Increased miniaturization on dutasteride, how long should I wait?

[BlackClouds]

I was on topical finasteride and min for a year before I added oral dutasteride to the regimen(didn't stop the topicals). My hairfall stopped, but the miniaturisation at the hairline increased. My beard became thinner, but my erections became harder and by body odor returned(these were weaker when I was on only finasteride). Also increased acne on face. My T is around 840. I also have some cognitive effects, though they are mild.

It's almost been a year since starting dutasteride, and I don't know how much longer should I wait for it to work. Do I have reflex hyperandrogenicity? A part of me feels going back to only finasteride would stop this loss, the other part is scared that dutasteride is the only thing keeping my hair.

The pics are in order, from the day before starting dutasteride. Ik it might seem I haven't lost hair but I absolutely have, idk why I didn't take better pics before.

 

[Itsabaldbaldworld]

I've waited 1.5 yrs and I'm now quitting dutasteride due to dry eye, I think my hair got a bit denser in general but a lot thinner so ended up looking worse, it's also very oily now for some reason.
I believe youtube channels like kwrx say that sometimes you need to wait for up to 3yrs for results or even longer. With finasteride I got regrowth in 6months so I don't really buy it. While dutasteride works for some, it doesn't for others, seems like a 50/50 at best judging from online posts. Btw I was also on a very low dose dutasteride, just 1 0.5mg cap a week, finasteride 1mg EOD.

 

[Jonah]

I was on topical finasteride and min for a year before I added oral dutasteride to the regimen(didn't stop the topicals). My hairfall stopped, but the miniaturisation at the hairline increased. My beard became thinner, but my erections became harder and by body odor returned(these were weaker when I was on only finasteride). Also increased acne on face. My T is around 840. I also have some cognitive effects, though they are mild.

It's almost been a year since starting dutasteride, and I don't know how much longer should I wait for it to work. Do I have reflex hyperandrogenicity? A part of me feels going back to only finasteride would stop this loss, the other part is scared that dutasteride is the only thing keeping my hair.

The pics are in order, from the day before starting dutasteride. Ik it might seem I haven't lost hair but I absolutely have, idk why I didn't take better pics before.

Are you consistently shedding on dutasteride? Did you have alot of increased oilness on scalp?