Rogaine Foam or Liquid?

[huck77]

Just looking for some quick advice over one or the other.

I'm starting my hair loss treatments with Rogaine rather than finasteride, but I still want the most effective method even without a DHT blocker.

I know they're basically identical besides cost, but that's not too much of an issue.

 

[davesmith420]

First off get on finasteride. You're just gonna keep losing ground on Rogaine alone.

Second, depends on where you are applying it. If it's just the hairline, I would use the foam as it drys easy. If it's for the crown/back of head I recommend the liquid. With the liquid, I like to use the dropper as a "guide" to find my thinning spots and make sure it gets where it needs to be. When I would use foam on my crown, a lot of times it wouldn't reach where it needs to be.

 

[huck77]

First off get on finasteride. You're just gonna keep losing ground on Rogaine alone.

Second, depends on where you are applying it. If it's just the hairline, I would use the foam as it drys easy. If it's for the crown/back of head I recommend the liquid. With the liquid, I like to use the dropper as a "guide" to find my thinning spots and make sure it gets where it needs to be. When I would use foam on my crown, a lot of times it wouldn't reach where it needs to be.

I am adamant about not starting finasteride because I'm only 18. I don't think you necessarily lose ground with Rogaine if it's regrowing hairs, surely that means temporarily, like eveything, the problem is stable?

Thanks for advice on the foam, I'll buy that.

 

[big_head]

I am adamant about not starting finasteride because I'm only 18. I don't think you necessarily lose ground with Rogaine if it's regrowing hairs, surely that means temporarily, like eveything, the problem is stable?

Thanks for advice on the foam, I'll buy that.

The problem is that even if you are a good responder to rogaine, you will still bald eventually because rogaine does not stop the balding. finasteride does.

The other problem is if you do what you're doing, you'll be on rogaine forever. That's because rogaine stimulates growth of certain hairs, so even if one day you decided the balding was too much and you needed finasteride to stop it, you can't use finasteride to keep your rogaine hairs. In other words, even if you switched to finasteride and quit rogaine, all of the hairs you kept with rogaine would fall out forever. finasteride wouldn't save them.

However, with finasteride, it halts or slows the balding, allowing more regrowth with rogaine.

 

[huck77]

That's good to hear.

But I am a little confused (regarding post above yours). Yes I'll eventually have to start finasteride (unless the miraculous cure is discovered between then) but why would I stop Rogaine if it's working? Since all the hairs would fall out even with finasteride.