Hello everyone,
I'm new to this forum but read a lot of stories on it. English is not my native language so excuse for my crappy grammar and sentences. Around 7 months ago I went for a haircut and my hairdresser found a bald spot on the vertex. One month later I started finasteride 1 mg. In the next months I went to a terrible shed, before finasteride I had a full head of hair with only a bald spot of the size of a coin (on the right side). The first weeks of finasteride I had terrible dandruff and an incredible itch. I also had eczema on my whole body I didn't never had before. A few months later I was losing ground fast, the spot on the vertex became bigger and bigger. In the 4th month I was thinning in the front and you could see my scalp very easily. I was also losing hairs at the back of my head, a place where you usually don't lose your hair. The last month I have seen some regrowth, thick brown/black hairs that filled in the orginal bald spot. I consulted my doctor multiple times because I thought it was Alopecia Areata. My doctor said to give it some time. My shedding stopped, today I'm at the 6 month of finasteride. Maybe the finasteride was too much for my body so my hormones were messed up and I got Telogen Efflivium. At this moment the new hairs look promising but the front and left side of the vertex are still very thin.
My questions:
- is it possible too shed so much hair if you start finasteride?
- people say about 80% of the people maintain their hair when starting finasteride, is the first time you take finasteride baseline?
- do the shed hairs come back from starting the treatment?
Like to hear from you, thanks in advance!
P.s. I hope this is the correct thread to post my questions.
I'm new to this forum but read a lot of stories on it. English is not my native language so excuse for my crappy grammar and sentences. Around 7 months ago I went for a haircut and my hairdresser found a bald spot on the vertex. One month later I started finasteride 1 mg. In the next months I went to a terrible shed, before finasteride I had a full head of hair with only a bald spot of the size of a coin (on the right side). The first weeks of finasteride I had terrible dandruff and an incredible itch. I also had eczema on my whole body I didn't never had before. A few months later I was losing ground fast, the spot on the vertex became bigger and bigger. In the 4th month I was thinning in the front and you could see my scalp very easily. I was also losing hairs at the back of my head, a place where you usually don't lose your hair. The last month I have seen some regrowth, thick brown/black hairs that filled in the orginal bald spot. I consulted my doctor multiple times because I thought it was Alopecia Areata. My doctor said to give it some time. My shedding stopped, today I'm at the 6 month of finasteride. Maybe the finasteride was too much for my body so my hormones were messed up and I got Telogen Efflivium. At this moment the new hairs look promising but the front and left side of the vertex are still very thin.
My questions:
- is it possible too shed so much hair if you start finasteride?
- people say about 80% of the people maintain their hair when starting finasteride, is the first time you take finasteride baseline?
- do the shed hairs come back from starting the treatment?
Like to hear from you, thanks in advance!
P.s. I hope this is the correct thread to post my questions.
