Im 23 and want to halt my hair loss.... can these drugs stop it completely and grow hair back? can they have positive side effects? and what are the best ones?
Get on Propecia right away! Don't listen to anyone when they try to scare you off with it's side effects. It only occurs in 2% of men that take it. I think it's worth it. I've been on it now for 13 months. It has stopped my hair loss and have actually seen some decent regrowth. It's been a life saver, and no side effects. I take Proscar, which is the exact same drug as Propecia, but its a higher dosage. With Propecia, it's a 1 mg tablet and with Proscar it's a 5 mg tablet. They both cost about the same. So, if you buy a pill splitter and cut the 5 mg Proscar into 4's (approx. 1.25 mg), you save allot of cash. So yeah, go to your doc. Say you want a Prescription for Proscar and go buy it at any pharmacy. It's very important to stay the course with this drug. No matter what, give it a full year, taking 1.25 mg each day. Also, you could maybe throw in a few good shampoos like NANO, Nizoral 2%, etc, not for hair loss so much as for just keeping your hair as clean as possible.
I was only really thinning in the crown area. And the Proscar did close it up quite a bit. I had super thick hair before I started losing it. My hairline hasn't budged but my hair in the front did thin just a little and the Proscar brought all that back to. Like I said, it's been a God send for me. I'll still have to get a minor HT for the crown and stay on top of any further loss if need be (Proscar should hopefully stop that). But I really think my hair will look pretty good for the rest of my life with meds and HT's. Obviously not like my "high school hair". But good enough.
