Hi !

I am new here, first sorry for my bad grammar, I am french from canada.

I am a men, 28 years old with starting problem with hair loss, look at the picture below.

I have 3 questions.

#1, First, I would like to start Propecia, but it's very expensive, so my doctor prescribed me PROSCAR (finasteride) 5MG and told me to cut it in 4 pieces, but I have a hell of a hard time to cut it in 4. I try it for 1 week, and It was giving me headache and I noticed that my Libido has decreased. Will it do the same thing if I buy propecia 1 mg instead ? How are you managing to cut proscar without a mess ? and does Propecia only help for the Vertex of the head or for all the head ?

#2 I was looking for a shampoo that I can use every day that can help me reduce DHT on my head, I saw Nioxin and nutri ox, but I read on internet that they were a hoax, that they don't help at all, is it true ??? Now I heard about NISIM, Is it good ? What is the best shampoo that I can use every day that will really help me. By the way I never have any dandruff problem, so I don't know if Nizoral is only good for dandruff or if it could help for hair loss ?

#3 Rogaine is very expensive also, and on their web site, they say "To regrow hair on the top of the scalp (vertex only)", the thing is I am not losing anything on the Vertex yet, only in the front of my head, so it worth it for the front ?

So what should I do and buy ?

1. Buy a pill cutter. They are inexpensive & you can easily find a supplier using Google. As for the side effects, headaches aren't reported in the patient information. It's probable that this symptom has another cause, but you're attributing it to the drug. The same may be true of your libido - only a tiny minority of men experience genuine side effects. Keep taking the Finasteride and see if the problems persist. As for effectiveness, Finasteride is proven to work at the vertex and the anterior mid-scalp (front middle of head).

2. Nizoral helps with hair loss - it reduces sebum build up and has a mild anti-androgen effect. Use it twice per week and rotate with an ordinary shampoo; excessive use of Nizoral causes scalp irritation.

3. No, Rogaine won't work at the front.

Propecia: "It is, in fact, the first and only FDA-approved pill proven to treat male pattern hair loss on the vertex (top of head) and anterior mid-scalp area (middle front of head) in men."

Will that help where I loss my hair, take a look at the picture ?

Looks like you're losing some in the mid-scalp and some at the temples. Finasteride should help with the mid-scalp loss, though it's less effective at the temples. Remember, as Spex always says, your main goal with Propecia is to maintain what you've got: regrowth is less common, and if it happens it will be modest.

hi,

One of the reported side effect of finasteride is decreased sex drive. If you are experiencing such side effect, my suggestion is to stop the medication.

For receeding temple and frontal I am using the naturalis topical. Hope that can help you also.

Yes, I stopped using Propecia because of bad Sexual side effect.

I am now buying Rogain 5 % on Ebay. I will use it twice a day.

With also shampoo Nizoral twice a week.

Plus a shampoo Nioxin cleanser system 1 for the other 5 days of the week.

Hope to see some result

The only problem with your regimen is that by ditching the Propecia, you're not doing anything to prevent further DHT-induced damage to your hair follicles. The Rogaine may help thicken your hair temporarily, but it doesn't prevent further loss.

Are you sure your decreased libido is attributable to Propecia? Remember, it could be because of stress, perhaps partially brought on by your own fears about the drug! In clinical trials Less than 2% of men actually suffered Propecia-related side effects, and these side effects decreased to 0.3% of men or less by the fifth year of treatment.