finasteride Doses

[ldk13]

Hello Everyone!

I know I am new here. I am 25 years old and I have been losing my hair at a steady pace since I was 18. 1 year ago my frontal hairloss was so bad I had to use rogaine foam. Since then it has stablized to a degree. However I have discovered that my crown area is getting thin to the point where you can almost see my scalp. I am now considering using finasteride.


I dont know if anyone has ever done anything like what I propose to try. In the first month I want to cut the pill into 4 peices taking one piece each day. Then the next month cut in three, then the third month down to 2 before I take one whole pill per day.

Now I understand that taking 1/4 of a pill each day will not do much for regrowth but that is not my initial intention. Instead I want to slowly introduce the finasteride into my body, so it can adapt and adjust to it according to the doseage. I am also hoping by doing it like this it can reduce the chance of getting any sides. All I ask for is opinions on weather this is a good idea or not. I figure why not at this point sometimes one person has to experiment for something to work on multiple people. Theres only so much that one person can do to reduce their hairloss but hey were all in this together.

 

[Quantum Cat]

what dosege?

are you talking about 1mg pill or 5mg pill?

 

[ldk13]

The 1mg. I heard of 2.5mg but never 5mg

 

[Primo]

Idk I understand what you're trying to do.

I tried finasteride at 1mg a day a few years ago and got horrible sides, my body simply couldn't handle that much of a new drug being introduced to my system so quickly, so I had to quit.

So 2 years later after researching lots of threads on here, I found similar people like me who got sides the first time on finasteride, but tried it the second time at a much reduced dose and frequency. By introducing the drug very gradually to their system they avoiding the heavy and horrible sides.

I did the same and started on a .125mg every other day/every third day for the first week, followed by .25mg every other day for the second week etc etc... until I got to the 6week mark where I began taking 1mg finasteride every day!... I've been on 1mg a day now for over 4months now.... with no significant sides so far... TOUCH WOOD!