Do You Think My Weekend Break From Propecia Is Hindering My Results?

[g.i joey]

im 1 day away from 5 months, I take 1mg 5x a week and take the weekend off.
I'm shedding so much miniaturized hair it's scary. I comb my hair after applying minoxidil and within 15 seconds of combing downwards I find 15-20+ miniaturized hairs. Is there any hope for me? Would you recommend upping the dose (last resort) or just sticking to my regime. I thought after 5 days of taking 1mg every 24h I'd have a steady state of dht reduction to at least last me thenweekend. What do y'all think?

My hair in the past 5 months may have thinned minorly, I'm just not too sure. I still get the odd pimple here and there along my hairline. Hope someone has a similar experience to share with a positive outcome.

 

[g.i joey]

Bump

 

[Willy_Aer]

4 months into finasteride I started to shed miniaturzed hairs like that. I had thinning haira all over but i never had had shedding before that. With this shedding came some gains in density and the shedding stopped the month after.

 

[mr_robot]

im 1 day away from 5 months, I take 1mg 5x a week and take the weekend off.
I'm shedding so much miniaturized hair it's scary. I comb my hair after applying minoxidil and within 15 seconds of combing downwards I find 15-20+ miniaturized hairs. Is there any hope for me? Would you recommend upping the dose (last resort) or just sticking to my regime. I thought after 5 days of taking 1mg every 24h I'd have a steady state of dht reduction to at least last me thenweekend. What do y'all think?

My hair in the past 5 months may have thinned minorly, I'm just not too sure. I still get the odd pimple here and there along my hairline. Hope someone has a similar experience to share with a positive outcome.

Stopping for two days of any hair medication is not going to cause immediate shedding.

 

[tjnpdx]

@Willy-Aer have you personally seen regrowth of what has shed? Sides? Sorry for the typical questions but I myself will be starting here soon.

 

[g.i joey]

4 months into finasteride I started to shed miniaturzed hairs like that. I had thinning haira all over but i never had had shedding before that. With this shedding came some gains in density and the shedding stopped the month after.

I really hope this is the case for me. Honestly I maybe get 1 or 2 normal length hairs when I do the comb test but aside from that it's ALLL MINIATURIZED hairs when I'm combing, if that's a sign of regrowth coming I should be expecting s fair amount. Willing to give it a full year for sure.

do you think my weekends off would effect my success marginally?

 

[Willy_Aer]

I really hope this is the case for me. Honestly I maybe get 1 or 2 normal length hairs when I do the comb test but aside from that it's ALLL MINIATURIZED hairs when I'm combing, if that's a sign of regrowth coming I should be expecting s fair amount. Willing to give it a full year for sure.

do you think my weekends off would effect my success marginally?

A weekend? Of course not. Normal levels of dht takes time to get back. And if so, high dht in your scalp takes time to damage your hair. It is a slow process. So two days are not going to do any difference.

 

[Willy_Aer]

@Willy-Aer have you personally seen regrowth of what has shed? Sides? Sorry for the typical questions but I myself will be starting here soon.

It is hard to tell...I shed for 2 weeks little ugly hidden hairs from all over the scalp, but at the same time I think it was general thickening and some miniaturized hair back to terminal. It felt good seing these ugly b****s saying goodbye. ..like giving their turn to the healthy new ones. I would take it as a good sign for sure. 0 sides btw