No progress on finasteride + min. Help needed

[Baldinho7]

I have been taking finasteride 1.25 mg once per day for 14 months now, dermastamp 1.5 mm once per week for 1 year and topical minioxidil for almost 3 years and I haven’t seen any progress yet. I don’t see a lot of hair on my pillowcase like before when I wake up, but when I shower or wet my hair, I lose a lot. Also, a few hairs fall randomly during the day. I feel like my crown and mid scalp are more visible now than before and my temples are worse. It looks really bad when my hair is wet. I really don’t know what to do. Dermatologists where I live have no idea how to treat hair loss. I only found out about finasteride online. Oral min isn’t available where I live so it’s not an option. Should I wait for 3-6 more months to see if there’s any improvement or should I switch to 0.5 mg dutasteride? Ive uploaded a few photos. Pics 1-3 are 2 years ago when I was still using min only. Pics 4-9 were 14 months ago exactly before I started finasteride. Rest of the pics were taken in the past month. Any advice/opinions would be really appreciated.

 

[cloudsanrain]

Try oral minoxidil at 2.5 ml. Per day with the rest of the stuff your using. Just drink the liquid form. Oral and topical will give you a one, two punch.

 

[Johno1981]

Minoxidil made mine worst…when I just did propecia on its own…that’s when I got really good results

 

[Mr. Slap Head]

You need to drink oral minoxidil if you want a fighting chance. Give it 3-6 months. If it's not working, only then should you consider dutas.

 

[Armando Jose]

With you before hair, why did you used minoxidil/finas? Had you adviced by a derma?

 

[losingbattle88]

Try oral minoxidil at 2.5 ml. Per day with the rest of the stuff your using. Just drink the liquid form. Oral and topical will give you a one, two punch.

2.5ML btw u dumb f*** xD. No 2 drops from the pipette idiot. And lower derma stamp to 1mm. Not 1.5.

 

[Mr. Slap Head]

2.5ML btw u dumb f*** xD. No 2 drops from the pipette idiot. And lower derma stamp to 1mm. Not 1.5.

I drink 2.5L daily bro. Gotta get them gains.

 

[Baldinho7]

With you before hair, why did you used minoxidil/finas? Had you adviced by a derma?

There weren't any bald spots in my mid scalp or crown, but my hairline was receding and I was losing a lot of hair in the shower, on my pillowcase etc. I went to a derma and he told me to use minoxidil. I kinda regret it now. If I had known about finasteride then, I would've started using it instead of min. I only found out about finasteride a year and half ago.

 

[cloudsanrain]

2.5ML btw u dumb f*** xD. No 2 drops from the pipette idiot. And lower derma stamp to 1mm. Not 1.5.

2.5L is what I meant to say. The beaver having another tantrum I see.

 

[losingbattle88]

2.5L is what I meant to say. The beaver having another tantrum I see.

2.5L of oral min. Sounds reasonable.

 

[MrClean1]

There weren't any bald spots in my mid scalp or crown, but my hairline was receding and I was losing a lot of hair in the shower, on my pillowcase etc. I went to a derma and he told me to use minoxidil. I kinda regret it now. If I had known about finasteride then, I would've started using it instead of min. I only found out about finasteride a year and half ago.

Dermatologist are useless.