Thanks for this post Dino,
I’ve been off and on finasteride for years. Last night I flushed out my remaining pills and shaved my head. I always wear my hair short anyway, so this is no big deal. For me, Finasteride is no longer an option, I have no intentions of being on a pill the rest of my life. And I am looking forward to getting morning erections back, as this is really the only side-effect that I’ve noticed while I was on it. Finasteride did help prevent hair loss, and keeping what I had, but to me the cost just outweighs the benefits of a pill that I’m not sure what side effects it may have years down the road.
Originally Posted by Clubber
Hair loss sucks. I gonna start getting hair transplants in a few years when my thinning gets worst. I suggest you save money up for those Dino. It is the only real solution in hair loss, and plus you won’t have to worry about propecia. A cosmetic concealer like DermMatch like I posted in the above link in my last post on this thread will help hide the shame of a full head of thin hair like I have glowing under the florescent lights. Do yourself a favor and look into it. It isn’t even expensive and it is a safe healthy product recommended by dermatologists and doctors for concealing after hair transplants and while using hair loss treatment drugs and topical applicants.
Clubber good luck to you, but please don’t look at hair transplants as being the be all-end-all. They don’t cure baldness. If you go down that path be prepared to spend big bucks, and also to have lots of additional hair transplants to make up for additional hair loss. It can be expensive, and there are a lot of shady doctors out there capitalizing off people’s insecurities. This is one area where you as a consumer have to do all the homework as there are very few good doctors out there. Also, from what I’ve seen and read most guys who get hair transplants stay on drugs like Finasteride, Minoxidil, and/or a host of other things to prevent further hair loss. Keep in mind that for all the good work you are seeing advertised by a clinic, they are only showing you their best work. There are plenty of guys out there that spent thousands and their results never materialized or worse they were horribly disfigured. Wishing you luck, I hate baldness as much as you do.
I’m waiting for Hair cloning to come out. I’m 30, and not confident that it will come out in my lifetime, and if it doesn’t, that’s okay, I’ll still be me and still live my life. But if it does, well that would be pretty damn great for all of us who are trying to cope with losing our hair.