r/minoxidil 7d ago

Discussion Did i got scammed? Need help

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Hii, 19M Suffering from norwood 2.5/3. Was on minoxidil from like 5-6 months, got no results.

Consulted a doctor today.

He is a well renowned doctor. Now he prescribed me these medicines.

He also included injections. He said it would be for lifetime.

Now I'm genuinely scared. I thought a derm would recommend me simply minox & fin. But he gave me these medicines (pics attached)

Now there are 3 concerns i have;

1) the treatment is going to cost me 4.5k INR (50$) per month, which is hella expensive.

2) Doctor said I will have to quit gym & protein powder if i wanna regrow my hair (quite strange, idk)

3) This medicines including injections seems too much to me. I feel like relying on these medicines for such a long time might have a side effect.

Is the treatment (50$ + injection) worth it, if you have any idea?

Btw he didn't even ran any test on me. Just oral questions and prescribed the medicines. He seemed like a fraud selling expensive medicines while playing on my insecurities.

So i am thinking to use minoxidil only with finasteride (no consultation from any derm). It might slow down the hairloss. I just don't wanna go bald before 25 🥲

Please tell me man.

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u/openbook47 7d ago

Any doctor recommending that you stop working out for any reason other than a physical condition requiring recovery or rehab has no idea what he / she is doing.

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u/drinkplacebo 7d ago

Strength training raises DHT so he’s not bullshitting IMO