Hello all! First time poster, long time lurker. LOVE the site and it has given me so much valuable info so thanks to all!
My issue is with Propecia and severe frontal hair loss... whether to stop or keep going.
Background:
I have been on it for about 15 months now and have exprienced MUCH hairloss on the front of my scalp and the hairline. When I began I had little to no hair loss and maybe some mild thinning. I went on propecia because I liked the way my hair was and felt it would help preserve that state so I started around the end of August 2010. By December/January I was noticing my frontal hair getting worse but was actually happy thinking I was a responder having the normal shed. Fast forward to now...the long and short of it is I appear to have had a continuous shed in the front with no "stronger regrowth" at all. Needless to say I am in MUCH worse shape than when I began. It has been past the one year mark so the chances of getting improvement seem slim at this point and I can honestly say I have not gained much hair at all, if any...just basically lost it.
The point of my post is not to debate whether or not Propecia causes frontal hair loss but rather to get some input from those who have experienced this. I have searched and read a lot a about the topic but it seems most info is from people at the point of realization and trying to decide what to do, but not enough follow-up about what was done and the results seen in the aftermath.
So...those who have had a similar experience (especially past the 1 year mark):
Did you stop Propecia or continue on?
If you stopped, did any of the loss grow back?
If you stayed on Propecia, did things improve so late in the game?
Appreciate any feedbck, thanks!