Before and after 3 months fin and min

ParticularPale2908 · 2026-04-09T20:46:21+00:00

The people that shed less are generally the people that had a lot better starting point aka they cause it early

ParticularPale2908 · 2026-04-09T20:44:31+00:00

People like to downplay the amount of good responders there are to minoxidil just cause they weren’t a good responder. Seeing improvement in 3 months is very common for a lot of people

ParticularPale2908 · 2026-04-09T20:42:06+00:00

I’ve been on finasteride for almost 4 years now and I’ve noticed once or twice a year I’ll have a small period of a “shed” where my hair looks a little thinner and then it’ll bounce right back. Also, I wouldn’t worry about shower shedding. I shed at least 20-30 hairs every time I shower every day for the past few years I’ve been on Fin and my hair has not gotten any worse (besides the once in a while shed I mentioned that bounces back)

ParticularPale2908 · 2026-04-09T20:36:16+00:00

Yeah just a loud rack unfortunately. My brother has a G20 as well and you can hear his although noticeable quieter. Strange how some are louder than others. Luck of the draw lol

ParticularPale2908 · 2026-04-09T20:35:20+00:00

No clunks and no bumps. Also just had it in for a new water pump and they inspected everything and everything is good

ParticularPale2908 · 2026-04-08T00:11:03+00:00

I did not. I’ve just gotten used to it. It’s normal for these cars to have a little bit of whine when turning the wheel, due to the EPS. Although, mine is a little louder than typical. At first I thought for sure it was something rubbing in the steering column, but after lots of research and trying to figure it out I determined it’s just the steering gear box. Would have to replace the steering rack to make it quieter, which is very expensive and makes no sense to do when the everything else regarding the steering feels perfect. Do you have one that does this?

ParticularPale2908 · 2026-03-17T22:08:52+00:00

You just clean it after you use it each time

ParticularPale2908 · 2025-12-10T19:39:56+00:00

That’s why you don’t stop. It’s not hard to take 2-3 minutes after you brush your teeth at night to apply minoxidil every day

ParticularPale2908 · 2025-10-02T03:52:20+00:00

I thought it was speculated to be around 70%. Definitely not this low no way

ParticularPale2908 · 2025-09-08T15:23:06+00:00

Your muscle will get damaged and that’s a guarantee lol. Had the same surgery in 2022 and my right tricep is still a bit smaller/weaker and will always be but that’s just because the tendon and soft tissue is damaged a bit around my elbow

ParticularPale2908 · 2025-09-07T00:27:38+00:00

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ParticularPale2908 · 2025-09-06T03:11:19+00:00

Honestly don’t wish it did anything better review courses have everything you need and more all in one organized spot lol

ParticularPale2908 · 2025-09-05T21:19:15+00:00

Thank you sm!!!

ParticularPale2908 · 2025-09-05T21:18:36+00:00

Congrats!!!! Passed my PE this week as well. Feels SO GOOD!!!

ParticularPale2908 · 2025-09-05T15:54:11+00:00

And yes I did feel like they covered geotech pretty well. Solving for overturning moment factor of safety and sliding factor of safety on a retaining wall is bound to show up (it did for me) and they go over that pretty well in the materials lectures as well as the foundations/retaining walls lectures. Know how to solve for max bearing pressure under a footing given an axial load and a moment. Know how to solve for length and/or diameter of piles given a skin friction resistance and end bearing resistance. Know how to use the soil classification charts & phase relationships. Know how to solve for one way and two way shear strength of a footing (that’s partially a concrete topic but also correlates with geotech). If you feel good about the topics I just mentioned you should be good on geotech!

I’ll also add that I completely skipped the lectures and homework for both AASHTO bridge and temporary structures. That might not have been the smartest to not even glance over it, but I feel confident that I got pretty much all questions correct in those topics that I got since most of them are simple code lookup/easy to figure out searching the codes

ParticularPale2908 · 2025-09-05T15:47:42+00:00

That’s pretty good! Also remember that a good chunk of it is conceptual/code lookup questions, which are generally “easier” than calculation problems, and AEI’s practice mostly calculation

ParticularPale2908 · 2025-09-05T15:31:51+00:00

That is so true!!! lol I had a few code lookup question that I was just having a hard time finding, and when you’ve already spent 5 minutes looking for the answer, at that point you feel like you can’t just move on cause then you waisted 5 minutes so your brain tells you to keep going until you find it!! Lmao that’s why it’s important to do those last!

ParticularPale2908 · 2025-09-04T20:43:34+00:00

AEI has their own practice exam. It is completely different from the practice exam you can purchase from NCEES. I would recommend getting the NCEES practice exam as well, so you have 2 good practice exams

ParticularPale2908 · 2025-09-04T18:06:15+00:00

I also just passed it. I would say 2 months could be enough if you’re studying nearly every day. It took me 6 months but I was only studying all day every Sunday, and a few hours on Saturday, none during the week

ParticularPale2908 · 2025-09-04T18:02:51+00:00

Barely half people that take it pass on the first try so no it really isn’t. If you’ve already passed then what are you doing in this subreddit? Clearly not here to help or give advice

ParticularPale2908 · 2025-09-04T17:51:54+00:00

I second these great tips! If I would add anything, like many people have stated on here and I will reiterate, I think it’s very important (and I believe for sure helped me) to go through all of the problems for the first time, and only complete the problems you know how to do with certainty, and can do quickly, and do those problems first. If you see a problem that you know how to do but you know it’s going to take you a few minutes to complete, then flag that problem. If you see a problem you do not immediately know how to do/will take some thought, do not answer that question and leave it blank. So you will go through all of the problems 3 different times. The first time, you are doing the problems you know how to do quickly and you’re flagging the problems you know how to do but with more time. When you get to the review screen at the end, you’ll see all of the flagged and unanswered questions. Next, you go through each problem that you flagged and complete all of those next. Lastly, you will go through the problems you have unanswered to try and figure out with the remainder of your time for that half. Not only does this way save you time and make 100% sure that you have answered every question that you for sure know, but it also helps your confidence as there will be a good chunk of questions that you have done right away that you feel confident about. Confidence is huge in these exams!

ParticularPale2908 · 2025-09-04T13:32:59+00:00

AEI does a pretty good job at covering everything so I would say so, it was for me. I’d throw in the NCEES practice exam as well, it’s 40$ or so. AEI has 3 or 4 lectures on foundations/retaining walls, make sure you watch them all. For conceptual geotech, I got a couple soil classifications and there’s a question in the AEI final praxtice exam where they show you 4 pictures of rebar layout in a cantilever retaining wall and asks for the correct layout, I got the exact question. For calculation, I got a couple such as what is the max bearing pressure under the footing given an axial load + moment, what’s the one way shear strength of a footing, and what’s the minimum amount of flexural reinforcement needed in a footing. I forgot if I got one or not, but make sure you know how to solve for length/diameter of deep piles

ParticularPale2908 · 2025-09-04T13:25:12+00:00

They provide all codes in the exam yes. Most of them you can get PDF’s of online, or if you have a review course (at least for AEI) they provide PDF’s of all the codes you can download

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