7 months on Dutasteride 2x/week, finasteride 5x week, should I stop?

[glenn_livet]

35 y/o male
I have been using Finasteride 1mg since about 20 years old. It maintained quite well, although I got off it at around age 27 for several years (big mistake). At first there was no problem, but then after 3-4 years, one day suddenly it was like a nuke went off... itching... shedding... recession... minitiaruzation. It was incredibly sudden.
I got back on finasteride ASAP and recovered somewhat (never quite back to as it was before). However about 7 months ago I decided to try adding Duta to see if I could stop further recession or regain something at the hairline.
My hairline has quickly gotten very thin, quite a bit of shedding, very wispy and lacking colour. Oddly enough it doesn't itch though.
Should I continue riding this out and hope it stabilizes or best to cut my losses and go back to finasteride only? Or maybe 1x week / dutasteride?

I don't use minoxidil, use Nizoral 2% 3-4 times a week.
I'll try to upload some pics shortly.

 

[losingbattle88]

35 y/o male
I have been using Finasteride 1mg since about 20 years old. It maintained quite well, although I got off it at around age 27 for several years (big mistake). At first there was no problem, but then after 3-4 years, one day suddenly it was like a nuke went off... itching... shedding... recession... minitiaruzation. It was incredibly sudden.
I got back on finasteride ASAP and recovered somewhat (never quite back to as it was before). However about 7 months ago I decided to try adding Duta to see if I could stop further recession or regain something at the hairline.
My hairline has quickly gotten very thin, quite a bit of shedding, very wispy and lacking colour. Oddly enough it doesn't itch though.
Should I continue riding this out and hope it stabilizes or best to cut my losses and go back to finasteride only? Or maybe 1x week / dutasteride?

I don't use minoxidil, use Nizoral 2% 3-4 times a week.
I'll try to upload some pics shortly.

dutasteride reduced shedding and stopped ANY itch I had. But after 1.5 years on it my hair was much thinner. Its a gamble my friend. Been off dutasteride for a year and my hair is doing ALOT better. Är du svensk eller? Jag är 36.

 

[glenn_livet]

Were you taking it daily or just a few times a week? Are you taking anything now like Finasteride?

Det är möjligt att jag har svenskt blod. Jag pratar tyska jag kanske borde lära mig svenska. har du blont hår?

 

[Kitsune Ree]

35 y/o male
I have been using Finasteride 1mg since about 20 years old. It maintained quite well, although I got off it at around age 27 for several years (big mistake). At first there was no problem, but then after 3-4 years, one day suddenly it was like a nuke went off... itching... shedding... recession... minitiaruzation. It was incredibly sudden.
I got back on finasteride ASAP and recovered somewhat (never quite back to as it was before). However about 7 months ago I decided to try adding Duta to see if I could stop further recession or regain something at the hairline.
My hairline has quickly gotten very thin, quite a bit of shedding, very wispy and lacking colour. Oddly enough it doesn't itch though.
Should I continue riding this out and hope it stabilizes or best to cut my losses and go back to finasteride only? Or maybe 1x week / dutasteride?

I don't use minoxidil, use Nizoral 2% 3-4 times a week.
I'll try to upload some pics shortly.

Take a look at the paper https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22686691/

It took him just 3 months to regrow hair on dutasteride, but it's probably because he had been taking finasteride continuously before that.

 

[losingbattle88]

Were you taking it daily or just a few times a week? Are you taking anything now like Finasteride?

Det är möjligt att jag har svenskt blod. Jag pratar tyska jag kanske borde lära mig svenska. har du blont hår?

I took it daily the first 7 months with topicall duta also once a week. Hair was thinner so started taking 2mg duta x3 weekly. Then later 2.5mg x3 weekly. Hair much thinner and then stayed on 0.5mg everyday until I quit it for good. My semen only produced 1 drop and ofc hair wayy thinner.