balding general - /fa/

Anonymous07/07/26, 17:32No.18735049/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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Anon07/07/26, 17:33No.18735051

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 >

Anon07/07/26, 17:48No.18735060

hairlettes on suicide watch

Anon07/07/26, 17:57No.18735063

https://www.pmda.go.jp/files/000245812.pdfThis study that I saw on leddit is pretty interesting. Again we can confirm that 2.5mg dut nukes 95-99% of your DHT, and 0.5mg nukes 90% so it's almost impossible for a guy to have AGA and dut not work. If a guy is balding on 2.5mg it's pretty certain that it's another type of balding and not AGA

Anon07/07/26, 23:31No.18735261

Hair is neither 'love' nor 'life', you fucking incel.

Anon07/07/26, 23:32No.18735262

>7 months into fin >suddenly in a single week I go from having 10-20 hairs on my comb every time I take a shower to maybe 1 strand every other day It's actually fucking work, and right on schedule too. Glad I got on it before my density went to total shit, I mean you can tell my hair is thin when it's wet but dry it looks completely normal. When I add minoxidil to my stack it should even out when wet too. Thanks /balding/. I legitimately would have given in to the fearmongering and turned into domehead if it weren't for you.

Anon07/08/26, 00:16No.18735301

bad hair shedding immediately after starting Vyvanse. will finasteride stop this?

Anon07/08/26, 03:26No.18735402

>Reminder that if you can clearly see down to your scalp when your hair is wet, your hair is thinning i can see my scalp when my hair is dry, how fucked am i? also, does collagen do anything? i'm using hydrolyzed marine collagen.

Anon07/08/26, 05:52No.18735453

Do you think woman care much if your visibly thinning, but look good in a baseball cap which you wear most of the time?

Anon07/09/26, 09:18No.18736230

Should I hop on fin? I'm just worried about the shed. I probably won't hop on min just due to the fact that taking a pill is way easier than rubbing liquids on your scalp. Picrel is a 5-year difference. Left is me at 21. Right is at 16. Looking back it's kind of crazy given how much of my hair falls out every day, especially when I shower. My bedroom floor is just full of loose hairs. It looks like a barbershop.

Anon07/09/26, 17:51No.18736426

I scheduled an appointment with a very good dermatologist, specialized in trichology. I came from the appointment feeling positive after he told me that I was indeed balding and that I would have to take fin and min. My hair is normal everywhere but the top where I'm clearly balding (30% hair). The issue I have has to do with what he prescribed. He told me I was gonna have to take 5mg oral min every 2 days and 5mg Fin once a week for a year to make sure I dont suffer any sides. This left me relieved but now, after having looked up things, it seems really rare to prescribe 5mg of fin (no, I dont have prostate issues), and I'm wondering if it could have more sides or if it will even do that much considering half life. I obviously will contact my doctor but I also wanted to know what you guys thought from your experience.inb4 "just use a pill cutter"

Anon07/09/26, 18:41No.18736459

anyone buy fin off mark cubans child labor emporium?

Anon07/09/26, 19:06No.18736486

Anything less than 1.5mg dutasteride Is waste of money. You may slowdown your loss but you’re not keeping your full hair potential

Anon07/10/26, 01:09No.18736666

I'm 26, and for about two years now I've losing hair in the shower, nothing alarming, maybe about 15-20 strands when I wash my hair. Recently, I've noticed that my hairline, especially in the middle, looks thinner than before. Lately, my sleep habits have been pretty bad and, just to mention some possible causes, I switched brands of shampoo. I’m writing here because I’ve found that topical minoxidil is dirt cheap, and in theory, I should only apply it to my hairline. So, do you think I should give it a try? What scares me the most about this is that, from what I’ve read, it’s a treatment you have to follow for the rest of your life.

Anon07/10/26, 03:16No.18736731

How do I know if my hair is regrowing and not miniaturizing if I’m on Dut and oral min (or if Dut and oral min work)?. I either have small hair growing or my longer hair miniaturizing and I can’t tell which one it is. Hairline and scalp only btw, sides are all equal in size.

Anon07/10/26, 06:13No.18736789

I've heard mint oil and other extracts can be good for the hair and scalp, do you guys just mix it straight into shampoo or is should I make a solution and rub it into the scalp? I'm not balding but my dad is. I'm probably good for another 20 years and I don't need fin now. I just want to improve my hair health.

Anon07/11/26, 00:00No.18737180

Anon07/11/26, 00:01No.18737182

Anon07/11/26, 00:02No.18737183

All these people take it every day

Anon07/11/26, 00:08No.18737186

I just chatted to a guy on Reddit who has been taking fin 1x a week and has been followed by the same doctor and he says he's the same as far as sides go

Anon07/11/26, 00:11No.18737188

Another day, another zero credence anonymous retard fear mongering in the baldness general about the only way to treat male pattern baldness. That should be bannable off-topic posting at this point

Anon07/11/26, 00:29No.18737199

I'm taking 1mg dut every day, I feel like I'm growing an uterus

Anon07/11/26, 00:41No.18737205

I'm getting a bit scared. My doc said it stays in the system for 3 weeks. He said this is so the sides are as reduced as possible and other people took it and are fine

Anon07/11/26, 01:01No.18737216

Can't find ketoconazole (closest source would be ordering Nizoral from Portugal/Italy), thoughts on selenium sulfide? My scalp is a mess

Anon07/11/26, 06:55No.18737313

I'm about ~6 months in on oral fin + min and I had some really remarkable progress and regrowth at first but now my hair is thinning again. Is that just normal or should I see about changing my dosages or getting on a different drug?My hairline is intact, I just have thinning on my scalp.

Anon07/11/26, 19:35No.18737657

Man this med shed sucks Taking dut and having a hella of a shed in month 6 is pain in the ass Imma just become a tranny for the love of the game

Anon07/12/26, 18:39No.18738208

I've started taking 2.5 min a day. How do you guys deal with all of the extra hair? And where does it pop up? Kinda hate the idea of looking like a monkey ngl

Anon07/12/26, 21:47No.18738315

>Fin 0.5mg a day >Min 1.25mg a day >Min on face to promote hair growth Been doing the Fin since 2012, no sides. Min since 2024 and hairs pretty much back to where it was in 2019 when I lost a bunch to stress. Beards starting to look thicker too.Every man should do this to looksmax.

Anon07/12/26, 23:57No.18738366

just buzzed my head and looking in the mirror convinced me to start fin again. why does bald look so bad? Even good looking bald guys would look better with hair

Anon07/13/26, 00:54No.18738399

For those of you using topical minoxidil, when did your shedding start? I started applying it 4 days ago, and I'm noticing a lot more strands of hair than usual in the shower...

Anon07/13/26, 02:17No.18738437

Just another reach out for hair loss relating to ADHD medication (experienced under both Vyvanse and Adderall)Will high doses of finasteride fix this? Any help is appreciated.

Anon07/13/26, 21:26No.18739094

Topical minox's leaflet says not to mix with retinoids and not to expose your scalp to the sun. Do you ignore those? I am a firm believer in the healing power of the sun, and in slathering my face with retinol twice a day before moisturizing.

Anon07/13/26, 23:33No.18739245

3.5 months on fin (1mg EOD). No response yet, but no sides I guess. I know i'll need minoxidil too but was hoping to see some mild response first.

Anon07/14/26, 01:19No.18739326

At this point i'm convinced anything less than 0.5mg dut and 5mg oral min daily is NGMI-tier, basically everything short of blasting 8mg estrogen and transitioning to keep your hair.

Anon07/14/26, 12:22No.18739532

Is it weird that people who take dut they dont respond to it Like most guys who were on fin and switch to dut always see their hair worsening

Anon07/14/26, 18:31No.18739730

anyone with high blood pressure taking minoxidil? how did it affect you?

Anon07/14/26, 20:27No.18739829

Where can I buy oral minoxidil without prescription? In my country I can only find topical and that shit wont work

Anon07/15/26, 10:14No.18740138

can i expect good results from taking 2mg oral min + topical min/fin once a day? doc wants me to take 3mgs of oral min and topical twice a day, but that shit's expensive

Anon07/15/26, 18:49No.18740376

Month 1 on oral fin plus oral min After the first 5 or so days I've felt totally fine

Anon07/15/26, 19:00No.18740379

I already body hair mog Robin Williams and I just started oral min W-whats going to happen to me

Anon07/15/26, 22:27No.18740492

what if you boofed a few drops of topical minoxidil

Anon07/15/26, 22:59No.18740502

Got immediate brainfog from oral fin as well, moderately less than dut so oh well. It's immediate start means it's neurosteroid related rather than anything to do with DHT.I've read a lot of people who got early brainfog and many said it cleared up within 2-12 weeks so i guess i just have to suffer with it and see if it goes away. Fuck my 22 year old norwood 3 life, how realistic is it just to wear a medium length wig with a fringe everyday

Anon07/17/26, 16:15No.18741411

what does /balding/ think about selfmaxxer? reversed his hair loss without the use of fin,dut or min and all thanks to the power of the SUN!!! and raw eggs

Anon07/18/26, 05:19No.18741643

Why am I shedding from my temples on Vyvanse? No answers online at all for fuck sake

Anon07/18/26, 15:48No.18741835

Not gonna lie kinda your fault for thinking a drug could fix being a lazy piece of shit? just my honest opinion

Anon07/19/26, 03:57No.18742096

i'm going to start topical min+fin but that shit is expensive. over $100 a month in Canada. Can I maximize my results by using the gel every day for a year, and then cut costs by applying it every other day? Will it fuck up my hair or mess with my hormones to have so many disruptions? also i'm getting my fill from Essential Clinic, are there any cheaper options for topical solutions in Canada?

Anon07/19/26, 05:47No.18742124

Is it just me or does hair shed a lot more during summer?

Anon07/19/26, 19:42No.18742443

i read somewhere that baldness is related to skull shape. my skull is wide on the sides and flat on top. i'm 23 and the only non-bald man in my family. it might also be due to me having a prenatal low T. my index finger is a little longer. when I look at my bald male relatives, their ring fingers are much longer and they have a strange bump on top of their skulls lol.

Anon07/19/26, 23:13No.18742531

basically 4 months into 2.5mg oral min and nothing, nadda, zilch same shit with 5% min and I even went up to 15% and used microneedling and tret to boost effects, nothingGonna try 5mg in 2 months but I am pretty sure at this point I am one of those unlucky few people that will just never get any kind of reaction from the drug, I'm too cooked biologically to effectively absorb it or something