Okay, this inquiry is mainly hypothetical but will eventually become a real possibility for me, and I'd imagine other young hair loss sufferers who are on medications to combat hair loss. I'm early in my hair loss career at the age of 24. I've had 1 transplant of 1500+ grafts to the hairline, knowing that down the road I will probably need one, if not two, more procedures. At 3.5 months post-op, my hair is essentially back to where it was prior to surgery, maybe looking slightly better due to some new hairs sprouting and being on proscar for 6.5 months at this point at a doseage of 1.25 mg/day. I really noticed a difference from proscar starting around month 5 I'd say, although nothing too drastic. I'd say a general thickening all over, although not as much of a difference in my temples, which are receded pretty far back and have been my problem area since age 18 or so
Okay, on to my question(s)- I know I have a while yet to be on proscar, probably at least another 4 years assuming my hairloss does not accelerrate too much in that time frame. I'm considering dropping down to 1.25mg 3 or 4 days per week when I am about 1 year post-op in hopes that my body will not become used to the drug as rapidly. But if proscar stops working (and based on what I've read, it looks like it inevitably will sooner or later, especially considering my hair loss at such a young age), how have you guys in this boat made the transition to dutasteride?
1. Anyone taken both drugs simultaneously (i.e., take both on differing days?)? If so, in what dosages?
2. How long was your transition period?
3. Assuming your side effects on finasteride were zero or minimal, how was the transition to duasteride? Any horror stories of really accelerrated shockloss as a result of the switch?
4. I am epileptic , albeit mildly and under control on meds. I have reservations about dutasteride because it blocks the kind of dht that goes to your brain. Would this be an issue for me? I already know I'd have to speak with a neurologist about this, but maybe someone here is knowledgeable?
I know Leeson and others have no regrets about the swithc from finasteride to dutasteride, and the fact that it has been shown to be more effective than finasteride has me interested in making the transition somewhere down the line.
Any input would be appreciated fellas. Thanks...