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In need of advice, as my switch from finasteride to duta this past few weeks has lost me a lot of hair. Debating RU, spironolactone, etc., in addition to oral min which I started taking.
My story: 7-ish years on finasteride for solely a receding hairline (I'm now 27), with a break at some point in between. Starting roughly 2 years ago, my hair began to thin on the top as well, with about a 20-30% loss in density, a wispier, sad texture change, and redness on my forehead, sides of my nose, and above my butt (seb derm), and the hairline recession started to go more rapidly. I've always had seb derm on my scalp/dandruff, but it progressed/spread. I also started noticing WAY more hairs in the shower than usual - all over my hand, clogging the drain, different size hairs. My guess is that I started developing the dreaded reflex hyperandrogenicity. The dermatologist who founded the hairloss clinic at UCLA validated my suspicions and suggested that I could be right.
Fast forward to 3 weeks ago, I started oral min. and Duta, and fast forward to now, I feel I've lost another 10% in total density, with my safe zones getting hit. Scary. As. sh*t.
My question is, with the possibility of reflex hyperandrogenicity in mind, and then with that, the possibility of Duta exacerbating it more, what shall I do? I stopped Duta immediately, and will revert back to finasteride. Is there any point in me lowering my dosage of finasteride to lower my T levels a little - My T is usually quite robust? I think I need to add some topicals, but I'm not sure which. Also, are the hairs that Duta attacked these past couple of weeks gone forever?
Thank you.
My story: 7-ish years on finasteride for solely a receding hairline (I'm now 27), with a break at some point in between. Starting roughly 2 years ago, my hair began to thin on the top as well, with about a 20-30% loss in density, a wispier, sad texture change, and redness on my forehead, sides of my nose, and above my butt (seb derm), and the hairline recession started to go more rapidly. I've always had seb derm on my scalp/dandruff, but it progressed/spread. I also started noticing WAY more hairs in the shower than usual - all over my hand, clogging the drain, different size hairs. My guess is that I started developing the dreaded reflex hyperandrogenicity. The dermatologist who founded the hairloss clinic at UCLA validated my suspicions and suggested that I could be right.
Fast forward to 3 weeks ago, I started oral min. and Duta, and fast forward to now, I feel I've lost another 10% in total density, with my safe zones getting hit. Scary. As. sh*t.
My question is, with the possibility of reflex hyperandrogenicity in mind, and then with that, the possibility of Duta exacerbating it more, what shall I do? I stopped Duta immediately, and will revert back to finasteride. Is there any point in me lowering my dosage of finasteride to lower my T levels a little - My T is usually quite robust? I think I need to add some topicals, but I'm not sure which. Also, are the hairs that Duta attacked these past couple of weeks gone forever?
Thank you.
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