25mg.

Therefore I now cut my finasteride into 8th's. I figure I'm getting somewhere above .3mg finasteride a day.

It has resulted in a reduction of some issues.
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i dont understand those graphs, sorry. so would you say 1/4 procar every other day is good?
 
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I can't comment on taking every other day as some kind of authority other than I wouldn't do it.

I think it needs to be a daily consistency, I think every other day is really pushing it.

I also think 1/4 every other day does not equal 1/8 every day.

I'd rather have a low level smooth line of input rather than a spike every other day.

I don't think it such a simple matter as that 1/4 every other day leaves a mathematical amount of finasteride in your body that is similar, I think it's the complex interaction with your hormones that you want to have level as continuous as possible.
 
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Green Soap said:
I can't comment on taking every other day as some kind of authority other than I wouldn't do it.

I think it needs to be a daily consistency, I think every other day is really pushing it.

I also think 1/4 every other day does not equal 1/8 every day.

I'd rather have a low level smooth line of input rather than a spike every other day.
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i understand your point and am inclined to agree. is it a pain cutting it into 1/8ths?? any tips?
 
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Use a pill cutter to get exact 1/4ths.

then a good sharp razor blade in your hands to halve those.
 
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Green Soap said:
well, the mods here have graphs taken from studies showing that a mere .22mg a day of finasteride is like 95% as effective (or some such) as 1.25mg.

Therefore I now cut my finasteride into 8th's. I figure I'm getting somewhere above .3mg finasteride a day.

It has resulted in a reduction of some issues.
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1/8 Proscar? God, that's like the size of a crumb. Amazing that something that size that you ingest can do so much for the hair. Im having great results at 3 mos. so im sticking with 1/4 for now till I feel like Everything is in place and solid. You still take MSM and GSE?
 
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