Well I'm not as lucky as you two bastards since I am prone to mpb. I starting taking the 2% along with topical spiro about 3 years ago. All I got out of it was a lot of shedding in the begining, then gradual hair loss overtime. I now shave my head and although I like it, I would be lying if I said I don't miss stylin up the old hair evey once in a while. Like I said I'm prone to mpb, so we are obviuosly going to have different results. In my opinion all that hair saving shit is basically a waste of time/money. Either your going to lose it, or you aint. That being said, if it aint brokem, don't fix it. Good Luck.