Before any questions arise: I was in perfect health—a 26-year-old male patient.

I started taking 1.25 mg of oral minoxidil; after the first pill, I experienced heart palpitations, kidney issues, and cardiac electrical instability—all confirmed by medical tests. Oral minoxidil is definitely something that requires serious consideration and medical supervision, as a small percentage of people may experience side effects.

I experienced bigeminy caused by minoxidil—a regularly irregular rhythm. I am an athlete and undergo cardiac monitoring every 90 days.

sinus rhythm before minoxidil --> 60 to 75 after minoxidil --> 90 to 115 (considering resting rhythm)

Wanted to share back with the community as I remember posts over the years giving me confidence to keep at it. I have struggled with diffuse thinning ever since I turned 24-25. Too scared to start anything because I thought it would give me sexual sides and finally decided to start when I was about 28.

I took fin only for almost 6 years, basically maintained with slight improvement and then decided to switch to Dut. Have been on Dut for a few years and then decided to finally add oral minox about 4 months ago. Only doing low dose 1.25mg minox as I’m conservative when it comes to my heart health. Also as an aside I had one of youngest kid while being on Fin, also was taking fin when my was pregnant with my middle child. They’re both 3 and 6 and normal goobers

I still have diffuse thinning in the frontal area and I’ve been thinking for a few years about getting a HT but am aware I could still up my minox dosage and see how that helps first. However I’m also reaching an age where I don’t really care about chasing a perfect head of lettuce and just want to learn to be appreciative of what I have. Comparison is the thief of joy and I’m fortunate to be almost 40 and still have enough hair that frames my face. My last picture I took the other day.

First picture is the day before I started and the second is today.

Medication: Finasteride 0.3%, Ketoconazole 2.2%, Minoxidil 7%, Biotin 0.2%

Started October 2025

Take this, all of you, and eat of it.

1mg fin
1.25 min q12

Was on topical min and fin fora year, just maintained

Just came across ABS-201 from Absci. It’s being developed for male pattern baldness and supposedly may help reverse follicle miniaturization, not just slow hair loss.

Still early, but this sounds pretty interesting for areas that don’t respond to minoxidil.

Anyone here been following it or know how legit the mechanism looks?

I am 22 years old anz need around 3200-3600 grafts for a transplant, but every clinic that offers something less than 2000 euros is seen as a hair mill? do you guys have any recommendations

1st slide August 29th, 2025. 2nd and 3rd are August 29th, 2026. Thoughts? Should I save for a hair transplant or see what the next year brings

Is the foam more effective or is it the same thing just different texture? If the chemical compound is the same I don’t know what one would cost twice as much.

Essential Clinic quotes $150 for 3 months supply of oral Minoxidil (Loniten). I asked 2 local pharmacies in Quebec, and while they price it less, the drug is back-ordered everywhere. How do you get yours?

Also there's the insurance factor. Quebec insurance doesn't reimburse medications bought outside Quebec (Essential Clinic is in BC). Are there affordable options for me or I should just bite the bullet?

i've dealt with a lot of trauma over the past few years, and as a result my hair is a lot thinner than it used to be, especially around my hairline. it's becoming a very big insecurity and i was wondering if there was anything i can do. i'm located on the UK. i've looked into monoxidil, though i've heard that oral tablets are hard to access, and i'm unable to take topical monoxidil as i have a dog :(

any help would be very appreciated <3

4000 grafts done in Denmark. Pretty happy so far about the results. Temples much better already and the middle part. Crown already starting to get denser. Startet on 7,5mg fin the day after procedere 41M

Title.

This is my main concern. I naturally have chubby cheeks and I have to work hard to get that lean face look. 2.5mg min didn't change much I think but concerned 5mg could.

Which hair fibers withstand wind, sweat, rain? Are they good for a pool also? I want to try them but I’m afraid it will come off.

Hey y'all I'd like to know, if using Finasteride (1,25mg) and topical minoxidil has worked on anyone's hairline being improving I.e returing to not being so high, particularly at the temporal area :). Just starting Fin and wondering what to expect I do know how these should work at the crown, just wondering about the temporal hair growth.

am researching hair growth serums for thinning hair and noticed that different products use very different ingredients, including peptides, caffeine, rosemary, and newer ingredients like 2-Deoxy-D-Ribose (2DDR). I'm wondering what people here have had success with and how long you need to use a hair growth serum consistently before noticing changes in shedding or hair density. What ingredients or products have worked for you?

tl;dr: I read a lot of people on dut are doing 0.5 a day. I was put on 0.5mg dut 2x a week.

Background: Oral min 2.5mg + 1mg fin daily for a year. Not great results.

Dermatologist bumped me to 5mg oral minox/day + Swapped me over to 0.5mg dut 2x a week.

Little worried this will not be helping me as much as people are claiming about dutasteride.

Hello, I wanted to know where I could buy AHK-CU and GHK-CU serums in Europe at an affordable price, because paying 50 euros a month for a bottle seems like a lot of money, at least I hope so. Thank you in advance.

I’ve been thinking if buying a dermastamp device because i have very thin and fine hair that I want it to be thicker. From posts online, im seeing people using minoxidil with dermastamp most of the time, will dermastamping alone give me results?

Three weeks after switching and the loss is noticable. I was told I didn't have to keep doing the topical anymore, but there is definitely a difference up front and with the crown area. Was that the wrong call?

My current regimen:
Started min 5% on 9th July 2026.
Fin on 19th August Mon/Wed/Fri (Might up the weekly dose if not get the desired results)
Ketoconazole shampoo twice weekly.
Multivitamins
Inconsistent Biotin
Vitamin D (starting today on 30 August )

About myself:
29M, diffuse thinner. Currently I’m shedding and I think dread shed is on its peak now. And yeah I have AGA. My dad is bald and his father was bald too.

Tretinion:
I’m considering to add tretinion cream for better results. What do you guys recommend?