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hi all, started finasteride in june, thought i'll update you all. unfortunately, the update is not very uncouraging. i was shedding when i started finasteride which has continued, somedays worse than others. hair is really think now & i can see the scalp at many places. i've been using nizoral 2% every 2-3...

i've been noticing a lot of fine & thin hair along with thick hair shedding. anyone knows how does the hair grows i.e. do the fine hair become thick as they grow or the hair is thick from the beginning as it starts to grow out of the skin ??

hi guys, wats the longest u guys have experienced shedding ?? i've been shedding for almost 3 mnths now. my shedding although has gotten worse since starting on finasteride about a mnth ago.

yeah i've had the same kind of side affects. i've been on finpecia for about a month as well. although, i've seen a major increase in my shedding few days into using it. sometimes i get really depressed & think of stopping it but i continue in the hope i'll regrow the hair i'm loosing !! i'm...

hi guys, i'm in the same boat as pretty much evry1 else who visits this or similar discussion boards. starting to loose hair & but trying desparately to avoid or delay the inevitable. i'm taking finpecia, generic finastride made by cipla cuz the real thing was just too expensive for me to...

u r lucky jared. all i've experience ever since i started on finasteride/nizoral regine is increased shedding. i wish i could say what you wrote. i just hope finasteride/nizoral grows back the hair i shed & maintain my haricount to what i had when i started the regime about a month ago. i'll be so happy if that happens !!

hi guys, just a few ques. about shedding & recovering from it. has anybody suffered shedding with a month of starting on finasteride ? how long did it last ? did the hairloss stabalize after that ? any new growth of hair ? thanx guys

i don't know about Telogen Effluvium & stuff but today I lost the most hair than ever before in the shower today. that really depressed me I'm seriously thinking of getting off of finpecia, atleast have watevr i can for as long as i can rather than accelerate towards D-day wat r the realitic chances they'll...

hey guys, i was shedding when i started using finpecia about 14 days ago but it was only from the top of my head. Now i'm loosing hair from the sides too. whats going on ??!! i'm really freaking out. the hair on top look thinner than usual too & i can see the scalp thru them :( maybe i'm one...

i've been using finasteride for about 12 days now. i was shedding for about 1 1/2 mnths when i started using them. i just started using nizrol 2%. but my hair seems to have become very oily + shedding seems to have gotten worse than getting better. is that whats suppose to happen ? is there anything i...

i'm thinking of dying my hair, just hi-lites ofcourse. i thought @least fulfill my desire while i can !! anyone knows if it may have bad affect on hairloss ? i'm shedding right now. i've been on finastride for about 10 days. i'll start using nizoral pretty soon. any particular brand or any...

i finally started taking finastride tablets even though i don't fully understand if they'll be helpful. but i was shedding & needed something to calm down & reassure myself that i was doing something about it. i've got diffused hairloss on the top of my head all the way to my hairline. my...

hi is there a dht test available ? would'nt it make sense to monitor the dht level while on propecia to make sure the drug is doing its job !! any comments guys..