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Hi. Long time user of finasteride for nearly 20 years. Very gradual receding of hair at the temples over those years. Probably a N2 and now at 48 I have started shedding over the past few weeks: probably around 30-40 hairs a day from the front of my head (although it does coincide with warmer weather).
I started on dutasteride about 5 years ago - once a week. 9 months ago I upped that to twice a week.
Currently I am:
finasteride 1mg per day
dutasteride (Avodart) 0.5mg 2x per week
So the dilemma I have is:
1. Switch to dutasteride completely and use daily, thus stopping finasteride which I have been using for 20 years
2. Up finasteride to 1.5mg per day (maybe 0.5mg at night); dutasteride 0.5mg
3. Alternate between 1mg finasteride and 0.5mg dutasteride each day (Mon dutasteride, Tues finasteride, Wed dutasteride etc).
4. Use both daily (has anyone experience of this - is this safe?)
5. Any other suggestions? I am reading that RU is good, but haven't tried this. Minoxidil has been used just on my temples for about 6 months and apart from some peach fuzz and a few wire-like hairs has done nothing.
I started on dutasteride about 5 years ago - once a week. 9 months ago I upped that to twice a week.
Currently I am:
finasteride 1mg per day
dutasteride (Avodart) 0.5mg 2x per week
So the dilemma I have is:
1. Switch to dutasteride completely and use daily, thus stopping finasteride which I have been using for 20 years
2. Up finasteride to 1.5mg per day (maybe 0.5mg at night); dutasteride 0.5mg
3. Alternate between 1mg finasteride and 0.5mg dutasteride each day (Mon dutasteride, Tues finasteride, Wed dutasteride etc).
4. Use both daily (has anyone experience of this - is this safe?)
5. Any other suggestions? I am reading that RU is good, but haven't tried this. Minoxidil has been used just on my temples for about 6 months and apart from some peach fuzz and a few wire-like hairs has done nothing.