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@md2002 mentioned a few months ago he had tapered down to just taking it once a week (1mg), and hasn't noticed any difference.
Theoretically if people are saying finasteride's half life is 30 days in the follicle, then there could still be some effect left if you have 60 days between doses, but that must be kind of pushing it to the max, as if you flick through past forum posts there are plenty of people who have induced a shed (3 months later) after taking a break for a month or two.
I think there is too many variables in play to draw a one size fits all conclusion, but people are probably taking more than they need to.
I've been on Finasteride for about 25 years and I notice no shedding as time goes by. As I've posted several times in previous posts, I'm now only taking Finasteride once a week and I'm maintaining what I have. I can't explain it but it's working. I been weaning off finasteride for about 5 years. Went from once a day, to every other day (a year or 2), to Mon, Wed, Fri. (maybe 8 months to a year) , to Mon. and Fri. (about a year) and now I only take it on Mondays, been doing just Mondays for about 18 months now
Theoretically if people are saying finasteride's half life is 30 days in the follicle, then there could still be some effect left if you have 60 days between doses, but that must be kind of pushing it to the max, as if you flick through past forum posts there are plenty of people who have induced a shed (3 months later) after taking a break for a month or two.
I think there is too many variables in play to draw a one size fits all conclusion, but people are probably taking more than they need to.
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