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Currently taking 1.25 mg of finasteride everyday. If I was to make the switch to dutasteride, do I taper off? How many mg of dutasteride should I take and is shedding normal when the switch is made? I welcome your inputs.

I am on the ropes on whether to increase my finasteride intake which is at 1 mg everyday or switch to dutasteride? Can anyone with experience or knowledge on it give me some advice? I've been taking finasteride for almost a year now and started minoxidil a month ago. Was hoping a more aggressive...

Great results! About how many months in did you actually notice a thicker head?

I wish I did. It was thicker on months 3-4 and I stopped giving it a second thought. But these last two months, it has thinned again and I have hope for it to grow back thicker but it's demoralizing to see. All I take is 1 mg finasteride and nizoral. I wasn't going to hop on minoxidil unless it was a last...

Anybody with suggestions?

1 mg finasteride per day for 9 months now and diffuse thinner. 3-4 months was peak of my hair. Now its thinning again for almost two months and is probably at its worst. I have hope for it to come back stronger and thicker but it's quite depressing looking at it. Should I give it another 3 months and...

Taking 1 mg finasteride everyday and diffused thinner. Going through a second shed on month 8. Head looks thinner but starting to feel a second layer of hair(maybe a couple millimeters in length) when I brush my hand through my hair. Is what I'm feeling growth or maybe hair is coming back thicker?

I think everyone is different. Some shed and some don't. I personally shedded on months 2 and 3 but hair came back thicker and scalp looked more dense. Everyone freaks out when they start shedding, but many do not post here anymore because there isn't a need to. I'm on month 8 now and I'm...

Trying to pinpoint if my generic finasteride is becoming ineffective or if I am just going through a seasonal shed. Have been on 1 mg finasteride for almost 8 months now. When I first started finasteride, I started to shed but had very little side effects from finasteride which included watery semen and some...

I was the same way. Just seemed thinner without any noticeable shedding. Per a website: In androgenetic hair loss one rarely sees hair falling out in mass, but rather the thinning is due to the hair decreasing in diameter and length (a process called “miniaturization”).

After the massive shed you had from July to November, did it thicken up again? Do you use minoxidil? I have heard of seasonal sheds and not sure if it applies here. I am a little reluctant to use minoxidil because of the horror stories I heard of facial bloating and wrinkles and I am not sure I...

So I have been taking 1 mg proscalpin (generic finasteride from India) for 9 months now. The first couple of months, I shed hair but it stopped and my hair actually became thicker to the point where I forgot I was thinning. However, maybe a month or two now, I have started to shed again and my...

I am a diffuse thinner and just in the case that I would ever result to getting a hair transplant, would they just shave my head or would they just split my hair and place the hair follicles between it? I'm asking because I have a job and would not like to be shaved bald without being able to...

I know, I regret not taking before pictures. I am noticing it now when I step out the shower. If my hair is longer, my scalp would be more noticeable when wet. I have also started taking ZMA supplements before sleep now and maybe that is the verdict. I have heard finasteride losing its...

I know I should have tooken before and after pictures of my hair. I've been on finasteride for about eight months and it has completely stopped my hair loss and I stopped giving it a second thought. I have been paying attention to it more recently and I am not sure if it is losing its effectiveness or...