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Coming from topical minoxidil rather than dutasteride, but the dose escalation pattern sounds similar to what my derm described. I stayed on the lowest topical dose far longer than needed because early shedding spooked me, and in hindsight that year of caution cost me regrowth time. The consensus I kept...

Shedding at the three-to-four month mark is textbook minoxidil behaviour - the hairs that fall are being pushed out by new ones coming in. Mine peaked around week 14 and honestly looked worse before it looked better, then settled back to baseline by month six. If you can stick it out, take...