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It reduces inflammation and improves scalp health. It is said to also flush the follicle of hormones like DHT. Balding people have itchy, tingling, inflamed and dry scalps. Inflammation is bad, just like with acne.

Dutasteride works on both types of 5AR, reduces scalp and serum DHT further, regrows more hair, increases T more than finasteride and lasts longer in the body. T converts into estrogen, which is needed to grow hair on the head. Too much T could cause hair loss (like DHT does) in sensitive...

That is where I was heading. However, I had miniaturizing on the top before I got where you are. I am now using finasteride until I get dutasteride. The earlier you get on medication the better the outcome will be. There are a lot of people out there that will try to stop you from messing with...

The doctors tell me that it will slow down your hair loss a lot if you respond well to it. It can slow down your hair loss enough that cancer is likely to happen before you go bald. In other words, you will likely be fine as long as you make sure to get on it at the right time. It will keep your...

Your hairline is similar to mine but you have more hair. At your age I had more hair there but with similar shape. I think you might lose hair faster than I did especially considering your ethnicity. I say it doesn't hurt to go to the doctor when you still feel good about yourself and can stop...

You could be losing hair very slowly. Your uncle could be a very healthy guy that isn't so sensitive to DHT. Or maybe he has the same hair line and doesn't have the gene for hair loss. My hair loss became very obvious at 30 (if I was educated enough to know my situation). In my early twenties I...

The hairs I lost when I got on finasteride were telogen hairs. The hairs that have the little white end at the "root." They didn't have black ends and they weren't broken hairs. Those hairs were in the way of the news hairs. Finasteride kicked those hairs out of my head sooner than they would...

I have no personal experience (yet). When I looked at a lot of finasteride results I have seen a bunch of guys with thin and short regrowing hairs that stay that way for a long time. Sometimes those hairs eventually grow back to full size when the follicle recovers fully, other times they...

Far as I can remember, when I was a teen I had temple triangles already. I don't think I had them the same way when I was a little 10-12 year old. They were there at 14-15 but I had a much smaller head, which means more perceived density and less obnoxious hairline. I know that because I was...

I suggest to not use minoxidil because it makes things worse and you have to use it twice a day forever. I don't think you are at the point where you need minoxidil. You could always add it later if it gets that bad. The shedding will be worse on minoxidil (from what I have seen). Fixing your...

I have seen people go bald without recession. Most people I have seen have some recession first. However, it looks like some guys have strong hairline follicles most of their life until they start their genetic downfall. Those guys go bald like women do. It's defuse but more severe because they...

How long were you on finasteride? From what I remember, it takes about 3-5 months for the drug to leave your system, then your body needs time to switch back to your original hormonal profile. There really isn't many people that have permanent negative side effects. Your body simply needs time...

I noticed my temple recession years ago. I thought it was because of a skin condition as my scalp was all kinds of weird. Apparently when you start to bald you can feel it before you see it. Things got worse in those areas faster than anywhere else. My scalp was itchy, tingly and the skin was...

I have seen many people grow back hair with 1mg of oral finasteride daily, I heard about women too. The people that don't grow back a lot of hair are the ones that are very sensitive to T and DHT (or are very old). The kind of people who are going bald in their teens and don't know it. The guys...

I just started my journey to recovery ~4 years late. I'm going into my 4th week on finasteride 1mg a day. I was ignorant on hair loss and was somewhat in denial until I couldn't deny it any longer. At first I noticed recession at the temples -- I let that hair disappear. Around that time the...