How Do I Know If Finasteride Is Working While Already On Minoxidil?

L.I.O.N

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Hello everyone,

First message here and not an english native speaker so in advance I apologize for the possible spelling and grammar mistakes. I'm 28, Norwood 1.5 diffuse thinner with a good amount of hair but way thinner than before. It's now noticeable at the front of my head + I clearly can't do my hairstyle anymore (I use Toppik since a week, it helps a bit). I started using Minoxidil one year ago for 6 months, then I stopped and logically after 3 months, lost every single hair gained with it. I decided to start again 2 months ago and after a huge shedding, like HUGE - about a month later, it was way worse than baseline - now it's beginning to get better.

I'm now on Finasteride since a month and I don't know if it's going to work for me but while already on Minoxidil, it's going to be very difficult to say if it helps or not. If I stop Minoxidil, I will lose again all the hair gained while on it but if I decide to stop anyway, I would hardly be able to tell how Finasteride is helping me before at least one year. I mean I coulnd't tell before a while and I could lose more and more hair during this year, making all the thing worse.

So... Any advice?
 

br1

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you need to stay on finasteride for at least 12 months.. I quit it for 4 months (lost A LOT), then resumed.

I am 10 months in, and it is still improving. Saw improvements around 6months, then stabilized, and now i am seeing progress again.
 

L.I.O.N

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Thanks for your answer. Are you on Minoxidil? I'd like to know if Finasteride could be enough (I use keto shampoo as well) because Minoxidil is a pain in the ***...
 

michel sapin

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hey br1 i am currently 25 days off propecia because of the beginning of gyno , how long after stopping propecia did ou shed ? now you are re-gaining waht you have lost ?
 

rclark

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If you want to be brave, only put Minoxidil on half of your head. Any regrowth
from Finasteride will show on the other half.
 
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