People always want to know if you’re dealing with sides. I’m on my fourth or fifth day now and I’ve had tachycardia and mild dizziness post dosage. The dizziness doesn’t really seem to be impacting me until I workout. They both seem to be beginning to lessen though. I’ve also been severely fatigued. My eyes just feel so heavy after taking them and I’ve been having difficulty staying awake, but my sleep quality is also horrible due to CPTSD so it may be unrelated. I was slightly hyptertensive previous to taking minox anyways so hopefully this will help out with that.

There are many side effects resulting from taking oral minoxidil like all drugs.  You need to be aware of these side effects when you take this medication orally. There is even a dangerous rare risk of cardiac tamponade which can kill you if you don’t take care of symptoms of early heart failure.  Don’t be your own doctor.  Taking 5 mgs daily is higher than I recommend and is in the range where serious side effects can happen.

I am a 20 year old male and I want to discuss about hair transplant. I Started noticing hairloss since around age 19 and since then I have been using rogaine to help me with it(about 7 months now), I have also just started finasteride a month ago. Although I only have a small amount of recession, I want to get a small hair transplant done so that my hairline looks good. I am a model/actor hence I am in front of the camera a lot and I need to keep my hair looking good in order to maintain a few of my upcoming roles. After doing a bit of research I came across the fact that hair transplant is usually done on people above the age of 25. But I am fine with getting it done two or even three times in the next decade as long as I can keep my hair! I also think it is worth mentioning that money is not an issue for me in the sense that having good hair would be an indirect investment into my career. What would you advise me?

Please look at these pictures: https://baldingblog.com/need-master-plan-think-hair-transplants-photos/ and see the need for a Personalized Master Plan that will not include a hair transplant until you are at least 25. This is clear because your balding will change and if you use us your donor hair now, then you might end up without enough to follow your future balding pattern.

Recently, i have to start shaving my mustache once every 3 days since the growth is much more noticeable and i have started growing a visible soul patch??? I don’t have a speck of hair for a beard and under my lips, so a soul patch is so off-putting when i saw it in the mirror. Also, i only apply the min on my scalp so its weird seeing growth on places other than the top of my head. I will just take these changes as a good sign!

It means that you are absorbing enough minoxidil in your body though the skin to produce hair elsewhere. When women use it and this happens, they get facial hair and body hair as well.  maybe you are using too high a concentration of minoxidil?

I get immediate, brain fog-like sides upon taking even a 0.25mg dose of fin. I usually start to notice them about 30 minutes after taking the pill. If I continue to take it for multiple days, the sides compound, seemingly, and get worse.  Why is this? Why is it immediate? Does anyone else get acute side effects?

We don’t know the answer to your questions but when this is reported and if you were my patient, I would have you stop taking finasteride.

These pictures speak for themselves

With some decent density on the hairline now (only fibers would get me here before) I’m looking at my forehead size and shape. I’d really like it lower, but could use some feedback.

Option 1: Forehead reduction surgery. I know this is hardcore, and usually not recommended for males…. but given my age and recent treatment plan, I’m wondering if it would be less risky (ie. the chance of further rapid recession)

Option 2:Recreating my hair entirely with an HT. Maybe. I’m not sure if would ‘take’ in an area that is completely smooth/shiny area like the upper part of my forehead.

Men should never get a forehead reduction surgery because what caused your large forehead is hairline recession which is likely to continue. If you do it with a forehead reduction surgery, then as you recede, the scar will show. A hair transplant is always the way to go for men. In your pictures, your hairline is already going back further. If you advanced that hairline, it would be thin and would eventually disappear. Women can have the hairline reduction surgery because they don’t recede.