Update. Hair worth saving?

[Yoshi3Mario]

Back when I first started losing hair I hopped on finasteride. It regrew my hair especially in the front. Then after 8.5 years I quit because of paranoia. Then did minoxidil. It regrew my hair in the crown. Quit because of cardio issues mainly.

Been off finasteride for more than 3.5 years and off of minoxidil for more than a year.

I'm slightly content in going bald but want the opinion from you guys. Is my hair where it's at worth saving or should I continue to go bald?

Also do you think if I took finasteride and min could I get my hair back to the point where I could comb it? Or will I continue regretting quitting finasteride when I did? If it's beyond unsavable I don't care and will go bald. But if you think I can pass off regrowing enough hair to
the point it's barely noticeable then maybe I will restart this drug again. Appreciate your input.

 

[Agustin Araujo]

It seems like you're in denial Yoshi3Mario, especially when you stated that you think there could be a possibility to get enough regrowth to the point where it's barely noticeable. You shouldn't have quit taking Finasteride since your frontal hair loss is pretty severe now. Pretty much in your case, you're bald.

Your best option is going to be to get on Finasteride again so you don't become completely slick bald at the front, and then to get a hair transplant to properly restore the frontal hair loss. Other than than, if you can live your life content with becoming completely bald, then alright.

 

[Yoshi3Mario]

Well I still have hair in just about every area. And having hair means you can regrow it. Especially with my history. That being said you say I'm bald. So bald I will be.

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This is was done using only finasteride and rogaine. I think it's definitely possible...

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And the hair on these guys are also 5 times as long. My hair is at a number 3 at the most right now.

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Note that the second man only used finasteride. Minoxidil is pointless...

 

[sjbuk]

Going for bald in the long run is probably the route with the least hair obsession and you seem alright with it . I think that's what Slybaldguys is all about, dealing with it and moving on.

If you take finasteride for a defined period for a reason eg picking up chicks, then you may want to try it but I can't see how anyone could take it for life without big consequences. Your 30 odd now so as for hair transplant you would likely need minimum 2, one now and another later plus I suspect you would get on finasteride again to boost results. Head hair isn't everything; a guy with a good looking face will still look good I suspect with less hair and a plain or ugly faced guy will still be plain or ugly faced with less head hair.

You may not go bald and stay where you are and you have a lot of donor hair for an hair transplant but either way congratulate yourself on managing a very challenging/difficult condition, especially in America being the most appearance conscious country in the world.

 

[doyle11]

Well I still have hair in just about every area. And having hair means you can regrow it. Especially with my history. That being said you say I'm bald. So bald I will be.

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This is was done using only finasteride and rogaine. I think it's definitely possible...

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And the hair on these guys are also 5 times as long. My hair is at a number 3 at the most right now.

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Note that the second man only used finasteride. Minoxidil is pointless...

The people on those websites are exceptional results. The vast majority of people won't get regrowth close. I know I didn't.

I'd just be a bit cautious as if you wake up one day deciding you don't like shiny bald you're in a hard situation.

 

[TransientHair]

Note that the second man only used finasteride. Minoxidil is pointless...

Minoxidil is not pointless. Some people get insane results with Minoxidil.

 

[itsjack1995]

big 3

if you get on the big 3 then you'll be able to save whats left

 

[Yoshi3Mario]

I know I get great results on the drugs because I've used them. It's really just a fantasy at this point. Having a lot of hair again. I think I have a little more hair than the pics show but maybe I'm being delusional and denying it.

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Keeping in mind the hair is thin yes but it's also very short. And finasteride did regrow and thickened my hair in the front the last time I took it. Rogaine thickened only the crown.

I think if i went down this route though I would need a hair transplant in the front.

Quite frankly i always had the age 35 in my head. I told myself that's when I would take finasteride till. Well I'm 30 now. Do I hop on another 4.5 years or just move on now?

 

[Wolf Pack]

How long did it take you to get your final result on finasteride do you reckon? 2 years? I am still growing at 9 months.

I honestly think you should get back on meds. You want to deep down it's obvious. It costs little. Just do it, no regrets e.t.c. As long as you can tolerate meds. There is a lot to be saved there still, especially if you add in a future hair transplant.

I am basically your age and it's far too young to be going bald. Being severely bald at any age is never good but ideally you want to avoid it until the 60s, softer blow.

 

[Yoshi3Mario]

Wolf. For me I base my recovery in this collick I had on the top and in the front of my hair. I got it once starting finasteride and could tell it was due to the drug. I would say it took 1.5 years for that to go away and fill in. But my hair continued to get thicker as I took the drug. 3 years in and my hair looked normal. 7 years in and I looked like justin bieber.

Thanks for the advice wolf. I will reconsider the drugs this October. It will be a full 4 years since I quit thin. Also 1.5 years since I quit minoxidil. I might continue growing my hair till then as well to get better photos of what my hair looks like more grown out now.

 

[Wolf Pack]

Wow, you seem like a good responder. I am improving the first year which suggests it will keep happening or at least stabilise over the years. Since you responded well before, you still may get a crazy amount back! Did you have a receding hairline when you first started or any empty areas? Or was it just a thin but full hair line?

I had bald areas at the front but slowly hair is coming back, it's just very very slow. I have got like a new 20-30 hairs in one small area that are intermediate ones, they popped up last month. Rest are tiny. My right side has filled a little with terminal hairs.

 

[Yoshi3Mario]

I combed my hair at it was getting thin/bald in the temples. I hoped on very quickly. I also had a thinning crown which stopped getting worse.

I think I'm going to move on though still. The bald look is starting suit me.

 

[Dazzel]

It's not worth saving, WHEN I go that bald (and it will happen) I would just shave it off and accept it. It's not a nice feeling losing your hair but it could be a lot worse even though hair loss seems pretty bad still.

 

[Yoshi3Mario]

It's just amazing to me how quickly it got bad. A little over a year ago guys were telling me it didn't look like I had lost any hair at all... You should see my drivers license photo from last April. No hair loss. I heard of distant great uncles losing all of their hair by the age of 20. To be honest I don't know who I got this pattern of
baldness from. I had another great uncle completely bald. And a great grandpa completely bald. Perhaps that will be me.

 

[Wolf Pack]

It's not worth saving, WHEN I go that bald (and it will happen) I would just shave it off and accept it. It's not a nice feeling losing your hair but it could be a lot worse even though hair loss seems pretty bad still.

But he is not at the point of no return. Yes he looks bald but he still has a fair bit to work with. Add in transplants and he could get a good amount of hair back.

 

[Yoshi3Mario]

But he is not at the point of no return. Yes he looks bald but he still has a fair bit to work with. Add in transplants and he could get a good amount of hair back.

I will grow it out a bit yet to see what it looks like longer. I don't like the idea of hair transplants but maybe it's not such a bad idea. Worked well for Fred.

 

[DPAMan]

It looks like your scalp has enough hair left that medication could at least cause some regrowth, especially since you responded pretty well to it in the past. Honestly, no matter what decision you make, you're probably always going to have moments where you think, "What if I had done this instead?"; if you truly, truly feel you could live with being bald, then it would save some trouble.

By the way, what kind of cardio issues were you experiencing with finasteride?

 

[Yoshi3Mario]

No cardio issues with finasteride. Only with minoxidil. I got chest pains.

 

[Notcoolanymore]

You had great results before, no telling what finasteride can do for you again. Personally I would take it. You have been down this road before. You were asking similar questions a few months ago. I just don't think you will every be comfortable taking finasteride after reading all of the horror stories. It is indeed a shame since you had great results previously. Who knows how much you could grow back. You could be the next hairlosstalk all star.

 

[Yoshi3Mario]

We will see in October. I will make a decision then. The horror stories are nonsense. Most of them probably aren't true and all of them are filled with bro science garbage.

I have distant friends that take actual estrogen to become women. They still function and it is certainly not even in the realm of
taking finasteride.