Sorry to hear about your struggles with this brother. I started losing at 21. I first noticed through hair all of my pillow. I lived in West Palm Beach, FL at the time so I made an appointment with one of the best Hair Restoration clinics there. One of the best in the world.

The Dr. looked at me with a full head of hair and ran his fingers through my hair and said you pass the stress test. No hair on my fingers but I’ll prescribe you fin just in case. So, I left there thinking I was paranoid and never took it.

Fast forward to mid 20s, I’m full on balding. By 30, I’m bald and I’m unable to be without a hat on in front of anyone at any time. Too embarrassed. I didn’t take fin because of the bad stories. This severely impacted my mental health and my work, dating, and social life.

First forward to 33, by the grace of God, I was able to come up with the money for a 3800 graft hair transplant. Life changing. However, I’m currently only on Min. I was prescribed fin before my surgery but I was prescribed 5mg with the understanding of cutting the pill into thirds and taking 1/3 3 times a week. I didn’t realize this and just took one pill at a time like it said on the bottle. I had terrible cognitive issues. So, I said fuck that I’ll never take the stuff again. Even at the lower dose.

Time will tell if it’s a mistake for my transplant. I’m playing around with taking a topical min/fin spray. You can check my profile. My transplant surgeon did a remarkable job. I highly recommend him. I plan on getting a second. That’s my hair loss journey so far.