My story - On treatment but still shedding ...

[PXN]

Never thought it would happen to me, I always had lots of hair and a young look.

10 month ago I realise that my crown what quite thin and that I had been loosing quite a lots of hair in the shower every day (~30).
Started on Minoxidil and Bepanthene (Vitamine B5 for 6 weeks) last December.
Still been shedding a lot (~30 to 60 every day) but I hope that the Minoxidil is compensating for that.

I didn't discontinued Minoxidil though after 8 month as I was afraid of more shedding and just started on Finasteride 3 weeks ago.
Surprisingly I don't seems to get any side effect so I not too sure if it is doing anything.

Will see if my baldness is still progressing.

Funny fact is that I used to shampoo myself with a 2% Ketoconazole shampoo (Ketoderm cream) every 2 days for perhaps 5 years and stopped using it 3 years ago. Perhaps this shampoo did actually slowed it down...

Pictures taken in November 2014


Pictures taken this week, August 2015.

 

[casparrro]

For me the 'real' treatment you started 3 weeks ago with finasteride. Minoxidil doesn't really help much on its own

 

[PXN]

April 2016 update

Just wanted to update my thread with some pictures, April 2016






So 8 months on Finasterine and still using Minoxidil 5%. My crown looks better. The frontal and mid-scalp are not the best but it is to be expected.
Still shedding a lot but I am starting to think that it is the way my hair works...

 

[PXN]

Quick update with pictures from February 2017.
Still on Finasteride and Minoxidil.
Crown is okay, the front is more and more thin though.
Still shedding everyday around 100 hairs...

 

[michel sapin]

wow so propecia recovered your crown?

 

[PXN]

November 2017 update:

Still loosing hair every day, around 100-200. Mostly at the front I guess, the crown seems fine.
Hope it stay like that.

 

[pizzamanluigi]

Looks like your treatment has been working because after two years your crown looks better than when you started. Honestly your front still looks pretty good. It may have thinned a little, but not much, so I would be happy about that. Thanks for the update. Are you using minoxidil twice a day? And which kind?

 

[PXN]

Same regimen as always:
Minoxidil 5% / Twice a day
Finasteride 1mg / Once a day.

 

[PXN]

Thought I will do an update of my treatment.
Same regimen as always:
Minoxidil 5% / Twice a day
Finasteride 1mg / Once a day.

However since the begining of December 2019 I noticed some disconfort (Burning, pins and needles) in the lower abdomen. I stoped my Finasteride and it stopped. Took some pills back and it comeback again with even a very sharp pain that lasted a day (like my bladder was very full).
Don't really understand why it is happening now after nearly 5 years. I am trying one last time before going to the doctor for advice and checkup (and probably stop Finasteride).


Pictures from Mid November 2019