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I just answered another users question on another post about stopping my shed and realized i had never shared my experience which may or may not help others going through a shed. This is purely anecdotal and just my experience so don't know if it will work for others aswell. Years ago i went travelling for a year in Asia, i had always been on Dutasteride once daily and minoxidil once daily for years prior to going. On my trip i didnt bother bringing Minoxidil, i didnt want to have to carry all those vials with me, but continued with daily dutasteride. After a few months i started to go through a massive shed. The drain would have what looked like hundreds of hairs in it after i took a shower. I assumed it was due to my hair no longer getting the minoxidil it had gotten dependent on. Being in Asia at the time i didnt have access to the hair loss products i would normally and was freaking out over the amount of hair i was losing. Desperate to try anything i booked a prp session in Bangkok, which actually was quite inexpensive.
I have no clue whether it was the timing or what, but in the span of a day or two i went from shedding massively everytime i ran my fingers through my hair, to not seeing a single hair in the shower. I couldnt believe it.
The only thing i can surmise is maybe prp keeps your hair in its anagen phase that would normally be going into telogen when starting a new hairloss product.
I later suggested my friend start finasteride which he did and reccomended he do a session or two of prp when he started to see if he could avoid the shed associated with starting finasteride.
According to him he never had a shed, and is still currently on finasteride.
If anyone has any questions ill be happy to answer
I have no clue whether it was the timing or what, but in the span of a day or two i went from shedding massively everytime i ran my fingers through my hair, to not seeing a single hair in the shower. I couldnt believe it.
The only thing i can surmise is maybe prp keeps your hair in its anagen phase that would normally be going into telogen when starting a new hairloss product.
I later suggested my friend start finasteride which he did and reccomended he do a session or two of prp when he started to see if he could avoid the shed associated with starting finasteride.
According to him he never had a shed, and is still currently on finasteride.
If anyone has any questions ill be happy to answer
