How Long Did It Take For You To Finasteride Kick In?

[JohnnyB.]

I was on summer vacation, traveling for 30 days all the way from NY to SF...

I don't know if it is connected but afterwards I felt like I am shedding much more hair - it was around 200 hairs that I had every day brushing my hair and considering that this was probably not all hair that I lost within a day, I guess I lost like 300 hairs every day... So I started taking finasterid in the beginning of November... Additionally, I started taking vitamin pills (few sunlight in winter etc.) in mid-December...

Now I take it since then but I still shed lots of hair (like 150 if I brush my hair once a day, so probably still like 250 a day) and I can really see how the density goes down (I am thinning diffuse, my hair line has not changed very much, but my density has gone bad dramatically, I can often see my scalp shining through the hair)

Therefore, I wanted to ask you how long it took you to

1. Decrease your daily hair loss

2. To maybe see some thickening again (In case you did)

I am right now freaking out a little bit since it gone terribly bad within such short notice..


Thank you very much

 

[Hairicane]

I've been on it over 10 months and it took over six months to see decreased shedding. That didn't just suddenly happen either, it was so gradual I wasn't even sure it was happening. I still have not seen regrowth.

 

[JohnnyB.]

Lol, I was not the answer I was hoping for tbh - but how much hair did you lose back then? And how much now?

 

[Hairicane]

Lol, I was not the answer I was hoping for tbh - but how much hair did you lose back then? And how much now?

I couldn't really say per day, but when I started taking finasteride if I wore a hat and took it off there'd always be a few loose hairs in the hat. Now there are usually none. If I combed my hair id get 6-12 but now maybe 1-2.

 

[JohnnyB.]

6-12? I have 150 :-( But you have short hair right??

 

[JohnnyB.]

What isthe experience of other people??

 

[Who Farted]

Rule of thumb is 12 months, sometimes more, sometimes less. She’s may stop earlier than that but regrowth from the shed will depend on your hair cycle.

 

[JohnnyB.]

Okay, I see... Well, I am just afraid that if I continue losing 250+ hair a day that I'll be bald before it actually starts working... :-(

 

[Dakuwaqa]

Just keep taking it and chill. Make sure you don’t miss any days and try and take it a similar time each day.

Finasteride is great. It took me a while to appreciate what it was doing and I thought my hair my be getting worse.

2 years down the line I have the identical hairline as I had when I started haven’t lost any ground at all. No stress about hair loss anymore as well which is great.

 

[smtbbcn]

It works fast, at least for me. Im diffuse thinner. I see hair quality is improved by 3th week.

 

[Derelict]

It works fast, at least for me. Im diffuse thinner. I see hair quality is improved by 3th week.

I don't think it's possible to see results within three weeks. Do you have any before and after pics? As for my experience with finasteride i didn't maintain the 11 months i was on it for, had to switch to dutasteride.

 

[JohnnyB.]

3 weeks should be impossible to see results since telogen phase is around 2-3 months - at least that is what I was taught; But maybe you just grew some hair that was already gone and this takes less time..

But I might be wrong - anyway congrats on your success I let you guys now when the hair loss gets less;(Assuming that it hopefully hopefully does)

BTW - if some other people want to share how long it took them to finasteride decreasing their daily hair loss or to get some regrowth, I'd be very curious

 

[OldnBald]

2.5 months for me. Must have been less shedding and some of the hairs that fell out right before I started taking (1000 damaged hairs look a lot better than 700 damaged hairs) grew back a little better.

Now at almost 5 months, things are looking pretty good trajectory wise.

 

[JohnnyB.]

So these "damaged"hairs still look damaged after 5 months?

I have another question regarding finasteride; If i take minoxidil for let's say 10 years (assume 2020-2030) and then I stop taking it, then within a few months I get the result as if I never have taken the drug, so in 2030 I will have the hair as it is 2030 and I have never taken the drug;

How is that with finasteride? Assume I also take that for the next 10 years until 2030 and stop then - what will then be the result? I know that I will start lose my hair again but it should be somehow be different, right?
Is it like it is still 2020?

 

[Northface32]

This whole year thing is throwing me off rn tbh. By 2030 we technically should be Uber advanced, right? No need for treatments there should be a cure.

 

[JohnnyB.]

Maybe yes, maybe no

 

[Aqalp]

I've been on it more than 3 years. Still waiting for a miracle, closest it has done has slowed down my norwooding.

 

[JohnnyB.]

So why not switch to dutasteride?

 

[Blacktree]

I don't think it's possible to see results within three weeks. Do you have any before and after pics? As for my experience with finasteride i didn't maintain the 11 months i was on it for, had to switch to dutasteride.

I had the same results as my hair stopped falling out after a few weeks on fina, was losing hair everyday for a year before that

 

[HairlineOfGod]

6 months