Every hair loss app I come across has oral minoxidil for a super high price. Currently paying ~$300 a year from Ro. Combined with ~$100 for finasteride from Keeps. Anybody have a place to get this for cheaper??

My appointment with Dr Patty is 9th May, but I really want an earlier one.

If anyone who has one in the next two months but wants to do a swap, drop me a message!

Just curious what supplements people are taking that have helped with results? 7 month deep on Fin+Min, I’m fairly pleased with the re growth so far just wondering if there’s anything else I could add!

Been looking at derma stamps on temu and aliexpress and I've found one for like 2 dollars. It appears to be the same product sold by a handful of sellers on amazon for about 4x the price.

Have any of you guys bought from temu or aliexpress? Any issues?

Hello Everbody, has somebody tried it? -> Biovana Desoxidose Plus. I am a bit curios cause i saw all the ads on inta and saw some posts here with 2DDR but only from greymarket sites.

Its available via Internet and in german pharmacys and Internet pharmacys (like Shop Apotheke)

https://biovana.de/products/biovana-desoxidose

To everyone who has been sharing their progress, stories and experiences this is my thank you, you all have single-handedly helped me defeat baldness and taught me that it wasn't over as soon as it started. When I was 18 I noticed I started thinning and shedding hair and I was just panicking and knew that eventually I would be bald because almost my whole family was bald but at the age of 19 and with a few "embarrassing" bald spots I stumbled onto this subreddit where I have seen, talked and interacted with people who were experiencing the same thing as me and I learned a lot about saving my hair with minoxidil, finasteride/dutasteride and biotin. Now I'm at the age of 22 with a head full of thick hair and as confident as I could be. And this is my personal thank you to all of you even if you just commented on a post just know you have probably impacted someone. Again thank you.

I am starting to do TRT and wanted to make my own topical dutasteride. I sourced lab made dutasteride 5g Some 99.9% ethanol and propylene glycol.

In terms of price I paid 150eur for dutasteride 50 eur for vials alcohol etc

So for 200 eur I can make at 1% I can make at least 10, 50ml vials So vial price would be 20 eur for 1% dutasteride 10 eur for 5% so quite a good price

I am also using kx-826 and added some dutasteride to it, but wanted a pure dutasteride solution to apply in higher amount, and also in the area of the Subcutaneous testosterone injection.

Hope this works 😂

Unfortunately I live in country where I can't find a topical fin + min solution, there's only topical min and I can get a prescription for oral fin, but I'd rather first try to topical solution.

Two questions:

1. Any good vendors where I can find a combined product?
2. I found 0.25% topical fin on one website and since I have topical minox at home I'm wondering if I should just order it and put the two one after the other.

I was using a minoxidil foam 5% that was made by my hairtransplant clinic. It had also vitamins inside. I could feel the medicine staying on my scalp some minutes after applying it. My hair were kinda sticky and when the medicine was dried, my hair texture was different as if i put hair gel. The scalp was also a little itchy.

I changed my foam to regaine. When the foam is being pressed into my scalp before massaging the area, I can feel my hair getting a little wet for some seconds (around 4) and then, its kinda as if the minoxidil disappeared. Is this really normal with regaine?

If I touch my hair 5 minutes later, my hair is almost "clean" as if I had not used any foam. So, I am worrying if the foam is really being fully absorbed by my scalp and not by my hand.

Im thinking about starting fin and I decided to get a prescription from Amazons online clinic. To my surprise it was really easy to get it. I just payed for a texting visit sent the doctor pictures of my hairline and was able to get the prescription. I’m 22M and have little thinning on my corners and hope fin can save it. Has anyone done this method and if so how are the results. Also do u guys recommend getting on fin with little supervision from a doctor like Amazon does or should I go to an in-person dermatologist.

Petrified of the usual chatter about finasteride, with some saying its a one size fits all miracle drug, and others saying that it caused their bones to grow out of their body... you really cant tell.

Im afraid the ones that love me and care for me will be downtrodden once something happens to me.

How do i mitigate this fear? What did you guys do?

I dont give a single fuck what happens to me. I fear for my loved ones :(

Okay, so I've been on foam Minoxidil for a couple of months to help with my slightly receding hairline. However, the dryness was getting annoying, so I researched and heard about a brand called Growplex. I just bought it but I'm wondering how good it really is. Also does changing Minoxidil brands cause hair shedding and new regrowth or since its still Minoxidil will it not matter?

I ordered generic finasteride from both cipla and dr. reddy's since I couldn't get a rx, would it be a bad idea to alternate between the 2 every other day? I want to maximize the chances that I'm taking enough fin just in case one brand is less effective or god forbid counterfeit

So I'm not talking about switching drugs altogether or alternating between them. Basically has anyone been on fin long term, maybe it stopped working or worked less effectively after a while, then added dut once or twice a week in addition to daily fin? Did it work for you? Did it make things worse? No change?

I have been on fin for 5 years and min for 3 years. The first 2 years of fin alone, I really didn't see any progress and continued shedding. Once l added min, my hair came back almost immediately and it was thicker than ever and it was an absolute blessing! Over the past year or so, it has progressively gotten thinner along the hairline and corners but nothing that alarmed me and I felt like it was just normal progression but I still was thick and full in most everywhere. Fast forward to 6 months ago up until now ( the last few months especially) - I have gone thru a massive shed and have essentially lost the majority of the gains I got on min. I haven't changed anything to my routine. I take my fin pill and apply min 2x a day like I always have. I don't understand why I am losing all this and it is incredibly upsetting to have to revisit this and have this on my mind again. Any and all insight/ help is appreciated. I just ordered prescription DUT that will help here next week that I will start taking along with the fin and min. 02 →

Pretty much the past 2 days I haven’t taken oral min and have noticed a huge difference in my face not being as puffy just look more alive lol so figured I’d try reducing dosage a little to see if it helps just wondering if anyone else has done this switching to 5mg didn’t give me crazy gains anyway but I don’t wanna go thru some crazy shed cause ik my hairs are min dependent and I’m sure I’ll shed a little what do yall think?

Hello hair loss, I’ve been stalking this sub and wanted to give a rundown of my hair loss journey to see if any questions could be answered.

Timeline: I am 18, and it started in July 2024 when I was losing 20-30 hairs a shower. Around November I started losing around 50. As of late December, I’ve lost around 100+ each shower.

Derm: I’ve visited two dermatologists, the first one said I had telogen effluvium, and the second one told me to give it time as I presented him my previous fungal infection and itchy hair (that went away). I was prescribed tretonoin and ketoconazole 2%. They’ve both said to give it time and I’m trying my best to.

Test: A few weeks ago I got a blood test done which only brought back I was deficient in calcium.

Treatment: Since January, I’ve used a rotation of nioxin, nizoral, ketoconazole, and head and shoulders anti dandruff. I also dermaroll and use topical min, though I understand that’s for hairline only. I take zinc, iron, biotin, daily vitamins, and fish oil.

Possible trigger? I’m also so sad to see this happen to me at a young age especially when I had great, (too) thick hair before. I can’t think of any triggers expect when I took around 2g of straight expired caffeine which sent me to the ER September of 2023.

Situation: Current hair loss: https://ibb.co/d0VnmxSK I’m afraid it’s DUPA/ androgenic alopecia/alopecia areata, and my hair loss is very diffuse

Hair loss bulb: https://ibb.co/4nQyRdX9 Most of the bulbs are white but some have this shape where it’s less of a bulb but a long thin white end

What the side of my hair looks like now: https://ibb.co/R4bSTGDd

Questions:

1. What caused my increasing hair loss? I’m generally healthy with a varied diet
2. Will it stop? I can’t bear the thought of this continuing forever
3. Is there any explanation for what caused it?

I really appreciate any feedback and hope those in a similar situation will see a full head of hair one day. I’m trying to stress as little as possible, and I wish the same for all!

Just had a bunch of blood tests for hair-fall, and my DHT came out to be 1304pg/mL when the normal range is 143-842.

This is after using Topical Min+Fin for about a year or 2. I suspect Topical Fin doesn't go systemic, but these DHT values are far beyond the maximum limit.

Shall I start with oral Finasteride? Are there higher chances of sides, or lower, considering the already very high DHT :(

Suffering really bad hairfall, really need to get this fixed.

I have recently started my hair loss treatment. The dermatologist prescribed me 1mg oral fin daily along with PRP (platelet-rich plasma injections) and Ketoconazole shampoo twice weekly. I have had 2 sessions of PRP now and it's been a month now on finasteride. I have experienced that my hair fall has slowed down significantly and the hair around the temples has improved slightly.

Before starting fin I did take a look at the side effects and decided that if something happens I can always hop off and recover in some time since the side-effects aren't permanent.

So my question is how long until I should expect the side effects IF I am to experience them?

All right, I’m going to start by bullying myself to oblivion: I (22 male) am a fat fuck. I’ve been slacking on my diet and my workouts and I am approximately 25 pounds overweight. Due to these I have been struggling with low testosterone and high estrogen for a while. I have also had libido issues and sometimes erection quality differences but I believe these are mental, bc I had them even when I was very lean. I also have gyno but I’ve had it since puberty. The shitty lifestyle is mainly due to my mental state but I’m about to get my shit together. I want to clean up my diet again hit the gym again and soon probably I’m going to have gynecomastia surgery. Point is, as part of this self-improvement plan, I want to fix my hair and start taking fin, I just want to know if it’s safe to do so while having these hormones fucked up if I also change my lifestyle (thus raise my t and lower my e2) along with it?