I have seen small improvements throughout the 11 months, but I shed so much that they disappear. Does this mean that I'll eventually have good results if I've had minor ones here and there? The hairs on my head are darker than they used to be.
11 Months On Finasteride. Should I Quit?
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I have seen small improvements throughout the 11 months, but I shed so much that they disappear. Does this mean that I'll eventually have good results if I've had minor ones here and there? The hairs on my head are darker than they used to be.
Darker hair sometimes associated with finasteride use, usually id say you should get some sort of idea of where your hair is going after 12 months but i believe people were still getting regrowth up to the 24 month mark, or maybe finasteride just isn't cutting it for you, it does for most people but you may need to switch to dutasteride. Id give finasteride another 6 months personally and see where you are at.
My crown is definitely maintained, my hairline is just crappy. But okay, i think I'll do that. I have dutasteride so i can start it whenever.
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Dude consider a transplant for the front that is your best bet if your crown is maintaining.
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Why the hell do people propose popping dutasteride here like candy. It is much, much different than finasteride and much more potent. Such advise is frankly reckless and shouldn't be espoused here so freely.
Honestly I'd rather be bald. Transplants look so fake
Chill, just told him it was an option. Finasteride is enough for most.
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You could have prefaced it with saying do a lot of research about the drug and then consider it only after you fully understand what it does and how it differs from finasteride.
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If you'd rather be bald than get a transplant I don't understand why you're so anxious about your hair, just shave your head.
Because transplants look so fake!!
I see small improvements from finasteride, then i shed a shitton of hairs. Gonna give it another 6mo
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Dutasteride has a much longer half life and blocks much more DHT than finasteride. Dutasteride also inhibits both Type 1 and Type 2 5AR, whereas finasteride blocks only type 2. Type 1 is present in most tissues in the body where 5 alpha-reductase is expressed, and is the dominant form in sebaceous glands. Type 2 is the dominant isoenzyme in genital tissues, including the prostate.
I suggest you read this publication for starters: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1472916/
Here are some effects observed for type 1 deficiency, albeit in rodents: https://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/64/2/447
Here is a study in humans about insulin sensitivity changes on dutasteride: 5αR inhibition with dutasteride, but not finasteride, impairs peripheral (principally muscle) insulin sensitivity, and increases body fat and leptin: https://www.endocrine-abstracts.org/ea/0031/ea0031oc1.5
Should I start with like twice a week?
Will i have a massive shed if i start soon?
And do you think I'll respond well?
Well I'm gonna wait a couple more months before considering