Finasteride And Oral Minoxidil Not Working. What Next?
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I tried dutasteride for 6 months prior to getting on finasteride. I feel it made my hair worse. I was noticing a lot more hair fall during this time. I know it does increase testosterone
I normally don't recommend it since it's untested but you could try RU. If you are willing to then spironolactone is also an option, of course it's pretty extreme and has sides like gyno, lower libido etc plus you need to be careful about potassium intake. Pics would still be good though, finasteride will maintain for the majority of guys for 5 years, dutasteride even more probably. Are you sure you have male pattern baldness, had your thyroid tested etc?
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Hair fall is not hair loss. It is normal to shed hair, even for a non balding person.
But the hairs that come out are all different thicknesses. Some terminal some miniaturized.
Are these tablet form or both topical?
Ru is topical, spironolactone is oral. I'd really like to see pics of your hair though, and like baba said shedding hair is normal, as long as it is not having an impact on your density i wouldn't worry about it too much.
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Check if the hair strands are tapering towards the roots.
You mean the root is thiner than the top?
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The roots are mostly thinner than the top due to the hair follicle entering the resting phase. You should examine the hair strand. If it goes progressively thinner from the top all the way down to the roots, then you have miniaturization.
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Then you should start treatment.
What treatment?
Ive already been on oral min and finasteride??
