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Anonymous10/07/25, 23:25No.18557141/balding/ general
/balding/ and /finasteride/ general - hair is love, hair is life!
Sticky: http://tuxbell.com/index.php/Balding
Reminder that if you can clearly see down to your scalp when your hair is wet, your hair is thinning, lots of small new hairs sprouting at the hairline or crown is a sign of hair recession.
Holy trinity:
Tabs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finasteride
Lotion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoxidil
Shampoo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketoconazole
Finasteride/Dutasteride are 5-alpha reductase inhibitors that prevent free T from being converted to DHT, a byproduct of testosterone that serves no purpose after puberty but to choke out your hair follicles and make them thin out and die in a few short years, a condition known as androgenic alopecia.
5ar inhibitors prevent your hair from getting any worse, mild regrowth is expected, rapid onset diffuse thinners see a significant recovery on fin alone. Can be taken orally or topically.
5ARIs are not dosage dependent, taking as little as as 0.2mg daily fin can reduce serum DHT by 68%, while 5mg reduces by 72%.
0.5mg daily dut reduces serum DHT by 95%, but is considered a second line treatment, and can be more expensive and harder to get prescribed. Start with fin.
Fin has been used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) for 30+ years, it's very well studied and is tolerated well in almost all men, however, there's a 1-2% risk of erectile issues in controlled studies.
These can be avoided by reducing dosage, spacing out dosage, or stopping the drug. Fin takes days to fully bio-accumulate, the half life of fin is about 8 hours, adverse effects occuring within minutes of starting fin or persisting long after stopping fin are not real and have no basis in reality. Please note that dut has a much higher half-life of 5 weeks, if you're prone to fin sides, dut may cause them for far longer.
Refer to https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481923/ before responding to PFS trolls.
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Anon10/07/25, 23:26No.18557142
Minoxidil (liquid and tabs) is a vasodialator that opens potassium channels and widens blood vessels bringing nutrients to your hair follicles, stimulating them into thickening, accelerating growth and elongating the growth phase. Min is taken with fin to restore your hair to it's original hairline, thickness and vigor when hair loss is caught early enough, (pre-NW2). Can be taken orally or topically.Topical min does not work in 1/3 of men because they lack the required enzymes in their scalp, all men have this enzyme in their liver so the oral route is a good fallback.
The FDA formulation for 5% liquid minoxidil is food safe (vape juice, ethanol and water) and can be safely taken orally if oral min tabs are expensive or rarely prescribed where you live. As a general rule, ~4 drops (0.1ml) = 5mg minoxidil.
There's a 1-2% risk of fluid retention with higher oral dosages, start with the lowest dosage possible and work your way up when you're sure it's well tolerated.Ketoconazole is an anti-androgen and antifungal that inhibits DHT on the scalp and used to treat fungal infections of the scalp that may be making your hair loss worse such as seborrheic dermatitis, a condition where you exhibit severe greasy, flaky large dandruff flakes with dried yellow crystals (blood plasma) embedded in the scalp. Some people may only have traction alopecia (hair loss from scratching or friction), but it will not cure androgenic alopecia on it's own. Can only be taken topically.Do not use spirolactone. Spirolactone is a diuretic which, in large doses, inhibits testosterone and, by extension, DHT.
It is regularly prescribed as an anti-androgen for male to female HRT, and thus, comes with an astronomically higher risk of sexual side effects in men including ED, gynecomastia, and can cause potassium toxicity.Previous thread: [/fa/thread/18542218#p18542218]
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Anon10/07/25, 23:48No.18557162
>hair feels thicker and healthier after 4 months on dut+min than it did nearly 2 years on fin+min
Some men have way too much DHT for their own good, dut should be a first line treatment, period.
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Anon10/07/25, 23:55No.18557168
>literally every magical dut rebound on r/tressless is met with disbelief and accusations of trolling
dude even posted a video to prove it wasn't fakehttps://www.reddit.com/r/tressless/comments/1o0p08z/200_days_on_dut_min_what_do_you_think/
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Anon10/08/25, 01:09No.18557207
Use spirolactone. Spirolactone is a diuretic which, in large doses, inhibits DHT.
It is regularly prescribed as an anti-estrogen for female to male HRT, and thus, comes with an astronomically lower risk of sexual side effects in men.I’ve been on spiro for a few months now and the results are nothing short of legendary. Spiro is the ultimate anabolic tonic that sends test levels skyrocketing. I have
>thicker, fuller hair: my temples which had been thinning are filling back in rapidly
>facial hair renaissance: patchy beards are a thing of the past. Spiro turbo-charges follicle activityThe science is settled: spiro cranks up test production and unleashes it directly at the follicular level. Dermatologists call it “anabolic follicular supercharging.”If you’re ready to stop playing with bullshit like minoxidil and want to grow a mane worthy of a Norse god, you need to buy spiro. Just don’t forget to get a bigger comb.
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Anon10/08/25, 08:03No.18557419
how can tell whether I suffer from diffuse thinning with long hair?
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Anon10/08/25, 11:03No.18557496
It's blackpilling seeing a guy use just fin and grow back two Norwood stages in 6 months. Meanwhile I've been on dut, 5 mg oral min, RU and ket for 2+ years and I've regrown zero hair. I've looked at some of the upcoming treatments and they all have an effect equal to or lower than fin, so I've got nothing to look forward to.
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Anon10/08/25, 11:29No.18557507
Just turned 33 years old and I was outside and felt a little draft on my crown that I never felt before. I went home and looked in the mirror with a makeup compact and sure enough, I've lost like half my crown and could see scalp a bit. I actually cried for 10 minutes. I am only 33 and barely starting to get my life together while everyone else is buying houses and getting married, I still post on 4chan 3 hours a day. I am not ready to be an unc when I've only had 2 girlfriends before. Tell me what to do. Tell me how to fix this. I have got no time left and life just keeps shitting on me bros. :(
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Anon10/08/25, 14:49No.18557635
stop posting my pics and shilling spiro, sadeep. thank you!
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Anon10/08/25, 15:33No.18557658
we don't care
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Anon10/08/25, 15:36No.18557659
stop shilling spiro with my pics ranjesh. you are not a doctor, you need to stop roleplaying as one in the balding thread.
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Anon10/08/25, 15:52No.18557675
Thoughts on my hairline? Saved it with spiro. Ignore my ftm physique, I recently transitioned.
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Anon10/08/25, 16:36No.18557714
janny pls
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Anon10/08/25, 16:40No.18557722
How will American Norwoodbros cope when he bans Finasteride & Dutasteride?>B-b-but Trump is on fin! They won't ban it!
Rules for thee, not for me!Tick tock, baldcels.
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Anon10/08/25, 16:42No.18557725
we don't give a shit about you either
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Anon10/08/25, 16:45No.18557732
>be balding
>take min
>take fin
>do microneedling
>get turkish transplants
>rub indian cow shit on your head
>have a voodoo priestess exorcise your scalp
>buy into the "forbidden health" poster and follow his advice and drink bleach
>do everything and anything to restore and maintain your hair>still have a stupid short normie haircut where it literally doesn't matter if you're balding or not.fellas why are you like this? why not grow it out?
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Anon10/08/25, 18:19No.18557806
Ok and?
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Anon10/08/25, 18:21No.18557808
its feminine behavior to worry about balding. when have men ever worried about this except in modern era?
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Anon10/08/25, 19:55No.18557855
Hey boys! I'm not bald yet but I'm 23 now and have started losing hair at a fast rate. I've also recently become single and I've realized that if I go bald before I get married my life is over basically.I've heard about finasteride, looksmaxing incels on various websites have shilled it to me. Can you spoonfeed me with anecdotes on your routine? How to buy it, take it, when, etc?Thank you kindly
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Anon10/08/25, 20:21No.18557869
Thoughts on topical Dut, Pyrilutamide, or RU?Oral fin seems to mess with my erections (could be psychosomatic) and also seems to kill my motivation and overall mood (didn’t know this was a side effect, so it can’t be psychosomatic since I wasn’t anticipating it)Any other options? Trying to get into pp405 study, but who knows those odds haha. I’ve heard oral Dut has fewer sides than oral Fin for some people, but idk how that could work.
Saw Palmetto is also an option, it’s supposed to at least freeze progression, even if it’s mostly too weak for re-growth.Or do I just rock it out for a bit longer and then get a wig?
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Anon10/08/25, 23:24No.18557996
Do hairlines mature via miniaturization?
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Anon10/09/25, 13:34No.18558436
why arent you guys shilling dutasteride?
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Anon10/09/25, 18:12No.18558615
>stevia increased effectiveness of min in mice
Info is brand new. Does rubbing stevia on your head have any potential negative sides? I assume nobody has tried this yet but I'm about to buy a shitload of stevia. Im min only and progress is really slow.
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Anon10/09/25, 22:47No.18558834
does rice water + red onion work?
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Anon10/10/25, 00:34No.18558935
dont do onions trust me it's absolutely horrible. your hair will smell like it for a month and it will be strong enough that you will be able to smell it non-stop by proximity and so well everybody else. if you sweat it or shower again it will reactivate the oils and your eyes will burn even weeks after.
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Anon10/10/25, 02:14No.18558995
Been on min for 1 month and finally noticed my hair shedding, so I guess it's working.
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Anon10/10/25, 03:16No.18559020
SMP is so underrated for diffuse baldingIf you combine it with a hair transplant the results can be unreal. Look at this guy he didn't even get an HT but the results are significant.
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Anon10/10/25, 05:15No.18559076
Does anyone use min to grow a beard. I'm sick of my thin patchy facial hair. I was getting some gains in the first few months but seems to be plateaued. I started derma rolling too.
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Anon10/10/25, 13:50No.18559332
I'm 45, I started balding when I was in HS, been shaving my head for 25 years now.... thank the gods I look decent with a bald head
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Anon10/10/25, 13:52No.18559333
10 ish weeks at caloric surplus, shedding has 100% stopped and patches seem to be filling in.I'm saved for now, it definitely was Telogen Effluvium, but MPB will raise its head eventually looking at my family tree.But I probably get a decade, and by then I can use cloned DHT resistant hairs and not have to take DHT blockers.
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Anon10/10/25, 17:47No.18559505
>hair follicles have estrogen receptors that elongate the anagen phase and massively amp up growth
>every mtf comes out the other end with a full head of hair even if they were approaching NW5 before
being male is suffering
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Anon10/10/25, 23:42No.18559771
I'm not balding but I'm way too lazy to take care of my hair so I became a skinhead and never looked back.I don't trust (((shampoo))) so when I shower, I just rinse my head with water. I like it so far. It's a peaceful life.
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Anon10/11/25, 01:52No.18559840
I still have a full head of hair but I started finasteride/minoxidil because my dad went bald. I read a reddit thread (I know) and they were all saying they wished they started earlier.I have no side effects but it is kinda expensive bros. Been on it about a year. Do you guys have a cheaper source I could consider?
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Anon10/11/25, 03:25No.18559896
Just realized people think fin works better on vertex than hairline because of different standards for what is considered bad hair loss depending on the area. Thinning on the vertex is considered worse than slight hairline recession because it cosmetically looks worse, but any amount of recession is objectively more advanced balding because the recessed area is slick bald rather than just thin. If you track places around your hairline that are still just thinning rather than fully recessed, I bet you'll get the same fin results there as with a thinning vertex.
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Anon10/11/25, 04:55No.18559936
What does it mean when I'm diffuse thinning on my head and armpits/pubic hair?
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Anon10/11/25, 19:53No.18560539
Why does every general have a resident schizo who aggressively ruins every discussion?
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Anon10/11/25, 21:32No.18560622
Hey guys i'm 31 and i've been NW2 diffuse thinning for about 2 years. It happened overnight due to emotional stress but since then it has been completely stable. I use hair fibers where my hair parts to disguise it a bit. I don't get any shedding. I haven't started taking finasteride because i'd really rather avoid it if I can. I don't want to risk a shed when i'm not losing any hair currently and can manage with fibers.
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Anon10/12/25, 00:15No.18560747
I lost some hair a couple of months due to medication after a surgery, they are growing back now, it feels good
Ok thats all.
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Anon10/12/25, 07:44No.18560906
What product can i use to style my medium long hair? I use water cause hairloss but the friction makes the hair fall even more. Need something more oily that wont make my hair fall
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Anon10/12/25, 07:49No.18560907
Balding is not fashionable. Please kys baldlets.
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Anon10/12/25, 16:35No.18561293
super bummed.im on finasteride for 3 years, just went to get my haircut. got a really nice one too, everything looked good then he handed me the mirror to see my crown and idk if its the hairstyle but it looked so thin. there is still hair there it is just thin and bunches up with nearby curls so it exposes my scalp.
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Anon10/12/25, 19:34No.18561400
I’m about a couple months in with fin/min (1mg/3mg tablet), libido has dropped noticeably. Should I be concerned?
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Anon10/12/25, 19:44No.18561410
What does low libedo mean?
Like you can't get a boner anymore, you don't find women attractive anymore?
Or you just never get aroused?
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Anon10/12/25, 23:01No.18561531
On month 4 of Finasteride. I won't jynx it, but I think the shedding has started to slow. I wonder if it can be anything other than the Finasteride. I cut down on coffee last month. Switched shampoos from one that is being sued for causing hair loss in July (used it around the time this started). I guess there is no loss in just continuing to take Finasteride either way. I wonder a lot about the shampoo though.
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Anon10/14/25, 18:58No.18563723
does the erectile disfunction that comes with some of these medicines actually due to the medicine severing your connection to your dick or is it all psychological
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Anon10/14/25, 18:59No.18563724
Is a maturing hairline a real thing or a cope? I just noticed my corners have started to recede.
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Anon10/14/25, 23:47No.18563945
In the exact middle of month 4, how do I know if I've stopped shedding or if I'm being clinically retarded?I do not get as many hairs anymore and the ones that do shed are thin. I used to shed a lot of telogen hairs just last week. Now, I pull occasionally and I get occasional thing long strands. Often in the crown/temple.I used to get 90 telogen hairs in 5 minutes before. I'm scared right now, guys.
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Anon10/15/25, 01:05No.18563990
Almost 7 months on fin, and less than a month on oral min and I think I'm starting to see a bit of improvement. The diffuse thinning just doesn't seem so bad.
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Anon10/15/25, 02:06No.18564031
hims chewables any good?
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Anon10/15/25, 11:03No.18564339
So I went to the doctor, complained about my symptoms, got my blood checked. Turns out, I have hypothyroidism, but, how do I know if the hair shedding is being caused by the thyroid disorder, or by DHT? Or better yet, how do I know if I don't have both thyroid and DHT hair loss? My temples aren't receding but I have been diffuse thinning. Help me hair loss experts.
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Anon10/15/25, 18:09No.18564680
>36 yo
>front thinning probably before I even noticed
>take a haircut 3 years ago
>scalp is visible
>front is clearly thinning
>start taking some vitamins and other suplements
>no results
>after a while start taking topical minoxidil and dutasteride
>move to oral minoxidil 6 months later
>hair stills falling
>absolutely now growth
>stopped taking everything like two months ago
I give up. The stress I'm getting over this is probably worse than being bald. I'm not even going to shave, I'm just going to get an electric shaver and use on on my face and head and simply stop caring.
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Anon10/15/25, 21:28No.18564922
https://old.reddit.com/r/tressless/comments/1o78zti/pelage_pharmaceuticals_has_secured_120_million_in/company behind pp405 secured $120 million for phase 3 trials
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Anon10/16/25, 00:48No.18565051
I have a bald spot in the left side of area 1 of pic rel. It was kind of self inflicted (accidentally). It's where my parting separates and it sort of got pulled out over a long time of me brushing furiously (Trichotillomania). It happened about 4 months ago. I have some fine hairs there still, but it is all uneven and the way my parting falls is weird now.I've been massaging it, using caffeine shampoo, as well as rosemary oil to try and stimulate growth. I contemplated using 5% minoxidil, but I've read it would causes what's left to fall out before regrowing. I don't know if there has been regrowth yet. Should I book with a dermatologist and see what they can do or just keep treating myself and see what happens?
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Anon10/16/25, 01:57No.18565088
This is what the reaper took from me.From us.
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Anon10/16/25, 04:28No.18565178
It's been 2 months on oral min, my hair has stopped shedding but my hairline isn't growing back and now I have to shave every other day
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Anon10/16/25, 09:18No.18565284
On my fifth month of fin. Have noticed essentially nothing. My sexpenis still works. No gyno (but I am paranoid about that LOL). My hair hasn’t gotten worse. Honestly I can live with my hairline (approximately Norwood 3) but I’d really like to get some thickness back on top. Here’s hoping.
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Anon10/16/25, 13:22No.18565374
Hot take incoming.99.999998% of all the before and after pics of [insert your pick of hairloss drug here] are just a before pic with their hair short so that thinning is obvious, and the after which with their hair much more grown out and styled in a more flattering way to hide the thinning
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Anon10/16/25, 19:43No.18565720
Why doesn't someone go to the Amazon rain forest and ask natives if there's a cure for baldness because I bet they would know since they are surrounded by all types of natural holistic remedies still undiscovered by the rest of the world
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Anon10/17/25, 09:49No.18566178
>DUDE DHT DOES NOTHING AFTER PUBERTY YOU NEED TO NUKE THAT SHIT RIGHT NOW BEFORE YOU LOSE MORE HAIR
>DUDE NO DHT IS NECESSARY FOR YOUR DICK AND MUSCLES YOU'LL LOSE YOUR DICK IF YOU TAKE DUT
what should I listen to? my hairline has started receding and i'm only on min
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Anon10/17/25, 18:25No.18566492
I got prescribed 2% ketoconazole shampoo. It reduces inflammation and DHT on the scalp. In clinical studies, patients saw their hair grow back after using it on the scalp 2-3x a week.
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Anon10/17/25, 22:11No.18566644
I-i think the shedding has stopped... I was very disillusioned. I've lost 80% of my hair since 2023, suddenly, at age 33.
I hopped on Finasteride on June 1st. I never stopped shedding.On month 4 now and after 2,5 years of chronically shedding, I think it might have stopped. Pulling my crown gives me no strands... I'm scared guys... I don't want to jynx it...
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Anon10/18/25, 04:53No.18566883
I'm starting off oral min by taking 1 drop for a couple days and then planning to double that until I reach 5mg. Is this right? 4 drops a day and I'm taking a high enough dose for results?
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Anon10/18/25, 13:48No.18567167
Is it a good idea to only use topical min to address diffuse thinning without using a 5ARI?
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Anon10/19/25, 02:54No.18567741
3.3 months into min and fin. I have started to shed shorter and very fine hairs.