svarddre
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So everyone here who is dealing with hair loss knows about Finasteride and its potential side effects. I’m going to share what I have been doing to mitigate my chances of developing those effects.
I want to say this is my own personal theory and has no real scientific backing.
Now, to keep it simple I believe using an ultra low dose of topical Finasteride and slowing increasing the concentration of your topical can help your body adjust to a slow decline in serum dht, rather than nuking it with the first 1mg Finasteride pill you take.
After I got my Finasteride prescription, I made a .01% topical solution by mixing 6mg of Finasteride into 60mL of topical minoxidil - I crushed the pills and let the dissolve into the minoxidil. I used that concentration until the min bottle was empty with no side effects.
Increasing the dose - next concentration was a .025% topical, mixing 15mg Finasteride into another 60mL of minoxidil. Used this until the bottle ran out with 0 side effects.
Next step was a .03% solution, then a .05% solution. At this point, the Finasteride has built up in my system to the point where the decrease in serum dht has to be pretty substantial (for a topical) - at this point, I’m either going to go to oral .5mg once a day or keep upping the concentration to a .1% topical.
This may not be ideal for everyone, I figured that even if the low dose topicals wouldn’t stop my hair loss, it wouldn’t matter bc I’m already at a point where a transplant is required in order to restore my Norwood. If you’re just starting to lose hair you might want to start with a high concentration to prevent your temples from getting worse.
Your ultimate goal should be to go from topical fin to oral fin, and then eventually to dutasteride.
I hope this helps someone, I personally decided to treat my hair loss this way because I fell victim to the fearmongering and lost a good Norwood to the reaper bc I put it off for too long.
If this post is all over the place I apologize - I just randomly threw this together while on the treadmill.
pfs isn’t real btw
I want to say this is my own personal theory and has no real scientific backing.
Now, to keep it simple I believe using an ultra low dose of topical Finasteride and slowing increasing the concentration of your topical can help your body adjust to a slow decline in serum dht, rather than nuking it with the first 1mg Finasteride pill you take.
After I got my Finasteride prescription, I made a .01% topical solution by mixing 6mg of Finasteride into 60mL of topical minoxidil - I crushed the pills and let the dissolve into the minoxidil. I used that concentration until the min bottle was empty with no side effects.
Increasing the dose - next concentration was a .025% topical, mixing 15mg Finasteride into another 60mL of minoxidil. Used this until the bottle ran out with 0 side effects.
Next step was a .03% solution, then a .05% solution. At this point, the Finasteride has built up in my system to the point where the decrease in serum dht has to be pretty substantial (for a topical) - at this point, I’m either going to go to oral .5mg once a day or keep upping the concentration to a .1% topical.
This may not be ideal for everyone, I figured that even if the low dose topicals wouldn’t stop my hair loss, it wouldn’t matter bc I’m already at a point where a transplant is required in order to restore my Norwood. If you’re just starting to lose hair you might want to start with a high concentration to prevent your temples from getting worse.
Your ultimate goal should be to go from topical fin to oral fin, and then eventually to dutasteride.
I hope this helps someone, I personally decided to treat my hair loss this way because I fell victim to the fearmongering and lost a good Norwood to the reaper bc I put it off for too long.
If this post is all over the place I apologize - I just randomly threw this together while on the treadmill.
pfs isn’t real btw
