I definitely belong in this thread. A little over 2 months on finasteride, shedding hasn’t slowed down, itch is still there, slight burning sometimes in the mornings and at night, visibly below baseline.
Went from slight crown thinning to heavy diffuse patterned nw6.
Some people say if you were shedding before finasteride, finasteride won’t slow it down for a few months; but who knows.
I seriously recommend taking photos of your body hair, pay attention to your libido, monitor your acne, and count how many hairs you lose in the shower BEFORE starting finasteride. I believe I have increased body hair (can’t know for sure because I didn’t take photos), increase in acne, maybe a slight increase in libido, and shedding more hair than before (again, can’t know for sure because I didn’t check before finasteride). These are all signs of reflex hyperandrogenecity, which is some scary sh*t.