younger guys

[jayc123]

any younger guys out there, like early 20's been on finasteride for a while n maintaining good? ive been on finasteride for a while n im a lot thinner than i was when i started. this is the start of my 6th month on finasteride, however i started takin a 5mg proscar once a week on the orders of my derm, n just recently started quartering the tablets n taking them daily. so im tryin to figure out if its not working or if i just screwed myself by not takin a high enough dose earlier. maybe i just have aggressive as hell diffuse thinning. some thoughts if u will

 

[Stinger122]

Have you had a shed from Propecia? It sounds like you have, if you have then dont worry all those hairs are just waiting to regrow I presume!

Why are you taking 5MG once a week? That bit im slightly confussed on, give it time mate, Propecia can take 12 months to notice full benefits.

 

[bombscience]

any younger guys out there, like early 20's been on finasteride for a while n maintaining good? ive been on finasteride for a while n im a lot thinner than i was when i started. this is the start of my 6th month on finasteride, however i started takin a 5mg proscar once a week on the orders of my derm, n just recently started quartering the tablets n taking them daily. so im tryin to figure out if its not working or if i just screwed myself by not takin a high enough dose earlier. maybe i just have aggressive as hell diffuse thinning. some thoughts if u will

bombscience is 25 years old
bombscience has been using propecia for 6 months
bombscience has been balding for 15 months
bombscience is an aggressive diffuse thinner
bombscience's hair is thinner than it was 6 months ago.

if i dont see results at month 8, i'm moving up to 1.25. If i dont see results at month 12, i'm moving up to 2.5mg

 

[jayc123]

im sure ive had a shed, but its just been a consistent nonstop shed, doesnt really go in cycles or anything. pretty consistent shed per day. i was on 5 mg a week cuz my derm was tellin me somethin he heard at a conference or some deal about the halflife of follicles. i dont remember exactly, but after readin a lot of posts im not takin any chances with that.

sounds like im goin through the same deal as bomb, cept im not on any minoxidil. would be a pain to apply minoxidil too considering i keep my hair long. afraid to shave it n see just how much hair ive lost n have everybody notice. sucks.

 

[Matgallis]

i'm under 20 but I am not on propecia. I think it would screw with my hormones too much since i am probaly still developing.

 

[Diddy]

Take 1mg daily or near that (1.25, .7 whatever) for 12 months and don't deviate from that. Most studies on finasteride are at a 1mg dosage. 1 mg works. 6 months is nothing, i noticed no real change in my hair before 6 months in.

5mg inhibits just barely more then 1mg, yet is probably a good way to get side effects. The only logic with the half life is that finasteride. half-life is 8 hours i believe. Thus 8 hours in you only have .5mg of finasteride circulating. At 16 hours in you only have .25mg circulating (which technically is not very DHT inhibiting) BUT..I beleive it takes like 2 weeks for DHT production to resume, so that shouldn't be an issue.

5MG is a waste of time IMO. Do it by the books.

 

[HairFreak]

Im 22 and taking only .25 mg. I started with 1 mg and moved down to .25 mg when I saw studies that prove that .25 works almost the same. Well I figure that .25 still works because I dont get morning woody :cry:

 

[The Gardener]

i'm under 20 but I am not on propecia. I think it would screw with my hormones too much since i am probaly still developing.

Good idea bud. Don't take that sh*t until you've dropped your walnuts.