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Before I begin with this post, I must first start with the disclaimer that what worked for me might not work for you. I'm not advocating for anybody to hop on the drug, just sharing my experience - I'm lucky to not have experienced any sides (to my knowledge) thus far. For me, hair is life and so the decision to take finasteride was not hard to make.
Some context: I am currently 24 years old, almost 25. My grandfathers both have full heads of hair (with one being in his 70s, and the other having died in his mid 90s). My father and uncles on both sides of the family begin the MPB process in their mid-late twenties - about two-thirds began thinning at the crown while the rest receded at the temples/hairline, both groups converging to a solid NW IV-V by their mid 30s anyhow.
For whatever god forsaken reason, it was decided by whatever god out there that I'd start thinning at the crown in my early twenties, the picture below is a high quality picture taken by my parents about 3 years ago when I was about 22 years old. As you can see, the NW reaper had already started his campaign with a stealth attack from the rear rather than frontal assault (hairline was fine, and still is fine). Now, whether we can attribute this to natural MPB or MPB induced earlier than it should have by a stressful lifestyle (had just begun a full time job) is up for debate, regardless, you can see the damage below:
At that point, I was using toppik hair fibers to cover up (just a small shake from the bottle was enough to hide the damage done, so if anyone wants to cope until they get a hair transplant or wait for min/fin/dermarolling to work, this is a good cope).
I started taking fin at 1mg per day for 2 years, after the 2nd year mark I noticed my results were pretty good and dropped my dosage to about 0.5mg per day (no particular reasoning to it, before the 2 year mark I was on a different drug plan and would get the 5mg pills and split them, after the 2 year mark my drug plan changed and I was able to get the 1mg pills for a lot cheaper and split them)
Here is the state of my crown right now, in the first picture I have brushed my hair forward and in the 2nd picture, my hair is in its natural resting position - I had also shampooed today so my hair is as dry as it can be so there's no bias from natural hair oils causing the hair to look more dense than it actually is (you'll also have to forgive me for the lower quality relative to the first picture posted since I'm the one taking it, took about 30 pics and these were the ones that came out best).
The last picture in the set is meant to show my hairline (pulling hair my hair back with my hand as well), my hairline has remained as it has since I started the drug, whether this is because of the drug or because the NW reaper hasn't attacked my hairline is also up for contention - I choose to believe it's the former.
This post is to serve as an example of what can happen if you respond well to finasteride, once again, please do thorough research before deciding to take a drug (I am a paranoid person in general so I had read virtually every study on it out there + had my doctor give me a blood hormone profile test for bookkeeping). Hope this was a good enough read for some of you.
Some context: I am currently 24 years old, almost 25. My grandfathers both have full heads of hair (with one being in his 70s, and the other having died in his mid 90s). My father and uncles on both sides of the family begin the MPB process in their mid-late twenties - about two-thirds began thinning at the crown while the rest receded at the temples/hairline, both groups converging to a solid NW IV-V by their mid 30s anyhow.
For whatever god forsaken reason, it was decided by whatever god out there that I'd start thinning at the crown in my early twenties, the picture below is a high quality picture taken by my parents about 3 years ago when I was about 22 years old. As you can see, the NW reaper had already started his campaign with a stealth attack from the rear rather than frontal assault (hairline was fine, and still is fine). Now, whether we can attribute this to natural MPB or MPB induced earlier than it should have by a stressful lifestyle (had just begun a full time job) is up for debate, regardless, you can see the damage below:
At that point, I was using toppik hair fibers to cover up (just a small shake from the bottle was enough to hide the damage done, so if anyone wants to cope until they get a hair transplant or wait for min/fin/dermarolling to work, this is a good cope).
I started taking fin at 1mg per day for 2 years, after the 2nd year mark I noticed my results were pretty good and dropped my dosage to about 0.5mg per day (no particular reasoning to it, before the 2 year mark I was on a different drug plan and would get the 5mg pills and split them, after the 2 year mark my drug plan changed and I was able to get the 1mg pills for a lot cheaper and split them)
Here is the state of my crown right now, in the first picture I have brushed my hair forward and in the 2nd picture, my hair is in its natural resting position - I had also shampooed today so my hair is as dry as it can be so there's no bias from natural hair oils causing the hair to look more dense than it actually is (you'll also have to forgive me for the lower quality relative to the first picture posted since I'm the one taking it, took about 30 pics and these were the ones that came out best).
The last picture in the set is meant to show my hairline (pulling hair my hair back with my hand as well), my hairline has remained as it has since I started the drug, whether this is because of the drug or because the NW reaper hasn't attacked my hairline is also up for contention - I choose to believe it's the former.
This post is to serve as an example of what can happen if you respond well to finasteride, once again, please do thorough research before deciding to take a drug (I am a paranoid person in general so I had read virtually every study on it out there + had my doctor give me a blood hormone profile test for bookkeeping). Hope this was a good enough read for some of you.
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