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So, I took Propecia for about 7 months in total. Within maybe the first couple of weeks or month (I can't remember how long it took specifically), I had visible thickening of the horse shoe - and I'm guessingcorresponding thickening on top to some degree.
I should add that I have like a norwood 7 horseshoe shape on my right side and a norwood 5a on my left side which is really strange because it is a huge discrepancy and because of how thin my hair is in the shedding areas I am confident it is the shape I will ultimately be left with once my hair all eventually falls out.
Anyway, I obsess over the horseshoe shape because it is so low on my left side that it would prevent me from being able to wear a hair system unless I got a hair transplant there, so it is a good gauge as to whether a treatment is working because I look at it so often recently.
I know people are going to say the drugs take a lot longer to show hair growth than 2 weeks but I thought in hindsight I must have been imaging things when I took Propecia and I had significant regrowth in such a short period of time as I eventually had to stop using it after 7 months because my hair loss ended up being so bad due to the shedding accelerating so much after the first couple of months.
In the last two weeks I have started using CB from Wuhan off Alibaba and clear thickening has occurred on the horseshoe and on what used to be a cowlick on my hairline. I am guessing all hairs that hadn't fallen out previously have thickened in diameter too, but these are the two areas that I monitor the most and I can without a shadow of a doubt confirm that they have thickened considerably in just two weeks.
I should also note that my hair grows incredibly quickly, and when I used to get hair cuts at a hair dresser I used to have to go every 3 weeks so maybe this in factor in why I have seen results so quickly.
Anyway, interestingly when I took Propecia I developed an inch on my scrotum I think 4 days later (which I'd never consciously experienced before in my life) and I laughed at the time and said to myself if I was one of those neurotic people that go in using the drug looking out for side effects I would be chalking an itch up to starting using the drug. Within a week my scrotum was bright red, scabbing, uncontrollably itchy and covered in white pustules and my thighs adjacent to my scrotum had also developed the same red-scabby skin condition.
Luckily after initially trying Nizoral shampoo (an antifungal) which worked for a day or two only for it to come back, I used apple cider vinegar and after only two applications it nuked it and it never came back.
I have once again developed it after starting CB, I guess confirmation that it is having an affect, but I wonder why has no one on the internet ever reported experiencing psoriasis like symptoms and pustules on their scrotum after beginning these types of hair loss treatment because I have searched everywhere and it's seemingly just me. Combined with my hair having the same bizarre impressive early thickening as it has with CB and did with Propecia only for it to proceed to thin rapidly on Propecia and maybe CB too (we'll see) after about the first 2 months, it's a strange response.
Lots of rambling and I don't expect anyone to read this today, but if anyone searches stuff like 'psoriasis propecia' in time and finds this thread then I'd be interested in hearing from you if I'm still on here.
I think my reaction must just be unique to my body (as I have a couple of other fungally type conditions that I manage) and a product of taking just a drug in general that affects stuff like hormones, but I have also never read of people having such visible thickening within a couple weeks and then losing it all and more after a couple of months.
I should add that I have like a norwood 7 horseshoe shape on my right side and a norwood 5a on my left side which is really strange because it is a huge discrepancy and because of how thin my hair is in the shedding areas I am confident it is the shape I will ultimately be left with once my hair all eventually falls out.
Anyway, I obsess over the horseshoe shape because it is so low on my left side that it would prevent me from being able to wear a hair system unless I got a hair transplant there, so it is a good gauge as to whether a treatment is working because I look at it so often recently.
I know people are going to say the drugs take a lot longer to show hair growth than 2 weeks but I thought in hindsight I must have been imaging things when I took Propecia and I had significant regrowth in such a short period of time as I eventually had to stop using it after 7 months because my hair loss ended up being so bad due to the shedding accelerating so much after the first couple of months.
In the last two weeks I have started using CB from Wuhan off Alibaba and clear thickening has occurred on the horseshoe and on what used to be a cowlick on my hairline. I am guessing all hairs that hadn't fallen out previously have thickened in diameter too, but these are the two areas that I monitor the most and I can without a shadow of a doubt confirm that they have thickened considerably in just two weeks.
I should also note that my hair grows incredibly quickly, and when I used to get hair cuts at a hair dresser I used to have to go every 3 weeks so maybe this in factor in why I have seen results so quickly.
Anyway, interestingly when I took Propecia I developed an inch on my scrotum I think 4 days later (which I'd never consciously experienced before in my life) and I laughed at the time and said to myself if I was one of those neurotic people that go in using the drug looking out for side effects I would be chalking an itch up to starting using the drug. Within a week my scrotum was bright red, scabbing, uncontrollably itchy and covered in white pustules and my thighs adjacent to my scrotum had also developed the same red-scabby skin condition.
Luckily after initially trying Nizoral shampoo (an antifungal) which worked for a day or two only for it to come back, I used apple cider vinegar and after only two applications it nuked it and it never came back.
I have once again developed it after starting CB, I guess confirmation that it is having an affect, but I wonder why has no one on the internet ever reported experiencing psoriasis like symptoms and pustules on their scrotum after beginning these types of hair loss treatment because I have searched everywhere and it's seemingly just me. Combined with my hair having the same bizarre impressive early thickening as it has with CB and did with Propecia only for it to proceed to thin rapidly on Propecia and maybe CB too (we'll see) after about the first 2 months, it's a strange response.
Lots of rambling and I don't expect anyone to read this today, but if anyone searches stuff like 'psoriasis propecia' in time and finds this thread then I'd be interested in hearing from you if I'm still on here.
I think my reaction must just be unique to my body (as I have a couple of other fungally type conditions that I manage) and a product of taking just a drug in general that affects stuff like hormones, but I have also never read of people having such visible thickening within a couple weeks and then losing it all and more after a couple of months.