Should I Start With finasteride Before Trying minoxidil+nizoral Too?

[donsf448]

I'm in my late 20s. I want to protect myself from further hair loss. Honestly I've had a bit of a 'mature' hairline since I was 17 and I haven't noticed any further recession in the last 10 years. I uploaded a couple photos of my hair wet and spiked up. It looks bad but my hair actually looks pretty full and thick when its dry and styled...my family, friends, and girlfriend think I show no signs of balding but I think there's a chance that I'm receding slightly

Should I just start finasteride to be safe? Do I also need to do minoxidil and nizoral or should I see how finasteride goes first? Also, could I just do minoxidil/nizoral and not do finasteride? What do people here recommend doing first?

 

[Willy_Aer]

Yes. You are balding. Not aggressively, but approaching Norwood 2.5 or so. And a bit diffuse all over the nw6 pattern too.

 

[donsf448]

Yes. You are balding. Not aggressively, but approaching Norwood 2.5 or so. And a bit diffuse all over the nw6 pattern too.

Thanks. How is finasteride working for you? Any sides?

 

[Willy_Aer]

Thanks. How is finasteride working for you? Any sides?

Seven months. Improved a lot the first 6. Last month got worse again, but still better than baseline. 0 sides.

 

[donsf448]

Seven months. Improved a lot the first 6. Last month got worse again, but still better than baseline. 0 sides.

FYI I started taking finasteride. Are you only on finasteride? My doctor didn't recommend taking minoxidil yet.

 

[Anonymous1333]

Someone correct me if I 'm wrong but I don't see any reason to not apply nizoral right away. I doesn't have any sides and won't harm you in any way

 

[Willy_Aer]

FYI I started taking finasteride. Are you only on finasteride? My doctor didn't recommend taking minoxidil yet.

Yep. Besides oral 1mg finast3ride I am applying a toptical solution of finasteride+minoxidil 5% everynight.

 

[donsf448]

Yep. Besides oral 1mg finast3ride I am applying a toptical solution of finasteride+minoxidil 5% everynight.

Sounds good. I'm going to try propecia for 6 months and see how the results are. If they're not that great I"ll add in minoxidil.