Please Help, Desperate. Finasteride Failed Me. What Am I Doing Wrong?

[KovuPaws95]

These are pictures of my hair after two years of Finasteride 1.25mg. I believe I was doing fine at maintaining for the first year and then after that things started to get really bad fast. I always had a strong crown and forelock but now...I just don’t know why this is happening so fast. Considering RU, and I doubt dutasteride would do much of a difference. Is there anything you guys would recommend? I just started minoxidil in an attempt to save it from getting worse.

Here is a before picture of before I started treatment. I am only 23.

 

[Retinoid]

Your before picture is of you combing everything over and front to hide recession and is far away. The after picture is you with your hair combed back and up close exacerbating recession. Can you take a picture like your before picture? Your crown looks fine.

 

[KovuPaws95]

Yeah sure, it’s getting harder to cover like I used to before I started finasteride. Here’s same style now.

 

[KovuPaws95]

Same side as before pic. Front is more whispey and center has thinned more. The middle is even beginning to shift back now. This is with 2 years of finasteride every day.

 

[Retinoid]

You obviously know your hair better than anyone, if it is going in the wrong direction I would do the following:

Use topical Minoxidil with .1% Finasteride in conjunction with oral Finasteride.
Derma roll once every 1-2 weeks.
Invest in the iRestore helmet-LLLT therapy.
Take oral Minoxidil, low dose, 2.5mg/day.

Test your hormones, specifically thyroid, testosterone, dht, estradiol, progesterone, LH, FSH. If you have low testosterone and low LH you should also take low dose Clomid to increase testosterone and estrogen levels.

 

[michel sapin]

I feel your pain bro, sometimes finasteride fail.
If you don't have side you could try dutasteride.

 

[NW4Santa]

It's just what happens for some people.

 

[KovuPaws95]

Yeah, it really sucks. I think my next move is going to be RU with dermarolling.