Scalp Tingle And 4x More Shedding On finasteride

[Matt Rogers]

Hey guys I've been using finasteride for about 6 weeks. I had minimal hair loss. I probably was a Norwood 1.5. I immideately noticed more shedding everywhere, so I dropped down to .5 mg two weeks ago. Terrible shedding still continues. I'm losing thick hairs in places that had no sign of thinning pre finasteride. I've also developed a scalp tingling sensation 24/7. Also I have been getting hives on my hands and feet every day for the past week. Don't know if I can contribute the hives to finasteride or not.

Just cut my hair yesterday. It is definitely worse than before I started, I am a NW2 now for sure.

Almost certain I'm having a bad reaction to finasteride

 

[neddy2016]

I gained a scalp tingle from finasteride too. So i switched to taking one every other day and it went away. i continued that for a few months with no success unfortunately

I switched to dutasteride and had the same scalp tingle response... so i stopped using it. But sadly i think its left my hormones abit of a mess and now my scalp is so sensitive.

 

[Matt Rogers]

I gained a scalp tingle from finasteride too. So i switched to taking one every other day and it went away. i continued that for a few months with no success unfortunately

I switched to dutasteride and had the same scalp tingle response... so i stopped using it. But sadly i think its left my hormones abit of a mess and now my scalp is so sensitive.

Did you shed way more hair with the tingle feeling? I'm diffuse thinning all over the place

 

[neddy2016]

It did appear like with the tingle came with a more sped up harloss yes.

For me it was just the hairline though.

People kept telling me to keep going with it... but the tingle always seemed suspicious too me.