Hair transplant diary (ongoing)

Anyone using Sons.ie ultimate pack for hair growth?

I am looking for feedback.

Thanks

Thats right. I used ForHims for 2 years but now unable to use them.

I am considering Sons.ie for their oral Fin and topical minox package.

Yes, they seem to be the cheapest. I checked Chemist Warehouse who are selling Finasteride 1mgx 28 tabs for 26 euros.

Have you noticed any improvement?

You shampoo your hair at around day 4 by just gently patting on shampoo and rinsing off with a jug of water. On around day 11 then you can gently rub the shampoo with your fingers to loosen up the scabs. By day 14 all my scabs had come off. As regards sleeping, you sleep fairly upright with a neck pillow. I moved to the couch after 2 nights and found it great as there was no headboard behind me so I wasn't afraid to put my head back and made it so much easier

Yes landing strip is just the strip down the middle, I needed very little there and mostly concentrated on my crown and a few areas that were gone thin

You will always shed first when starting fin. You're basically starting from scratch with hair growth. The hair you have will shed a bit before the new hairs begin to grow. It's all about sticking with the process and always allow around 6 months before you start to see a difference

Anyone on fin only? At 6 month mark and thinking of topical minoxidl.

Oral minoxidil is definitely more effective than topical.However that comes at a bit of a price.Ive had lots of unpleasant sides with oral,palpitations, dizziness etc.

It is after all a blood pressure medication,increased body hair is actually listed as a side effect when taking it for blood pressure.The recommended dose is 5mg but I take half that.Its much handier taking a pill as the topical is messy but I'm thinking about going back to topical to get rid of side effects.

I would definitely have minoxidil in your regime even after HT but maybe just use topical,I used it for years.

It's more of a hassle and not as effective but I think it's safer.

I've been taking oral minoxidil for about 4 years now and the side effects have been marginal. Some minor palpitations on two or three separate occasions during the first 2 weeks then nothing since. Slight increase in body hair on my forearms and thighs, but it's so minimal it honestly took me until about year 3 to really notice. My wife doesn't see a difference anyway.

I do bloods every year, and results have also come back fine.

Each to their own on whether to take it or not, and everyone's experience and level of comfort is different. But for me, oral finasteride and oral minoxidil are about giving myself the best shot at retaining the hair I’ve got.

1.25mg. I'm prescribed 5mg (for both fin and minox) and use a pill cutter to cut them into quarters. I take minox daily and fin 3 times per week.

I get it from Dr. Nel. I haven't looked into HRBR for years, but all I remember is they're expensive and if memory serves me right they wanted me to pay the consultation fee 2 weeks before my appointment, which put me off.

Apparently Ireland has the best hair surgeon in the world, I think they are talking about the guy at HRBR

he does seem to have a bad reputation on boards… though a few minor celebrities have got work done with him.

Interesting, so you rate him over Dr. Nel ? Just exorbitant price ? I will be going HT in Ireland.
Yeah Adam Buxton is great, he seems to be talking about his hair loss a lot of late, I suppose he was lucky to avoid it being an issue for him for so long though.