HI every one just joined today. I'm 23 and I've been taking finasteride 1mg daily for the past 6 nearly 7 months experienced extreme shedding in the first 3 months and my hair has thinned out a lot compared to how it was before i started finasteride. Also my hairline has been tanked, looking some advice on my next move ?
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Sanchez1234
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Hi Aqua, has you shedding slowed down or stopped? If so, you should continue finasteride!!
hi Sanchez, yes shedding has definitely slowed down but I've lost such an extreme amount of hair on finasteride and completely tanked my hairline its hard to look at this in a positive light. What would cause my hair to thin out on finasteride as it was much thicker before i started.
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Did you have the dreaded itch in your male pattern baldness areas prior to starting finasteride? And do you have it now?
Could be a telling sign as to whether finasteride is working for you, and your hair is just shedding in relation to growth cycles, or if finasteride is afflicting you with the dreaded condition @buckthorn is famous for
Could be a telling sign as to whether finasteride is working for you, and your hair is just shedding in relation to growth cycles, or if finasteride is afflicting you with the dreaded condition @buckthorn is famous for
Yes mainly around my crown area it continued for around 4 months into finasteride. Not so much now but I've been using nizoral shampoo for the last 3 months which i think is helping.
do you think minoxidil would be a smart move or would it trigger more off a shed? I don't know if i could go through much more shedding.
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Hi! How is your situation now? I'm 7.5 months in and my hair has never been in a worse. Lost so much hair and developed seb. dermatitis which I never had. The itch did get better, although some days I still have sore feelings and itchiness on my head.
It's funny how 2 months ago my struggle was to style my hair to look how it used to look 4 months ago and now i struggle just to get it not to show any scalp and still resemble how it used to be ..
Should I give up on finasteride? What's happening doesn't feel natural. I never lost this amount of hair before the treatment even though I had itchiness all day. Is it just a coincidence that my male pattern baldness accelerated and got seb. dermatitis after starting the treatment?
As for sides, have some minor ones. The major one (to date) is a big reduction in semen. Not to be to graphic but the last time I had sex without a condom the girl didn't believe me when I said I came lol
It's funny how 2 months ago my struggle was to style my hair to look how it used to look 4 months ago and now i struggle just to get it not to show any scalp and still resemble how it used to be ..
Should I give up on finasteride? What's happening doesn't feel natural. I never lost this amount of hair before the treatment even though I had itchiness all day. Is it just a coincidence that my male pattern baldness accelerated and got seb. dermatitis after starting the treatment?
As for sides, have some minor ones. The major one (to date) is a big reduction in semen. Not to be to graphic but the last time I had sex without a condom the girl didn't believe me when I said I came lolSomething developed to decrease hairloss isn't suddenly going to flip and cause hairloss. The chances of the being true are worse than winning the lottery, it doesn't make sense
More likely your male pattern baldness just got worse or seems worse because you stare at your head all the time to see if finasteride is working. Hair also grows in cycles and changes with haircuts so it's useless to gauge effectiveness on any reasonable timescales. I gave up taking progress pictures and wasn't totally sure my hairloss stopped for almost three years on finasteride.
More likely your male pattern baldness just got worse or seems worse because you stare at your head all the time to see if finasteride is working. Hair also grows in cycles and changes with haircuts so it's useless to gauge effectiveness on any reasonable timescales. I gave up taking progress pictures and wasn't totally sure my hairloss stopped for almost three years on finasteride.
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While all that is true i think it's too coincidental that a person who never had SD in his life all of the sudden got a severe one that just doesn't goes away. Also, I never shed like this in my life... I'm getting worse by the week and it's not an exaggeration unfortunately. The thickness of my hair was never an issue, now it's the main one.
I'm not saying that the drug itself is worsening my hair, I'm saying that maybe my body isn't adjusting to it. It's a known fact that hormonal imbalance can cause hair loss and SD can cause hair loss. If my hair just kept falling the way it did I would assume I'm a non responder but this isn't natural. A decade ago no doctor believed that finasteride caused persistent sexual sides but now it's generally accepted that it can happen. But hey, only one way to know right?
I'm not saying that the drug itself is worsening my hair, I'm saying that maybe my body isn't adjusting to it. It's a known fact that hormonal imbalance can cause hair loss and SD can cause hair loss. If my hair just kept falling the way it did I would assume I'm a non responder but this isn't natural. A decade ago no doctor believed that finasteride caused persistent sexual sides but now it's generally accepted that it can happen. But hey, only one way to know right?
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Awesome advice! I should've done it but my derm told me to get on both finasteride and minoxidil (don't really know why the hurry i was a thick Norwood 1.5). Now I have to guess what is making my condition worse. Tried reducing minoxidil to once a day for a month and it doesn't seem to be helping the SD.. Maybe in a couple of weeks (reach month 8) if it continues to get worse at this rate i will stop finasteride for 1-2 weeks to see if the SD and shedding slows down..