*PICS* I have regrown most my hair, should i stop rogaine?

Scoiland

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Here it is ,

I am 20 yrs old and i started losing my hair when i was 19 . So in feb i started on proscar and minoxidil 5% and it started working really well 3 months in. Now ii am at a position where i have grown back what i have lost and my hair is back to the way it use to be.

Now i apply minoxidil 2 times a day and also started on nizoral in june. The question now is, can i stop the minoxidil and hope that the proscar will maintain what i have for now. Then if i start balding in the future i can jump back on minoxidil?

The reeason i am asking this is because i believe that if i would have orginally just stuck with proscar instead of adding minoxidil i would have grown back what i had. Now i am at the dilema of sticking with this minoxidil.

Here are some pictures

This is in Feb just before i started my treatment

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This is last week
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20sometingtoo

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I would buzz my head if I were you. You have a fine shape and I think your hair would look much better all one length. Use like a #2 guard.

You have made improvements though, congrats. The problem is that now you have to continue using minoxidil/finasteride if you want to keep what you've got. BUT, you probably hair more room to grow, considering its hasnt been a full year yet. You could still see plenty of improvement yet. I say stick with it.
 
Scoiland

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well when i style it i spike it and where it messy i like the way it looks when i do it .... but ya when it isn't styled it looks pretty stupid
 
SE-freak

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The reeason i am asking this is because i believe that if i would have orginally just stuck with proscar instead of adding minoxidil i would have grown back what i had.
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You have absolutely no reason to believe this. Minoxidil is the most probable suspect in this case.

Btw, another success story... What is happening lately?
 
hellohello

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Hey man

All the best - the photos do all the talking

I wouldn't stop minoxidil completely, but try once a day treatment for a while it should maintain what you have, and possibly give u a little more regrowth since you responded to it so well.

Good stuff - posts I like to see!
 
triton2

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If you quit using minoxidil you'll lose the extra offset growth you have gotten using it. Kinda like a girl who is walking on heel shoes to look taller.
 
mattj

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It's difficult to tell how good the results have been, since in the 'after' pictures your hair is considerably longer. Could you photograph your front/sides whist holding your hair back?
 
HairlossTalk

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mattj said:
It's difficult to tell how good the results have been, since in the 'after' pictures your hair is considerably longer. Could you photograph your front/sides whist holding your hair back?
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Agreed. Its noticeably longer and you've brushed it forward in both of the after pics. Whereas it is brushed back and up in the before pics.

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Scoiland

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ya i know that in the second pic that the hair is a little longer..... both those pics though are right after i took off my hat so i know its hard to tell

i will take some more this week when my sister brings back the digi cam
 
Scoiland

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HairlossTalk said:
mattj said:
It's difficult to tell how good the results have been, since in the 'after' pictures your hair is considerably longer. Could you photograph your front/sides whist holding your hair back?
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Agreed. Its noticeably longer and you've brushed it forward in both of the after pics. Whereas it is brushed back and up in the before pics.

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it isn't that in the first pic it is brushed backwards, it would just naturally go like that

i will how take some better pics
 
Zim

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Good stuff. Nope I wouldnt drop rogaine unless you want a whoopass of pain from a big shed.

Dont go lazy on your regimen, its very easy to do after youve had some success. Keep up with rogaine twice a day, but the odd day its okay to use it once a day now and again.
 
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