tomsmith
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To everyone fighting this illness - May you have all the success you deserve. Acceptance is difficult, but the fight is by far the harder path to choose.
For me 2005 was not my strongest year. Recession was not worse than expected, but a new and dangerous enemy has revealed itself – thinning!
The strange thing is that I'm only now realizing what it is and it probably had begun almost a year ago! Up until a few months ago I thought it was just a patch of hairline that had been lost in a certain way as to appear like a thin part.
Obviously this leads me to question whether or not Propecia is still enough on its own (with Nizoral of course) to maintain. Certainly its done a great job and I'm thankful for that, but if its time to move on its time.
Dutasteride is, for me, a serious option. Its also a serious risk in that I've been on Propecia for 3½ years and it is the foundation of my treatment. There’s a possibility that in the transition I may lose ground that I will never recover. The further possibility is that I will have no further success on oral treatments at all. Certainly my regrowth factor has been sadly low over the years. Minoxidil did little to nothing for me in the two years I experimented with it. The common belief is that it holds little value for hairline issues and I must now join this train of thought.
Of course I’m not going to immediately jump treatment because of this obstacle, I need to change tact in the same way that male pattern baldness has. Beginning December 2005 I have added 2% Spironolactone as the new topical treatment in place of Minoxidil. I hope that this will help balance the acceleration and return me to the previous level of maintenance I was at.
This will be the first addition with a potentially short usage period – depending on the its effectiveness. Although I also dabbled with Folligen this year, it was more to satisfy an interest in its properties than to produce solid results – as I am aware it cannot truly benefit someone in my position.
This year will be a true test for me as far as the fight goes. I’ve reached the point where one must decide to go on – continue the battle, or to submit to the illness and accept fate. This war is not supposed to be won; it is supposed to be fought.
A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you.
http://public.fotki.com/tomsmith316/december_2005/
For me 2005 was not my strongest year. Recession was not worse than expected, but a new and dangerous enemy has revealed itself – thinning!
The strange thing is that I'm only now realizing what it is and it probably had begun almost a year ago! Up until a few months ago I thought it was just a patch of hairline that had been lost in a certain way as to appear like a thin part.
Obviously this leads me to question whether or not Propecia is still enough on its own (with Nizoral of course) to maintain. Certainly its done a great job and I'm thankful for that, but if its time to move on its time.
Dutasteride is, for me, a serious option. Its also a serious risk in that I've been on Propecia for 3½ years and it is the foundation of my treatment. There’s a possibility that in the transition I may lose ground that I will never recover. The further possibility is that I will have no further success on oral treatments at all. Certainly my regrowth factor has been sadly low over the years. Minoxidil did little to nothing for me in the two years I experimented with it. The common belief is that it holds little value for hairline issues and I must now join this train of thought.
Of course I’m not going to immediately jump treatment because of this obstacle, I need to change tact in the same way that male pattern baldness has. Beginning December 2005 I have added 2% Spironolactone as the new topical treatment in place of Minoxidil. I hope that this will help balance the acceleration and return me to the previous level of maintenance I was at.
This will be the first addition with a potentially short usage period – depending on the its effectiveness. Although I also dabbled with Folligen this year, it was more to satisfy an interest in its properties than to produce solid results – as I am aware it cannot truly benefit someone in my position.
This year will be a true test for me as far as the fight goes. I’ve reached the point where one must decide to go on – continue the battle, or to submit to the illness and accept fate. This war is not supposed to be won; it is supposed to be fought.
A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you.
http://public.fotki.com/tomsmith316/december_2005/
