Thanks for the lengthy reply. Just wanted to make the quick point that I've been on finasteride for 3.5 months as opposed to 3.5 weeks like you mentioned. I think the fact that I was letting my hair grow longer definitely did make my hair loss less visible. All things considered, I'm actually glad I shaved my head and started this sh*t because being a diffuse thinner could sometimes help people prolong things until it's really bad and give them the fake safety feeling of "Oh I still have hair". I know that's how I felt. Anyways, thanks for the reply. Really appreciate it. Do you think I should change my dosage from 1mg (MWF) to everyday?
Ah yes, I misread that. And I agree with you regarding the fake safety feeling diffuse thinning gives people which most times they only notice it if they cut their hair really short or they take a photo with damp/wet hair with room lighting directly above.
If you've been fortune not to any side effects on Finasteride, then continue, I know the sheds can be brutal. You might only see improvement at the 1 year mark. And based on your hairloss you need to be on some sort of treatment.
Your doctor actually advised you correctly by telling you to only use Finasteride 3 times a week, many doctors don't do this. You don't need to be using it any more than that since it will still be in your system and overly using Finasteride will just make it more likely for you to get sides.
Seriously try to get onto some other types of treatment as well, since hairloss is complex and requires a multi-faceted approach to combat it.
Throw in Minoxidil oral tablets if you can since I've heard more people report better results than using topical Minoxidil. Plus using topical Minoxidil or topical anything is a tedious task to do daily, twice a day. Oral medication is so much easier.
For best results combine all the above mentioned with micro-needling.
You just need to maintain till 2023 when Kintors Pyrilutamide or Breezula is released. Those will probably do a much better job at fixing your hair.
Then Kintor is also releasing another hair loss treatment which is an AR degrador called GT20029 after that. But it might be a few years after Pyrilutamide is released before we see GT20029 as Phase 1 trials in China has only started a few days ago. Fortunately, the process to market a drug and trial process is much quicker in China, so once its released to market there you can ship it to wherever you are.
I know how depressing this sh*t can get but what gives me hope is that there's a lot of treatments in the pipeline and will be much better than everything we currently have.
Kintor, Breezula, mRNA, Gene Editing Therapy, Turn Biotechnology and possibly David Sinclair
