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Hello there, I am 29, heading 30 this year.
My hair loss kicked in very very early, my hairline was receding as I was 18 and I headed to a Norwood 4 as I was 22.
In my first picture (2015), I was 23 and thought I would hit a Norwood 6 soon.
Some years later I decided to do something about it and begin to read in Forums, so I started Finasteride in the 2017, the results were not amazing, at least the hair loss does not continue. But I had heavy sides, ED, Low Libido, which I can cope with.
But the heaviest sides have been the Brain Fog and low Vision, which is really really heavy to overcome, but I did continue.... for Hair...
In 2018 I finally had my 5200 FUT surgery which turned out pretty good, I am pleased with the results, I felt happy at this time, and for me, this was the time to quit finasteride,
to get rid of the brain fog. I recovered pretty fast and life seems to be worth living again (You can't Imagine how brain fog damaged my life before...).
This year I encountered, a bit of slighter density in my crown and panicked, I still don't have the feeling of excessive balding like in my 20th.
So I read a lot on Forums again, watched a lot of youtube videos, and most guys say:
If you loosing your hair very aggressively as you are young and have a hair transplant it is a big mistake to avoid Finasteride.
I understand this point, so If I am heading to a Norwood 7 in my 40ths, I will have a big donor scar and an island on my top head.
Because of this I tried to get my *** back on finasteride, just for maintenance, this time I had good plan:
Microdosing to avoid sides, and hell I tried a lot, 0.25mg to 1mg in different frequencies like EOD, Mo/We/Fr. But no matter what I do, the brain fog comes back and it is really heavy.
I asked Joe Tillman and he recommends I either try dutasteride (1x 0.5mg a week in first month, then 2x0.5mg a week in the second month, and finally 3x) or get on topical Finasteride (which is not easy to get in my country, only off-labels like regrowth labs).
Before I tried RU5841 which leaves me with no sides, but for me, this is not a proven thing...
I would love to hear some suggestions from you as this whole topic is bringing me very down at the moment.
Timeline:
1. 2015 (No finasteride)
2. 2018 (until Operation 1 years on finasteride)
3. Today (No finasteride since 2018)
4. Some weeks ago
My hair loss kicked in very very early, my hairline was receding as I was 18 and I headed to a Norwood 4 as I was 22.
In my first picture (2015), I was 23 and thought I would hit a Norwood 6 soon.
Some years later I decided to do something about it and begin to read in Forums, so I started Finasteride in the 2017, the results were not amazing, at least the hair loss does not continue. But I had heavy sides, ED, Low Libido, which I can cope with.
But the heaviest sides have been the Brain Fog and low Vision, which is really really heavy to overcome, but I did continue.... for Hair...
In 2018 I finally had my 5200 FUT surgery which turned out pretty good, I am pleased with the results, I felt happy at this time, and for me, this was the time to quit finasteride,
to get rid of the brain fog. I recovered pretty fast and life seems to be worth living again (You can't Imagine how brain fog damaged my life before...).
This year I encountered, a bit of slighter density in my crown and panicked, I still don't have the feeling of excessive balding like in my 20th.
So I read a lot on Forums again, watched a lot of youtube videos, and most guys say:
If you loosing your hair very aggressively as you are young and have a hair transplant it is a big mistake to avoid Finasteride.
I understand this point, so If I am heading to a Norwood 7 in my 40ths, I will have a big donor scar and an island on my top head.
Because of this I tried to get my *** back on finasteride, just for maintenance, this time I had good plan:
Microdosing to avoid sides, and hell I tried a lot, 0.25mg to 1mg in different frequencies like EOD, Mo/We/Fr. But no matter what I do, the brain fog comes back and it is really heavy.
I asked Joe Tillman and he recommends I either try dutasteride (1x 0.5mg a week in first month, then 2x0.5mg a week in the second month, and finally 3x) or get on topical Finasteride (which is not easy to get in my country, only off-labels like regrowth labs).
Before I tried RU5841 which leaves me with no sides, but for me, this is not a proven thing...
I would love to hear some suggestions from you as this whole topic is bringing me very down at the moment.
Timeline:
1. 2015 (No finasteride)
2. 2018 (until Operation 1 years on finasteride)
3. Today (No finasteride since 2018)
4. Some weeks ago