I've been on propecia (also using nizoral) for about 4 and a half months. When I first started I was concerned but its not like I hated going outside without a hat on. Some thickening shampoo everyday and it was tolerable. The last few weeks I have noticed that I can see through my hair and see my scalp on certain spots on my head. It didn't used to be this bad... why is it worse now? Is this a shed??? I don't lose as many hairs when i run my hands though my hair but my hair hasn't really gotten better either, its probably just a little bit worse. Can anyone help explain this?
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4.5 months is not enough time to tell anything. Perhaps you shed more hairs when starting finasteride, or were shedding alot already due to male pattern baldness. Any shed hair can take up to 3 months to be replaced and a further 2-3 months to be noticeable( over 1 inch long).
Personally I am only 2 months in, but I had a pretty bad minoxidil or finasteride shed that I think is slowing down. I don't expect to see those lost hairs for another 6 months, if I see them at all. Wait it out. You would have gone bald anyways and atleast you are doing the best thing you could have done to avoid that innevitability for as long as possible.
Personally I am only 2 months in, but I had a pretty bad minoxidil or finasteride shed that I think is slowing down. I don't expect to see those lost hairs for another 6 months, if I see them at all. Wait it out. You would have gone bald anyways and atleast you are doing the best thing you could have done to avoid that innevitability for as long as possible.