I have never had an issue with losing my hair until PE's entered my life, but I am sure that is a story as old as time around here. Right now I take oral finasteride, topical minoxidil, and topical RU. Been going strong with only a couple of brief lapses when I was away on work trips and forgot my shit.
I was shedding to a fairly alarming degree previously. This might not impact some people but it sure did me. It was wigging me the fuck out. So after 6 months I am definitely in a much improved place. I am not back to baseline by any means, but I am no longer shedding and I have had some regrowth and improved thickness. I started noticing this basically by feel before my wife noticed by visual inspection. I would run my hands through my dry hair and could just tell things were on the upswing. So I guess now I am stuck taking this stuff basically for life, but that is a price I am willing to keep my hair as it is. Unless of course some groundbreaking new compound comes out to change the game.