Start treatment as early as possible!

[Rudolphus]

I found this study from a few years ago which demonstrates the importance of catching your hair loss (by using Finasteride) early: http://www.hairlosstalk.com/hair-loss-news/Article299.php

"Starting treatment earlier than 30 months should prevent irreversible collagen changes which can lead to loss of normal blood supply, miniaturization of the follicles, and disruption in the normal growth resting cycles" .......... "The result of this study is that any treatment of Androgenetic Alopecia is recommended to start earlier than 30 months from first signs of Androgenetic Alopecia. This should prevent irreversible collagen changes associated with "Fibrotic incapsulation" of most anagen HF in involved areas, which usually leads to loss of normal blood supply, innervation, and subsequent miniaturization and prevention of hair from normal cycling."

So, in conclusion, start Finasteride (or Dutasteride) as soon as you can, because if you wait too long (any longer than 30 months from the onset of symptoms according to the above research), you may well find yourself past the point of no return.

 

[Dench57]

Yes start as soon as possible. Start seeing amazing results like me and even posting a forum in "success stories". You'll start enjoying your life more, make an effort to meet a nice girl and worry about things that shouldn't be worried about. You'll run a comb through your hair in the mirror and be happy with the results the big 3 has given you. Then one day, you'll check the mirror and notice you have some thinning that wasn't there before. Everything that you hoped having decent hair would bring you crashes to the ground and you are left with no where to turn. Every single day you're popping a pill, rubbing minoxidil in your scalp twice, letting nizoral sit on your head in the shower for 3 days a week. Day after day after day, then you look in the mirror and you notice some thinning out of nowhere. The hardest part is just accepting that it is over. I feel like a lot of the people who come here and linger that have never tried treatment have the mentality of "yeah this is going to work great for me, nothing to worry about". What happens when you're on it for over a year and a half and you notice loss? What then? It'll be a harder fate to accept than not starting treatment at all in my opinion.

 

[Swoop]

Yes start as soon as possible. Start seeing amazing results like me and even posting a forum in "success stories". You'll start enjoying your life more, make an effort to meet a nice girl and worry about things that shouldn't be worried about. You'll run a comb through your hair in the mirror and be happy with the results the big 3 has given you. Then one day, you'll check the mirror and notice you have some thinning that wasn't there before. Everything that you hoped having decent hair would bring you crashes to the ground and you are left with no where to turn. Every single day you're popping a pill, rubbing minoxidil in your scalp twice, letting nizoral sit on your head in the shower for 3 days a week. Day after day after day, then you look in the mirror and you notice some thinning out of nowhere. The hardest part is just accepting that it is over. I feel like a lot of the people who come here and linger that have never tried treatment have the mentality of "yeah this is going to work great for me, nothing to worry about". What happens when you're on it for over a year and a half and you notice loss? What then? It'll be a harder fate to accept than not starting treatment at all in my opinion.

You fight it harder.

 

[Rudolphus]

You fight it harder.

Yes, indeed. You fight it harder. If you are in the small percentage of men for whom finasteride does not stop your hair loss, you switch to dutasteride. If you are in the even smaller percentage of men (like, less than 5%) for whom dutasteride does not stop your hair loss, you look into adding stuff like RU, Setipiprant, etc. (slightly risky, I know, but if you wanna win the battle, taking a few risks is something you need to be prepared for). If you find that even then you are still losing hair, at least you can say you gave it your very best and did all you could to try to save your hair. Had you gone bald naturally and decided to never try fighting it, you would never have known whether or not treatments would have worked in your case, and you would then be living the rest of your life as a bald man thinking "what if I had actually given finasteride or dutasteride a try? What if it had actually worked for me and kept my hair? Here I am now, bald, having never even tried".

 

[Koga]

I wonder if there's even a case like that? Would someone who's taking finasteride and/or dutasteride, RU, seti, etc. still be able to go bald? If it's 'only' Androgenetic Alopecia? Wouldn't you guess that's enough to stop hair loss dead in its tracks?

 

[Agustin Araujo]

I wonder if there's even a case like that? Would someone who's taking finasteride and/or dutasteride, RU, seti, etc. still be able to go bald? If it's 'only' Androgenetic Alopecia? Wouldn't you guess that's enough to stop hair loss dead in its tracks?

I think it's nearly impossible to lose hair being on both Dutasteride and RU58841, I'm on that combo and has been working very well.

 

[g.i joey]

Yes start as soon as possible. Start seeing amazing results like me and even posting a forum in "success stories". You'll start enjoying your life more, make an effort to meet a nice girl and worry about things that shouldn't be worried about. You'll run a comb through your hair in the mirror and be happy with the results the big 3 has given you. Then one day, you'll check the mirror and notice you have some thinning that wasn't there before. Everything that you hoped having decent hair would bring you crashes to the ground and you are left with no where to turn. Every single day you're popping a pill, rubbing minoxidil in your scalp twice, letting nizoral sit on your head in the shower for 3 days a week. Day after day after day, then you look in the mirror and you notice some thinning out of nowhere. The hardest part is just accepting that it is over. I feel like a lot of the people who come here and linger that have never tried treatment have the mentality of "yeah this is going to work great for me, nothing to worry about". What happens when you're on it for over a year and a half and you notice loss? What then? It'll be a harder fate to accept than not starting treatment at all in my opinion.

what about the fact that you didnt go bald through some key years in your life. whether you started balding at 20 or 30, knowing that youve managed to salvage 10 years with good hair through some crucial aesthetic times is amazing. Im not trying to get my hair to the grave with me, im just trying to get through most of my life with it. I know, it sucks losing hair at any age but being bald at 30 instead of 20 is a win.

 

[Oriol]

I think it's nearly impossible to lose hair being on both Dutasteride and RU58841, I'm on that combo and has been working very well.

May i ask you where do you get your RU?

tks

 

[Wolf Pack]

I remember reading that Rudolphus. Starting treatment with finasteride early is the best approach. I truly believe that finasteride/dutasteride in combination with a hair transplant will allow most men to maintain an aesthetically good head of hair.

 

[mangezfrais]

What is "early" exactly? As soon as you suspect loss?

 

[Swoop]

I think it's nearly impossible to lose hair being on both Dutasteride and RU58841, I'm on that combo and has been working very well.

Agree. It's almost unthinkable that one would still suffer from Androgenetic Alopecia on such a combo. It's incredibly potent.

 

[Rudolphus]

What is "early" exactly? As soon as you suspect loss?

As soon as you are sure you have male pattern baldness. It should be fairly obvious to a guy whether or not he's starting to lose his hair, although it is still probably best to see a dermatologist to get it confirmed by them. Once you are sure you have male pattern baldness, there is no time to be lost. You need to jump on finasteride right away. If you find that finasteride isn't strong enough, then you switch to dutasteride.