Background: I`m a 27yo male, with no family history of hair loss, but I noticed a fair amount of thinning about 6-8months ago (never really noticed it before then) I saw a derm 2months ago and he diagnosed me with male pattern baldness, he did sugest I take a blood/thyroid test, but I never did since i never noticed anything else weird besides hair thinning..
I started generic 5% Rogaine about 2 months ago and I shedded quite a bit for about 6 weeks with heavy dandruff...Nizoral stopped the dandruff and now I noticed that the shedding has also completely stopped (knock on wood) when I wake up I only see maybe 1-5 hairs on my pillow where there were easily 12-20 before, also I can shampoo and only a few hairs come out....
...And I`m not sure if it's my imagination or what, but my hair does seem a bit thicker and I can style it again without seeing big spots of my scalp...So basically I would say the minoxidil seemed to work pretty good for me...(I really hope I don't jinx it by posting this)....(My hair still is no where near what it was a year ago, but it is better than what it was 2months ago)..
The only problem is that the stuff is a hassle to apply, and I'd like to switch to proscar, how exactly do I do this? Do I start taking the proscar and then taper down the rogaine? Or do I just stop? Or should I not push my luck at this point, and just stay on the generic rogaine for awhile? I was hoping that I could at least cut down the rogaine to one application a day, (at night after a shower)...Anyone have advice on this. I'd rather not use the 15% minoxidil that is available since it's exspensive...I can get generic 5% at $25 for three bottles....Plus I`m just not sure about minoxidil at such a high concentration..
I started generic 5% Rogaine about 2 months ago and I shedded quite a bit for about 6 weeks with heavy dandruff...Nizoral stopped the dandruff and now I noticed that the shedding has also completely stopped (knock on wood) when I wake up I only see maybe 1-5 hairs on my pillow where there were easily 12-20 before, also I can shampoo and only a few hairs come out....
...And I`m not sure if it's my imagination or what, but my hair does seem a bit thicker and I can style it again without seeing big spots of my scalp...So basically I would say the minoxidil seemed to work pretty good for me...(I really hope I don't jinx it by posting this)....(My hair still is no where near what it was a year ago, but it is better than what it was 2months ago)..
The only problem is that the stuff is a hassle to apply, and I'd like to switch to proscar, how exactly do I do this? Do I start taking the proscar and then taper down the rogaine? Or do I just stop? Or should I not push my luck at this point, and just stay on the generic rogaine for awhile? I was hoping that I could at least cut down the rogaine to one application a day, (at night after a shower)...Anyone have advice on this. I'd rather not use the 15% minoxidil that is available since it's exspensive...I can get generic 5% at $25 for three bottles....Plus I`m just not sure about minoxidil at such a high concentration..
