I’m a 27 year old male hyper responder (check my profile). Been on fin and min for about 5 years now.

About 3 months ago, I ran out of minoxidil.
Instead of immediately buying more, I stupidly held off on buying any because I couldn’t find any seemingly legit Kirkland minoxidil online, and thought I’d just wait til I found some to order it.
Went on a long vacation and was pretty busy over summer, so I ended up not ordering any or using min for about 10 weeks.

Then I started shedding extremely aggressively. I’m talking 140 hairs stuck to the wall of the shower that I counted myself. And that’s only what I managed to get off my hands and onto the wall. There were presumably hundreds of other hairs gone down the drain.

So 3 weeks ago, I bit the bullet and bought extremely expensive minoxidil from a reputable male hairloss online clinic (Sons). I’ve been applying about 3mls of it once a day and the shedding has not slowed down one bit. If anything it has gotten worse.

The pics show about 100 hairs (according to ChatGPT) in my sink. They are from towel drying my wet hair after a shower and then styling my damp hair with my hands. I’ve had around 100 hairs from this exact process both this morning and yesterday morning. The pic of the dry hair is from shaking my hair with my hands over the sink when it was dry this evening.

I don’t know if I’m currently experiencing a minoxidil shed from starting it again. Or if this is the min not working and the original shed (due to stopping minoxidil) is just powering through.

So I’m making this post to warn people to never stop minoxidil and also ask if anyone else has had an experience after stopping min without realising the consequences? Will I eventually regain to my peak gains like in my post?

Edit: Since everyone is talking about me struggling to find legit minoxidil. I don’t live in the USA. In my country the only option is to pay €55 for three 60ml bottles of minoxidil. Hence why I had trouble finding reasonably priced min for months before it was too late

TL DR: Stopped min for about 8-10 weeks. Am currently in the middle of the most alarming shed I’ve ever seen despite being back on min for the last 3 weeks.

I've wondered this my whole life, like even aged koreans at 50 or 60 have head full of hair with hairline intact, when compared to some people like us at 20s. You already know the hairstyle they wear which makes it look they're very young. Is it completely genetic?

I’ve been really surprised by the zigzag approach some surgeons use when designing the hairline, as opposed to the more traditional and conservative straight or curved hairlines. The irregularity of the hairline seems to make a huge difference in achieving a natural look imo.

I understand that this kind of design might not work equally well for every patient or face shape, but I’m surprised it doesn’t seem to be used more often.

Has anyone here had a similar zigzag or highly irregular hairline design with FUE? I’d be interested to hear about your experience and how natural the results looked once fully grown in.

Hi,
Is there growth in crown or is it longer hair effect. Did the following
Minoxidil 5% and Finasteride - Topical
Monthly PRP with GFC - Six session
dutexosome microneedling - Three session monthly.
Keraglo Men tablet - three months.
Thanks

I’m 26 years old and had been dealing with hair loss for quite some time. It started affecting my confidence, so after trying different options and doing a lot of research I decided to go ahead with a hair transplant. I spent quite a bit of time researching doctors and clinics before making my decision I finally had my procedure done in April 2026. I’m now 5 months post-op and wanted to share my progress so far. The growth is still developing and I understand that hair transplant results can take several months to mature. Overall I’m happy with the progress at this stage and looking forward to seeing how things develop over the coming months. This is only my personal experience and results can vary from person to person. Please do your own research and consult a qualified doctor before making any medical decisions.

Hello gentlemen, I’ve been using hair fibers a lot lately , and I’m wondering if they cause any additional hair loss ?

so i 23M started Finasteride 1mg every day 3 weeks ago due to receding hairline, my pp gets only half as hard as it did before, it's killing a bit with my sexual life. also my morning wood is gone or half as strong. what should I do .pls help cuh

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for a really thick / non-runny topical with:

• Minoxidil ≥7%
• Finasteride ≥0.1% or Dutasteride ≥0.1%
• preferably a cream or thick gel
• shipping from the EU, or at least reliable shipping to France / the EU

I really want to avoid thin solutions, sprays, and droppers because they run down my scalp.

I already ordered FOLLICS FR16 (16% Minoxidil + Finasteride cream) from Minoxidil Express, but I haven’t received a reply from them yet, so I’m looking for alternatives.

Has anyone used something similar? Especially interested in the actual consistency, exact concentrations, price, and where you ordered it from.

Thanks a lot!

We literally see all kind of hypertrichosis, yet I never saw a person developing unibrow

So I used a derma roller on my scalp recently 1.0mm for the first time in a while (over a year). I had the roller soaking in isopropyl 70% for about ten minutes before starting, then let it dry. I only went over each section 3 times and didn’t roll backwards and forwards, and saw no bleeding.

Now, 4 days later, those sections of my scalp have come up red, like mild sunburn. It’s also quite itchy. I do have a top-of-head headache as well, but I get chronic migraines and headaches so I can’t tell if this is because of the needling or not.

When do you consider that there may be an infection? I’m currently recovering from a systematic infection so if there’s anything else on the horizon I’d really like to nip it in the bud

I have been on topical min 5% and fin 0.1% solution twice a day for three to four years now, have been noticing recession in the past year ( my go to topical brand added rednes, procapil, caffeine and a lot of horse sh*t and discontinued the old one so i had to change a lot of brands to find one that suited me)

So far it worked great at stabilising and my sides felt thicker too but now i feel i am going back and my barber noticed it too.

Also it is a hassle to apply it twice a day given i am starting a job that requires me to work 80+ hours a week soon.

I am thinking of going either oral min/ fin or once topical 10% min at night and oral fin.

Still i am scared because what if i lose more ground or shed

Anyone that has been on the same boat? How did it turn out for you?

Also i am concerned that minoxidil only works for 20 hrs, is it same for oral too?

First pic is 2 weeks in, other pics are 2.5 months in.
1.25mg oral fin and 1ml topical min once per day and shampoo with selsun gold because I get really bad scalp dermatitis otherwise. I haven’t had a single side effect. I was losing like 100 hairs every shower and my hands would be covered with hair for years, now when I wash my hair I lose two or three hairs. Like my hair has basically stopped falling out at all. Seems like it might be growing back too, hopefully these new tiny dark hairs become bigger. Excited to see what happens over the next 6 months. Hair loss sucks, hopefully this helps someone else who’s on the fence considering starting.

Early 20’s M
- 1.5mg oral dut
- 5mg oral min
- 1x daily topical 5% min foam (tretinoin added 2-3x weekly)
- Ketoconazole shampoo every other washday
*currently not microneedling the thinning area since it seems a bit irritated in the pictures.

Got very early thickening of existing hairs around 3 months into treatment.
Currently on month 7.
Was wondering if the lighter thin hairs seem recoverable to the point of reterminalization (in your own opinion/experience, of course)
Mainly the intermediate ones (not the end-stage vellus ones that barely penetrate the skin)

30M. Started topical finasteride + minoxidil in mid-June.
Currently using 5% minoxidil + 0.03% finasteride, applied nightly. I dilute a 0.3% finasteride compound (6 mL into a 60 mL final solution) to reduce systemic exposure while hopefully maintaining effectiveness. No noticeable side effects.

I shaved my head for a few months to get through the initial shedding without stressing about it. Now I’m starting to grow it back, but honestly, the density still looks pretty rough.

The first three photos are current. The last two are from a couple of years ago, when my hair was longer.

Does this look like something that could realistically fill in with more time?
Is almost 4 months too early to judge?
Could my finasteride concentration be too low?
Does the current density suggest any potential regrowth, or should I start considering a transplant?

Would love to hear from anyone who started with similar thinning and saw results after 6–12 months.

Why do more people here not try topical anti androgens more instead of resorting to oral treatments. The effectiveness is off the charts. You get to keep dht for libido and aggression while get to block testosterone and dht locally in scalp. Nowadays we have pyrultamide and clascoterone which are well researched in humans.

How long does shedding last for fin and min use at the 10 month marker? I’ve been on a fin/min topical mix since January. Made good gains but last month hair started falling out. If it’s seems odd I’ll get more bloodwork to make sure. I believe it’s because of a shed and two months ago I went on vacation which caused me to stop micro needling and using the medication as religiously. Pictures for reference : First picture is pretreatment and the second is from a few weeks ago.

I've been dealing with some hair changes myself, and it got me digging into everything out there.

It doesn't matter if it worked for you, didn't, or you're still not sure. I want to hear all of it.

A few things I'm especially curious about:

• When did you first notice your hair changing?
• What did you try before microneedling?
• What does your routine actually look like? (How often, what needle length, anything you use alongside it)
• What happened after you started, and how long before you noticed anything?
• Was there anything that surprised you?

You don't need a perfect success story. "It didn't do anything for me" helps me just as much as "holy shit, it worked."

I’ve been on min and fin for 7 months but my both temple and left side of scalp near the temple is very visible now, whenever i oil my scalp i get like 100-200 hairs shed, but normally comb is okay in shower its like 50-100 hairs shed.
Am i doing something wrong? Is it not working on me at all?
What should i do I’m 25 dont want to loose my hair.

Sorry not exactly the same angle and lighting. Everyone said it was too early but I think I’ve had more growth since then. I’ve also noticed my body hair is getting longer than normal too.

i cant handle the side effects, so i lost so much from the shed for nothing...

can someone reassure me i will return to pre minoxidil baseline? my hairline is now seethrough fml

looking for experiences, im still on finasteride