Grantspots
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Greetings gentlemen - it's been almost 2 years since I've posted. Thought I might drop by, say hello and give you all an update.
A little history - I spent almost a year here (2002/03) researching and discussing the various methods used to combat hairloss. I'd had transplants in my temple regions back in the late 80's and my hairloss had progressed to the point where I needed something else. I was 42 when I came here and really enjoyed the comraderie of the forum
Like a lot of you, I got on to a regimen of what I coined the "FinMinNiz" cocktail and religiously worked it. The initial impact - 3 months - was an immediate stoppage of hairloss and over the next 6 months, it became quite clear that the hair I still had was much healthier and stronger. This gave me the appearance of more hair, which is obviously what we all strive for. That was the good news.
After a year or so, I started questionning the side effects of taking finasteride and how, although it hadn't affected me too greatly in the past, I was becoming more emotional and moody. After another couple of months, I decided to stop taking finasteride to see if it helped.
It did. And when I started feeling better, I turned my attention and time to getting back in shape physically. So I re-discovered road cycling, a passion I had given up years ago when I got married and had kids. I lost 20 pounds and started feeling much better about myself.
Nowadays, I do nothing about my hair and I've fallen back slowly to where I was 3 years ago. I'm considering starting again so I figured I'd come back here to see what progress, if any, there has been. The key thing is that I am happy and in a good place both physically and mentally.
Thanks for letting me tell my story - good luck to all of you.
Jerry Grant
A little history - I spent almost a year here (2002/03) researching and discussing the various methods used to combat hairloss. I'd had transplants in my temple regions back in the late 80's and my hairloss had progressed to the point where I needed something else. I was 42 when I came here and really enjoyed the comraderie of the forum
Like a lot of you, I got on to a regimen of what I coined the "FinMinNiz" cocktail and religiously worked it. The initial impact - 3 months - was an immediate stoppage of hairloss and over the next 6 months, it became quite clear that the hair I still had was much healthier and stronger. This gave me the appearance of more hair, which is obviously what we all strive for. That was the good news.
After a year or so, I started questionning the side effects of taking finasteride and how, although it hadn't affected me too greatly in the past, I was becoming more emotional and moody. After another couple of months, I decided to stop taking finasteride to see if it helped.
It did. And when I started feeling better, I turned my attention and time to getting back in shape physically. So I re-discovered road cycling, a passion I had given up years ago when I got married and had kids. I lost 20 pounds and started feeling much better about myself.
Nowadays, I do nothing about my hair and I've fallen back slowly to where I was 3 years ago. I'm considering starting again so I figured I'd come back here to see what progress, if any, there has been. The key thing is that I am happy and in a good place both physically and mentally.
Thanks for letting me tell my story - good luck to all of you.
Jerry Grant
