/balding/ and /finasteride/ general.Sticky: http://tuxbell.com/index.php/BaldingReminder that if you can clearly see your scalp when your hair is wet, your hair is thinning, lots of small new hairs sprouting around the hairline or crown is a sign of recession.Holy trinity:Tabs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FinasterideLotion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MinoxidilShampoo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KetoconazoleFinasteride is a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor that prevents 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, this is called androgenic alopecia.Fin mostly prevents your hair from getting any worse, mild regrowth is expected, though some people see a significant recovery on fin alone. Can be taken orally or topically.5ar inhibitors are not dosage dependent, taking as little as as 0.2mg fin can reduce DHT by 68% while 5mg reduces by 72%. 0.5mg dut blocks up to 95% but its more expensive and harder to get prescribed.Fin has been used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia 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. The half life of fin is about 8 hours, adverse effects that persist after ceasing fin are not real and have no basis in reality.Refer to https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481923/ before responding to PFS trolls.(continued on next post)
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 alone. 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.We got pushed off the catalog by the insane spiro spammer!Previous: >>18359754
>>18369610I'm just going to buzz and get lean untill I can afford to get multiple transplants no matter how much it costs. I will NOT take troon drugs no matter what.
Feels weird having stuff like tret and fin be marketed as lifestyle medications but I won't complain about $14 fin prescriptions you can get filled for like $7 at costplus, don't fall for the keeps meme, their fin is literally $1 per pill.
>>18369646>lifestyle medicationIt's an actual term describing medication that treats things that don't really harm you. I'd say the quit smoking one is the odd one out here.>don't fall for the keeps memeIs that the one where you send them photos of your head and they send you finasteride? It sounds like they're just taking advantage of people too insecure to see a real life doctor.
>>18369610If you use fin for two years with no sides, can you reasonably expect to be side-free with dut? It's basically fin but even stronger, right?Conversely, if someone was a wreck on fin, they shouldn't take dut, right?
fin and minox gave me sides and didn't work, but spirolactone fixed all my problems with no sides.
>>18369610you will all look like me its only a matter of time
Low T is a symptom of schizophrenia.
Man there's some fucking shit going on with my scalp. Fin min tretinoin for months and absolutely nothing.Look at the red inflamed zomes on the scalp. Something is wrong beyond the AGA. Gotta find a derm to investigate. Maybe clobetasol helps me.
>>18369656>men might not want to talk to their doctor about their embarrassing hair loss problem>men might not have insurance>men might have shitty insurance that doesn't cover cosmetic shit like dermatologists and fin consultationsEven if you have good insurance, you still have to wait weeks to months for a derma referral in the US and by then you're already running the clock on your hairline.Keeps is one of many telemedicine sites where you talk to a chatbot and upload pics of your head and get a fin prescription right away, it's way more convenient.Keeps sucks because they force you to get the fin straight from them and their shit is like $80/3mo supply, transferring your prescription out is also pretty hard but doable.But in their aggressive marketing, they're also finpilling unaware men.Of course this is the US centric view, getting fin in person is probably easier in countries that don't have shitty healthcare like US.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emhyp4J_sSQqrd / tldw>former U.S. national guard soldier>bodybuilder for 15 years>has everything going in life, educated, successful career, spouse, etc.>no prior mental health issues>starts taking (((finasteride))) and experiences...>brain fog>insomnia>anhedonia>slurred speech>motherfucking SKULL SHRINKAGE>feels zero emotions>lost the ability to sweat>perpetually zoned out>quits finasteride>severe muscle loss>can't get gym pumps anymore>rest of the problems persist for over 2 years and continue to this dayFinasteride basically took everything away from him.And yet there are disgraceful dipshit zoomers here who claim that post finasteride syndrome isn't real, you must feel really proud of yourselves.
