casperz
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I've been here since 2007 and have documented the various things I've tried to regrow hair, some with good success. However
about two years ago I cut back to just Finasteride/minoxidil because I was not getting anywhere. I had a ton more hair than when I
started in 2007 but nothing close to a full head of hair. The daily reminder of using a complicated regime was just too much and I
decided just to go back to ignoring my hair and buzzed it off and decided to wait for something better.
Where I started 2007:
http://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/showthread.php/35120-Success-on-KSR-with-pics/page3
March 2009 was as good as it got on KSR a very complicated regime:
http://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/showthread.php/35120-Success-on-KSR-with-pics/page7
Here were some of my last pictures before stopping everything but finasteride/min in 2010:
http://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/showthread.php/35120-Success-on-KSR-with-pics/page11
The past two or three years I have not been myself physically or mentally and after hearing one too many news stories about
finasteride I stopped taking it in February of this year (after about 5 years) to see what kind of difference it made. All I can say is
WOW, I had no idea how finasteride was affecting me. I never had sexual problems but felt run down, old and tired all the time. Within
a month of stopping I had boundless energy, noticeable increase of stamina, rock hard erections every morning hours before
I woke up, and overall I felt like I was 20 again. I've gotten more done the past 6 months than the past 3 years combined. I will
never take finasteride again and I was of the guys that was saying finasteride side effects were all imagined. They are real.
So needless to say my hair had regressed quite a bit the past two years. Stopping finasteride did not seem to make much of a
difference my hair looked like crap anyway. I think most of my gains came from the synergy of all the things I was doing
not just finasteride/min.
You have all heard by now about PGD2 blockers so thought i would give it a try. I read some promising things on a German
website where guys were using cetirizine to attempt to block PGD2. I used their directions and mixed up a batch
(60 10mg pills/60ml water). I started 19 days ago and was not expecting to see much till about month 4 since that's
when most of my other experiments have kicked in. But I was surprised to see the vellus hair has come to attention and
there are 3 or 4 vellus hairs that have gone into hyper growth mode and are much longer than the rest. Still all non terminal but
maybe by month 4 I'll see some real growth and darkening. I'll be back by then (or sooner) to let everyone know the results.
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The German guys have picked up this thread already, welcome guys! I've been reading your comments as well, hope
we can come up with something that works together!
Here is the link to the German website where they are talking about cetirizine:
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hair loss=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.alopezie.de/fud/index.php/mv/msg/21648/0/240/&usg=ALkJrhgE5MifEbnXnbblGFCCWhCe-66U9Q
Those German's are trying all kinds of stuff if anyone is interested:
http://translate.googleusercontent....p/f/4/&usg=ALkJrhijH3MdPQfLsBOTYTy5SkaMy927Hw
Someone asked about my mixture and it is different. I'm using 60 10mg pills in 60ml of distilled water. I think the German guys
are using various things including vodka. You can browse the links above using Google translate and find all the specifics.
I'll give it a couple of weeks and then try to get some real close up macro shots of my scalp so you can see the baby hairs
if anyone is interested.
This pic below is from last week, my hair has looked like this for the last 18 months using only finasteride/minoxidil and then only minoxidil for the past six month:
about two years ago I cut back to just Finasteride/minoxidil because I was not getting anywhere. I had a ton more hair than when I
started in 2007 but nothing close to a full head of hair. The daily reminder of using a complicated regime was just too much and I
decided just to go back to ignoring my hair and buzzed it off and decided to wait for something better.
Where I started 2007:
http://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/showthread.php/35120-Success-on-KSR-with-pics/page3
March 2009 was as good as it got on KSR a very complicated regime:
http://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/showthread.php/35120-Success-on-KSR-with-pics/page7
Here were some of my last pictures before stopping everything but finasteride/min in 2010:
http://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/showthread.php/35120-Success-on-KSR-with-pics/page11
The past two or three years I have not been myself physically or mentally and after hearing one too many news stories about
finasteride I stopped taking it in February of this year (after about 5 years) to see what kind of difference it made. All I can say is
WOW, I had no idea how finasteride was affecting me. I never had sexual problems but felt run down, old and tired all the time. Within
a month of stopping I had boundless energy, noticeable increase of stamina, rock hard erections every morning hours before
I woke up, and overall I felt like I was 20 again. I've gotten more done the past 6 months than the past 3 years combined. I will
never take finasteride again and I was of the guys that was saying finasteride side effects were all imagined. They are real.
So needless to say my hair had regressed quite a bit the past two years. Stopping finasteride did not seem to make much of a
difference my hair looked like crap anyway. I think most of my gains came from the synergy of all the things I was doing
not just finasteride/min.
You have all heard by now about PGD2 blockers so thought i would give it a try. I read some promising things on a German
website where guys were using cetirizine to attempt to block PGD2. I used their directions and mixed up a batch
(60 10mg pills/60ml water). I started 19 days ago and was not expecting to see much till about month 4 since that's
when most of my other experiments have kicked in. But I was surprised to see the vellus hair has come to attention and
there are 3 or 4 vellus hairs that have gone into hyper growth mode and are much longer than the rest. Still all non terminal but
maybe by month 4 I'll see some real growth and darkening. I'll be back by then (or sooner) to let everyone know the results.
- - - Updated - - -
The German guys have picked up this thread already, welcome guys! I've been reading your comments as well, hope
we can come up with something that works together!
Here is the link to the German website where they are talking about cetirizine:
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hair loss=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.alopezie.de/fud/index.php/mv/msg/21648/0/240/&usg=ALkJrhgE5MifEbnXnbblGFCCWhCe-66U9Q
Those German's are trying all kinds of stuff if anyone is interested:
http://translate.googleusercontent....p/f/4/&usg=ALkJrhijH3MdPQfLsBOTYTy5SkaMy927Hw
Someone asked about my mixture and it is different. I'm using 60 10mg pills in 60ml of distilled water. I think the German guys
are using various things including vodka. You can browse the links above using Google translate and find all the specifics.
I'll give it a couple of weeks and then try to get some real close up macro shots of my scalp so you can see the baby hairs
if anyone is interested.
This pic below is from last week, my hair has looked like this for the last 18 months using only finasteride/minoxidil and then only minoxidil for the past six month: