Stopping Minox after getting results with Topical Finasteride and Minox

[topical_fin_man]

Hello Everyone

A little background about me:

I'm 34 years old and I am probably a NW 2 - 2.5. I started noticing thinning in the temples in my mid 20s, and I tried 1.25 mg of Finasteride back then, after a few days the side effects were so much that I had to stop.

About 9-10 years later with no treatment, the thinning is still at the same spots (NW 2) area and I I was looking into getting a hair transplant. But from my research even with HT I would still need to be on medication since the hairs behind HR may become DHT sensitive in the future.

This is when I ran into topical Finasteride and I decided to try it. I am using the one from Hims which is 0.3% Finasteride with Minox. I have been using it for about 2 months now and I can see the thinning spot is actually growing new hairs!!'

However, even with Topical Fin I have to apply about 1 spray (Instead of max of 4 mentioned by Hims) a day anymore than that will give me side effects which makes sense after looking at some studies done due to logarithmic effect of Finasteride.


I have a question that I was hoping the community has answers to.


The new hairs that I got, are there likely to stay if I switch to topical Finasteride only?

I am planning to start making my own topical Finasteride with a lower dose and much less concentrated so I can apply it to other parts of scalp as a preventative measure.

 

[Philw]

Hi mate
U might get a shocklosss cos u changed and just ur body getting used to differences
I dont think it should be a problem though

 

[Bobbins]

Hello Everyone

A little background about me:

I'm 34 years old and I am probably a NW 2 - 2.5. I started noticing thinning in the temples in my mid 20s, and I tried 1.25 mg of Finasteride back then, after a few days the side effects were so much that I had to stop.

About 9-10 years later with no treatment, the thinning is still at the same spots (NW 2) area and I I was looking into getting a hair transplant. But from my research even with HT I would still need to be on medication since the hairs behind HR may become DHT sensitive in the future.

This is when I ran into topical Finasteride and I decided to try it. I am using the one from Hims which is 0.3% Finasteride with Minox. I have been using it for about 2 months now and I can see the thinning spot is actually growing new hairs!!'

However, even with Topical Fin I have to apply about 1 spray (Instead of max of 4 mentioned by Hims) a day anymore than that will give me side effects which makes sense after looking at some studies done due to logarithmic effect of Finasteride.


I have a question that I was hoping the community has answers to.


The new hairs that I got, are there likely to stay if I switch to topical Finasteride only?

I am planning to start making my own topical Finasteride with a lower dose and much less concentrated so I can apply it to other parts of scalp as a preventative measure.

You’re pretty early on your journey. It usually takes longer than 2 months to see results from meds.

What you’re effectively going to be doing is stopping minox, and tailoring the amount of fin to the maximum you can tolerate (if i read you right)?

If the benefit you’ve seen is from min then you’ll lose those gains unfortunately.

 

[topical_fin_man]

You’re pretty early on your journey. It usually takes longer than 2 months to see results from meds.

What you’re effectively going to be doing is stopping minox, and tailoring the amount of fin to the maximum you can tolerate (if i read you right)?

If the benefit you’ve seen is from min then you’ll lose those gains unfortunately.

I want to use the least amount of Fin. I am considering getting serum and scalp levels checked to find the balance.

Now that I have new hairs growing (as you said from Minox) would staying on the same setup for some time help? Can I ever keep the new hairs by only using Fin?

 

[Bobbins]

I want to use the least amount of Fin. I am considering getting serum and scalp levels checked to find the balance.

Now that I have new hairs growing (as you said from Minox) would staying on the same setup for some time help? Can I ever keep the new hairs by only using Fin?

My belief is that both have different mechanisms - to inhibit DHT and to increase blood flow. They can be complimentary but not substitutes for each other.

If you stop a treatment, the benefits will be lost - there isn’t a long term advantage of either drug, they both need to be continued.

 

[arthurSam]

I want to use the least amount of Fin. I am considering getting serum and scalp levels checked to find the balance.

Now that I have new hairs growing (as you said from Minox) would staying on the same setup for some time help? Can I ever keep the new hairs by only using Fin?

How do you make dht measure on scalp ??

 

[topical_fin_man]

How do you make dht measure on scalp ??

I'm still trying to find out, but I did look at some studies that were measuring DHT on scalp only and comparing it to serum levels.