I am genuinely need help in this case… Should I continue with my current treatment with minoxidil and finestride or should I change it? Help me to identify Norwood stage as well.
Just turned 22, half a month ago. I was facing male pattern baldness since I was 16, hairline recessed very gradually. I didn’t give much attention to this issue until I get into college. I started topical minoxidil 5% along with 1mg finestride every alternate day at the age of 20 and a half.
Thinning has stopped since then. Overall Density has improved slightly as well because of finestride; I suppose. Unfortunately, oral minoxidil wasn’t working for me—I just found out that around 60% of the population doesn’t have the enzyme in hair to make it work.
Consequently, I switched to oral minoxidil 2.5 mg, I take a pill everyday. It has been 1 and a half month, waiting for the results right now (probably this is the reason density is looking bad currently because of being in initial phase of taking minoxidil). Thinking about taking finestride everyday instead of skipping one day, and getting a hair transplant after 25.
So, I wrote all this story just to ask, whether my planning of dealing with this balding good enough and at which of the Norwood stage I am?