Continue on dutasteride?

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DemodexMitesExterminator

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I am desperate. Perhaps the shed (possibly) is a sign the drug is having a better response to my body (?). I also stated nizoral 2% 1x a week.
I only had a shed from OM long ago but never from dutasteride. While on dutasteride my normal hairfall on comb/shower reduced by alot instead. Even a guy on reddit used the same generic dutasteride that I used and his hair got thick as f*** from it and had regrowth. Bro we need to accept that dutasteride generic or not wont work for us. Im doing finasteride now instead because it dont raise as much T as dutasteride. Also on oral minoxidil ofc. Im losingbattle88 btw.
 

BlackClouds

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I only had a shed from OM long ago but never from dutasteride. While on dutasteride my normal hairfall on comb/shower reduced by alot instead. Even a guy on reddit used the same generic dutasteride that I used and his hair got thick as f*** from it and had regrowth. Bro we need to accept that dutasteride generic or not wont work for us. Im doing finasteride now instead because it dont raise as much T as dutasteride. Also on oral minoxidil ofc. Im losingbattle88 btw.
How is it working ? Also oral finasteride or topical finasteride?
 

GottaBeMatt

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Matt I think you may need to reduce upreg and T. That means switch back to finasteride (or even off finasteride too) and add
If I see no improvement after 6 months from switching to brand name Avodart, then I will slowly switch back to finasteride 1mg. I’ll also consider adding topical finasteride as the literature shows it blocks around 70% scalp DHT.
 

DemodexMitesExterminator

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If I see no improvement after 6 months from switching to brand name Avodart, then I will slowly switch back to finasteride 1mg. I’ll also consider adding topical finasteride as the literature shows it blocks around 70% scalp DHT.
Ur wasting time and hair by thinking brand name will be better than generic. Both generic and brand blocks dht. You think brand will block a little more? Haha. I have tried propecia. And generic dutasteride generic finasteride. All of them gave me the exact same side effects. No difference.
 

Mr. Slap Head

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I've heard a few people claim that dutasteride stabilized their hair better than finasteride. I've heard many people claim dutasteride made their hair worse. I have yet to come across anyone who has taken high-dose dutasteride and said they had improvement.
 

GottaBeMatt

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I've heard a few people claim that dutasteride stabilized their hair better than finasteride. I've heard many people claim dutasteride made their hair worse. I have yet to come across anyone who has taken high-dose dutasteride and said they had improvement.
Neither. All the literature points to more DHT suppression = better hair outcomes. But clearly not for everyone. Did you switch back to finasteride? What was your experience?
 

DemodexMitesExterminator

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What was your experience? Did you hair become dry and brittle?
My crown got nuked fast on dutasteride especially my crown. But hair all over got flatter and thinner less volume and felt thinner. I was desperate as you. I increased my dutasteride dose and even started applying it topically too. I hate myself for not giving up earlier. My hair has been much much better off dutasteride. Even with zero treatments for many months. The sped up thinning from dutasteride stopped once I quit the dutasteride. My crown hair has not thinned out further ever since quitting dutasteride 3-4 years ago.
 

Mr. Slap Head

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Neither. All the literature points to more DHT suppression = better hair outcomes. But clearly not for everyone. Did you switch back to finasteride? What was your experience?
I was on finasteride doing fine, then got hair greedy and tried dutasteride. It caused thinning. Even despite taking 10mg OM at that time. Switched back to finasteride and it regrew back to where it was before, even after also reducing OM dose.
 
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