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I have been using finasteride for 10 weeks now(1.25mg daily). The first week I was very optimistic because I had the feeling I was fighting the hair loss. After the first week everything gradually got worse. The itching on my scalp increased, especially on my left temple. I also started to see more and more hair loss, currently I'm losing so much that I don't even bother counting it. When I use a clean brush, and brush my hair a couple of times from hairline to crown, the brush is filled with 40 - 100 strands. It's a devastating thing to see...
The good news is is that in the past 7 days the itchiness decreased with like 80%. Only ~5 itches a day now... No change in hair loss unfortunately.
I don't know if I'm shedding because of the hair cycles that are being synchronized or because of hyperandrogenicity, which I read about and concerns me a lot.
as far as I know there aren't really indicators to tell you and you just have to wait it out. Waiting another 3 - 6 months hoping for some improvement scares me. If I keep losing at this rate I will soon be a NW4. I hardly see any regrowth, no thin short hair.
Below you see some progress pics. (Both wet hair, right after showering) The first one was just before I started finasteride. the second one is from two days ago, so 2.5 months on finasteride.
P.s. Please don't say the pictures are exactly the same. The light isn't worse in the second picture, if anything I would say better, because in the first picture I'm standing right under the lamp... and in the second picture I'm standing at 1 meter / 3 feet.
P.p.s. Please don't reply if the only thing you have to say is something like: "You're imagining things" - "I wish I had as much hair as you do"
The good news is is that in the past 7 days the itchiness decreased with like 80%. Only ~5 itches a day now... No change in hair loss unfortunately.
I don't know if I'm shedding because of the hair cycles that are being synchronized or because of hyperandrogenicity, which I read about and concerns me a lot.
as far as I know there aren't really indicators to tell you and you just have to wait it out. Waiting another 3 - 6 months hoping for some improvement scares me. If I keep losing at this rate I will soon be a NW4. I hardly see any regrowth, no thin short hair.
Below you see some progress pics. (Both wet hair, right after showering) The first one was just before I started finasteride. the second one is from two days ago, so 2.5 months on finasteride.
P.s. Please don't say the pictures are exactly the same. The light isn't worse in the second picture, if anything I would say better, because in the first picture I'm standing right under the lamp... and in the second picture I'm standing at 1 meter / 3 feet.
P.p.s. Please don't reply if the only thing you have to say is something like: "You're imagining things" - "I wish I had as much hair as you do"
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