So I started finasteride about a little over 2 months ago and haven't noticed any change. I'm cutting up the 5 mg into 4ths and taking one daily. I know it is still early but it sucks I am still losing hair 2 months into taking it. Should I possibly bump it up to 2.5 mg daily or will it not have any affect. I'm a bigger guy so maybe such a small dose isn't as effective? Any advice would be appreciated.
1.25 MG not enough?
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Taking 1.25 mg daily of Finasteride is sufficient at treating hair loss, two months is too little of a time span to expect the halt in shedding. Give it at least another 3-4 months for the treatment to be working in full effect.
What is it with all these people saying that finasteride isn't enough
Either hairloss is more aggressive than ever or people are expecting way to much out of finasteride. finasteride tends to regrow hair sometimes but is generally looked at as a maintenance drug. If you see no change then you are reaping the benefits. My hair is exactly the same and I'm 2 month in on .5mg/day the only difference is thay when I style it I get a little more volume.
Also I think you never stop losing hair completely, the average person loses 50-100 hairs a day... I would keep my eye on my hair and not count the hairs you lost.
Either hairloss is more aggressive than ever or people are expecting way to much out of finasteride. finasteride tends to regrow hair sometimes but is generally looked at as a maintenance drug. If you see no change then you are reaping the benefits. My hair is exactly the same and I'm 2 month in on .5mg/day the only difference is thay when I style it I get a little more volume.
Also I think you never stop losing hair completely, the average person loses 50-100 hairs a day... I would keep my eye on my hair and not count the hairs you lost.
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DENI3D, you'll need to give Finasteride more time to start working adequetly, two months is too short of a time span for the medication to do any major improvement. I'd stay with taking 1.25 mg daily, really no need to take the whole 5 mg tablet daily, it would just be a waste for trying to treat your Androgenetic Alopecia. Neither would taking 2.5 mg be anything great and would still be a waste.
Like what g.i joey stated, Finasteride is generally looked at as a maintenace drug. Just don't expect anything big nor too much from the medication, it's normal to still have some very minor shedding as long as the hair follicles don't keep miniaturizing and hair loss doesn't keep getting worse.
Like what g.i joey stated, Finasteride is generally looked at as a maintenace drug. Just don't expect anything big nor too much from the medication, it's normal to still have some very minor shedding as long as the hair follicles don't keep miniaturizing and hair loss doesn't keep getting worse.
It is still getting worse. Hasn't slowed down since I started taking that is my point.
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Give it more time
Give it more time
Secretlybatman
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ive been on it for almost a year now, still going backwards too thinking of going to 2.5
If 1.25 isn't working increasing the dosage isn't going to do anything for you. The reason why propecia is 1mg because anything past 1mg does nothing in terms of decreasing DHT. Taking 5mg per day for example blocks about the same as taking 1mg.
Now If you were talking about taking more dutasteride then that would make sense because from what we have from studies at this point indicates that an increase in dutasteride dosage does lead to more regrowth.
If you need to block more DHT you either gotta get on dutasteride or try RU or if you're rich CB
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Isn't RU expensive?
dutasteride isn't available in my country except for through 1 doctor where its 70 bucks a pop plus the flight ticket to get to him and back plus the 80 he charges to see him.
dutasteride isn't available in my country except for through 1 doctor where its 70 bucks a pop plus the flight ticket to get to him and back plus the 80 he charges to see him.