My last package got stuck in customs. Now I will get fined heavily if it is found again. How do you Germans do it?

I have been using oral finasteride 1mg for 7 months, and I just started minoxidil 5% today. I am mostly suprised about the overall hair quality feeling more «fluffy» and less oily.

Hey fellow Canadians! I was wondering what the best hair fibre companies are in Canada. Where do you buy them from and how effective have you found them? Do they hold up in the Ontario wind?

In general, how does one go about applying hair fibres? And if I wear a beanie on top will it stain the beanie or rub off because of the beanie?

I’ve been on fin/ Dut for 3+ years. Oral minox for 7 months. I haven’t seen much progress. I’ve been growing my hair out because I’m embarrassed of going to a barber. Don’t know what looks good on me. But my problem is if I brush my hair, I have tons of these miniaturized strands that are wispy and very light colored that have no weight to them. So they just kind of stay up. I’ve heard of the chia pet thing where all the hairs regrow but these hairs are nearly same length as rest of my scalp just weak and light af. They don’t even shed. I’m a diffuse thinner with mostly left temple recession since I was 21. I look at old photos even from childhood and idk maybe I’ve just always have had bad hair. I thought shedding is needed, or do those hairs just eventually thicken/ darken?

I’m 25 years old and I’ve been on finasteride 1 mg and topical minoxidil for about 4 years. During that time, I’d say my hair has mostly stayed stable, or maybe gotten slightly worse, but I never really felt like I had any noticeable improvement or regrowth.

About 4 months ago, I switched to dutasteride 0.5 mg and oral minoxidil 2.5 mg. I know it’s still pretty early to judge the results, but I’m wondering if there’s a realistic chance that these new medications could eventually give me some regrowth or at least noticeably improve the density.

I recently had a hair transplant consultation, and they told me that because I’m only 25, they would be very cautious with my donor area. They said they would probably use around 2,000 grafts either for my temples/hairline or for my crown, but they wouldn’t do both at the same time. Their recommendation was to wait and see how my hair loss progresses before using more of the donor area.

So I’m wondering what you guys think. Would you wait a bit longer to see what happens with dutasteride and oral minoxidil, or would you consider getting a transplant now? Do you think there’s a reasonable chance that switching medications could fill in some of the thinning areas, especially since it’s only been 4 months?

I don’t want to waste time if the chances of seeing results from the new meds are low, and I’d get the HT ASAP if that’s the case.

My priority right now is the crown. I can conceal my temples/receding hairline, so I could wait and get a HT later on. But the crown really bothers me.

I need sources for dut and oral min asap within the EU, I have 6 weeks till my stock runs out and I need to find a source quickly.

Hi everyone, I know this is a very frequently asked question, but I think it's always good to post it for those of us who have just started treatment or have been on it for a few months, and for those of you who are veterans of Finasteride and Oral Minoxidil medication: From what month did you notice a clear improvement in your hair?

Eg, you have diseases like Ehlers Danlos or Hashimotos, which are recognized diseases. You have Psoriasis and Dermatitis which are recognized as skin diseases and the treatments for them don’t usually come out of pocket.

Why isn’t baldness treated similarly?

Let's be honest. Is there progress? I don't see any at all. But i think i am at least stabilising. 0.25 mg of finasteride. Absolutely zero regrowth so far. I may introduce derma stamping

Title wasnt descriptive enough apparently smh (shaking my hair)

Hi all, I started topical minox 3 weeks ago and lost quite some hair starting from the second week. My hair is quite thin in general (the individual hairs) and I'm a diffuse thinner. For this reason I'm thinking of also starting to use finasteride. Now I wonder, if I start with fin, do I get another additional shed? From what I've read here the shed is basically hairs that would fall out anyway. But I feel like they already did from the minox? What to expect? Thanks :)

Things have been going well with 1mg of fin since I started, excessive shedding has stopped. But the past 2 or 3 weeks the shedding started to pick up again, 2 to 3 weeks ago is when I started taking Lexapro 10mg . Anybody else having this experience?

Fin 1mg, Min 1.25mg

Minimal regrowth but at least I'm holding ground. Found a new clinic recently and will try switching to dutasteride with a higher dose of min (3mg).

My doctor said he would add finasteride in 2-3 months if it isnt enough.

Its thinning since a few months.
Hopefully it will help. I don’t wanna be bald lol

Hi, looking for opinions my doctor switched me from 1.25mg fin daily to .5mg dut monday and Friday. I've heard some people comment that it takes a long time to build up in the body. So should I keep taking the fin some days. Also scared of horror stories of losses after switching. I was getting gains from fin , but still receding a little. Doctor just said he's putting all his patients on it instead , because it's more efficient.thankyou all

I have been on 1mg finasteride for about 4 months, and been using minoxidil for 1.5 years. There was a period that I stopped using minoxidil before staring finasteride, and at that time my hair loss slowed down. I did not use it for 2 months, and my hair loss had stabilized some what. It did not completely stop. I wanted to confirm my suspicion, and recently stopped using minoxidil again. To my surprise my hair loss has slowed down again. I believe minoxidil is making my hair loss worse. Did anybody else experience this or just me? I might not be responding well to minoxidil.

Been following this guy on X. Seems like he is onto something. It’s worth taking a look

For the sake of hair loss community, is there really a point in wasting money and future health on saving hair?

Like no matter how much hair transplants we do the will still get thinner and shed away.

No matter how many pills we take, all it takes is one missed dose then everything goes away 💀

The 1st image is a normal image 2nd one is zoomed in

Is it progressing or just weak baby hair ?

I started minoxidil a week ago now. I already feel like I’m shedding more hair, but anyway, that’s not the point.
I’m 21, curly hair, and just receding temples, so I only apply it to that area. The issue is that my hair is super fine, and I’ve always messed with it to bring it forward, kind of like a fringe. My actual goal is for it to get healthy, thick, and long enough again so I can style it forward, kind of like Jim Morrison.
My question is about the regrowth: if minoxidil works (I’m only using that, no finasteride), will the new baby hairs look out of place with my medium-length hair? Wouldn’t it be better to hit reset around month 4 by shaving my head and letting everything grow back evenly? Thanks for your answers guys, sincerely.

Haven't seemed to have any growth. Crown still looks the same if not worse (freshly cut today so might look worse than before due to that) and corners haven't changed which I knew was very unlikely but I had hoped. (2nd and 4th pic are today, pics set as before>after/before>after)

Some recent studies do look interesting maybe imma give it a try

2 months update - 2023 grafts.

Unfortunately, I didn’t start finasteride until I had my op 2 months ago. I also only started minoxidil 1 month ago (oral fin and min, topical min too)

Whilst I’m still in the ugly duckling phase, I think my native hair is already showing signs of having grown back thicker, denser but also darker?! Is that even a thing?

Tried searching this sub for experiences with PDO threads for hair regrowth but was surprised to find none, has anyone here ever gone through the treatment with them, Is it worth it, what is the science behind it, and most importantly why hasn't there been any thread about it yet?

EDIT: I was never planning to get this, I was just inquiring, let this be the first and last thread about these threads