Has Anyone Maintained Same Hair With Dutasteride With Over 10 Years Of Use?

[@GeraltOfRivia]

Anyone?

 

[shidoin]

Anyone?

Yes, I started finasteride. But switched to dutasteride. Been on for 20 years. It regrew a lot of my hair but not all and I've been maintaining at a Norwood 3

 

[Chris Evan]

Yes, I started finasteride. But switched to dutasteride. Been on for 20 years. It regrew a lot of my hair but not all and I've been maintaining at a Norwood 3

20 years it's so nice to hear, Did you have any side effects?

 

[shidoin]

20 years it's so nice to hear, Did you have any side effects?

Nope, only some water retention. But I was taking 5 mg proscar and 0.5 mg dutasteride daily for a few months

 

[@GeraltOfRivia]

Yes, I started finasteride. But switched to dutasteride. Been on for 20 years. It regrew a lot of my hair but not all and I've been maintaining at a Norwood 3

At what age u started?

 

[shidoin]

At what age u started?

Around 28, I went on and off.. should have stayed on the full time but financially at the time I couldn't keep it up because it was over $300 a month for dutasteride plus my bro science was telling me that the receptors could become desensitized to the drug if I were to remain on it for the whole time.
Now I take 0.5 mg daily. Sometimes I might take an extra pill. Plus I use nizoral 1% about 3 times a week mixed with niacin powder. And essential oils at night

 

[@GeraltOfRivia]

Around 28, I went on and off.. should have stayed on the full time but financially at the time I couldn't keep it up because it was over $300 a month for dutasteride plus my bro science was telling me that the receptors could become desensitized to the drug if I were to remain on it for the whole time.

Now I take 0.5 mg daily. Sometimes I might take an extra pill. Plus I use nizoral 1% about 3 times a week mixed with niacin powder. And essential oils at night[/QUOTE

Great

 

[Michael1986]

I've not been on it 10 years yet, just five years, but Dutasteride has been working brilliantly for me with minimal side-effects.

 

[skinnyshaft]

Do you guys use any other products with Dutasteride, besides Nizoral?

shidoin - you mentioned essential oils. Can you expand?

Thanks!
S

 

[Michael1986]

Do you guys use any other products with Dutasteride, besides Nizoral?

shidoin - you mentioned essential oils. Can you expand?

Thanks!
S

I was using dutasteride alone until very recently when I added a very low dose (1.25mg a day) of oral minoxidil. I dont want to use a dose higher than this, as oral minoxidil is risky stuff. The dutasteride alone was able to completely restore my crown loss, but it only partially restored my frontal loss, so I've added the oral minoxidil to try to increase my hairline regrowth.

 

[@GeraltOfRivia]

I've not been on it 10 years yet, just five years, but Dutasteride has been working brilliantly for me with minimal side-effects.

Happy for u bro

 

[arnoldd]

If you dont have an aggressive baldness this sh*t will freeze your loss forever

 

[@GeraltOfRivia]

If you dont have an aggressive baldness this sh*t will freeze your loss forever

I am still losing my hair with it and daily searching for news for new treatment bt sadly all that appears is bullshit

 

[Michael1986]

I am still losing my hair with it and daily searching for news for new treatment bt sadly all that appears is bullshit

Maybe you could add a low dose of oral minoxidil.

 

[@GeraltOfRivia]

Maybe you could add a low dose of oral minoxidil.

If u take oral minoxidil u don't need to apply it on scalp right

 

[Michael1986]

If u take oral minoxidil u don't need to apply it on scalp right

That's correct, but of course you could still use both topical and oral if you wanted to

 

[skinnyshaft]

I've been on dutasteride for over a year and still shedding like a mofo. Very slowly thinning on top.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but minoxidil doesn't do anything to stem hair loss, only encourages growth of finer dowdy, finer hair? I've never combined the meds. Using topical minoxidil would be a nightmare for me because of all the styling products I use. Oral sounds a bit risky?

 

[Ikarus]

I've been on dutasteride for over a year and still shedding like a mofo. Very slowly thinning on top.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but minoxidil doesn't do anything to stem hair loss, only encourages growth of finer dowdy, finer hair? I've never combined the meds. Using topical minoxidil would be a nightmare for me because of all the styling products I use. Oral sounds a bit risky?

If you're not responding well to dutasteride, try other anti-androgens such as bicalutamide.

 

[infinitepain]

Around 28, I went on and off.. should have stayed on the full time but financially at the time I couldn't keep it up because it was over $300 a month for dutasteride plus my bro science was telling me that the receptors could become desensitized to the drug if I were to remain on it for the whole time.
Now I take 0.5 mg daily. Sometimes I might take an extra pill. Plus I use nizoral 1% about 3 times a week mixed with niacin powder. And essential oils at night

Interesting. Did you ever get bloodworks done? It would be very useful to see how hormone levels look like on someone that has been on it for years with no sides and good results.

 

[infinitepain]

If you dont have an aggressive baldness this sh*t will freeze your loss forever

Same, read above. Could you post blood works? DHT, testosterone, estrogen levels... etc