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Hi all.
Going to try and keep it short. Been on finasteride for 11 months now. Started initially at 0.25mg twice a week for a month then went on to 0.25mg 4 times a week and carried on for roughly another month. Then went on to 0.5mg 4 times a week for around another month, then went on to 0.5mg a day for for about 4 months and then stepped up to 1mg day for around 6 weeks now. I can honestly say it has made zero difference to my hair, I am so far under baseline. My crown has opened up, my temples feel like they’re thinner and my hair in general all over is weaker and thinner. My temple point seem to have receded a little too. Saying all this I do feel small spiky hairs all over my head. Could it be I could be a slower responder as I’ve only been taking 1mg a day for 6 weeks? Struggling to have any kind of optimism, took so much courage to take finasteride and it’s done absolutely nothing.
Thanks in advanced
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6 minutes ago, SadMan2021 said:
have you even seen a hair transplant doctor or dermatologist to talk about your hair loss? Seems like a lot of rumination, anxiety, and worry to deal with without even consulting a medical professional yet.
I will also say it again. While I understand your pain, taking Finasteride is the bare bones minimum you need to do to combat hair loss. If taking a pill is too much effort for you, I sincerely suggest you pause your hair regrowth journey for now and start looking at hair systems (which have their own terms and conditions for sure)
Yep I saw a hair transplant doctor just before I started finasteride, he recommended I jump on fin which I’ve done. I saw a dermatologist a while back and they confirmed there was nothing wrong with my scalp and it’s simply MPB. Taking a pill isn’t too much or else I would have stopped by now. When you pucker the courage to take fin and not only not see stabilisation but hair loss getting worse so quickly I feel I’m well within my rights to feel disheartened by it.
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Thanks all for the replies. I’m well aware that finasteride is mainly to stop hair loss but that hasn’t been the case for me at all. Regrowth was nothing more than a dream. My hair has continued to thin and recede at an alarming rate. I have pictures over the last year and my hair looks worse and worse each month. My temples are deeper, my hair overall is so much thinner. I’m certain my sides are thinning too now. I want to believe that it will get better but going backwards at 6 months has me pretty much close to giving up. It seems my body hair grows a lot slower and my beard is either growing slower or thinning out. So finasteride is definitely doing something to my body but nothing for the hair on my head. Not sure what to do, whether or not I should carry on.
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Started finasteride around 6 months ago now, started at 0.25mg twice a week and built up to 1mg 3 times a week. Thought it gave me sides so chopped and changed dosage, frequency etc. Now I’ve settled on 0.5mg a day as I felt no different on the different dosages or frequency, which let me to believe the sides were in my head. In that time it has made no difference to my hair, I’ve lost a lot of ground. Probably shed similar or slightly less than when I was off finasteride. Feel like I’ve lost more hair on it than off it. Took so much courage to take it and it’s done nothing for me. I don’t know if it’s because I kept changing dosage and frequency which meant the hair kept shedding. At this point I’ve no idea what to do. Any responses are welcome
Sorry for the long post. Thanks in advanced
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@Curious25 thanks for the response. I was thinking about maybe trying a smaller dosage. My pattern currently is NW3V with a diffuse component so not sure it’d be worth doing a smaller dosage. Have thought maybe topical but read that goes systemic too but have seen people who had sides on oral have success with topical. Not sure really
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Hi all.
Been on finasteride a little over three months now. Felt fine up until 2 weeks ago. Started on a low dose and worked up to 3mg a week. Now feeling mild sides mainly slight ED. Maybe take a little longer to get going, feels ‘strange’ downstairs almost like blood flow is less. Not sure what to do now, whether to persist with it, drop dosage or go to topical. Not sure how effective dropping the dosage would be as it might not be enough for my hair.
Could really do with some advice. Feeling quite down about it now. Was looking forward to the future as I was finally doing something about my hair loss.
Thanks all
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@Gatsby thanks for the response. I know waiting at least 6 months is the thing to do but when it’s thinned out more in 3 months whilst on fin than it did 3 months previous whilst not on fin it really doesn’t fill me with much hope.
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Thanks for the response. I am aware of the difference between hair loss and hair shedding. My main takeaway is the fact the my hair loss has gotten worse over the past three months when if anything i expected it to at least maintain.
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Thanks for the response. I have been thinking about increasing the dosage but not sure. I just see people on forums groups etc getting too results after 3/4 months and it’s just a bit demoralising really when mines just pretty much got worse.
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Hi all.
Finally took the plunge and started taking finasteride mid June. Started off by taking 0.25mg twice a week for a week, then went up to 0.25mg 4 times a week, then to 0.5mg 4 times a week and now taking 0.5mg Monday and Sunday and also 1mg Wednesday and Friday. I’m pretty sure I’ve gone through a shed as I’m quite below baseline when I look back at pictures from July. Temples have receded more, crown has thinned out and hair generally feels thinner all over. Only been taking 3mg a week for around 3/4 weeks now as I’ve read this can be enough of a dosage and minimise sides. Honestly thought I’d start seeing something positive by now but if anything my hair is the worst it’s ever been. Still shed around 5/6 hairs in the shower. Really My question is should I stick to 3mg a week or start taking more? Part of me feels like what’s the point. Built up the courage to take it and it’s just getting worse even quicker
Should probably add I’ve got NW3 hairline with crown thinning but I’m also diffusing all over.
Sorry for the long write up
All advice is welcome. Thanks in advanced.
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Bumping this topic. Would appreciate to hear some thoughts
Thanks in advance
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Hi all.
Could really do with some advice around medication, more specifically finasteride. Initially I tried finasteride around 1 year ago 0.25mg EOD. Was only on it for like 6 days in total. Felt weird whilst I was on it, felt ‘numb’ downstairs like there’s no feeling and struggled to get an erection whereas usually no issue. Looking back Im certain it was all in my head.
Recently I’ve been thinking about giving finasteride another shot as my hair is getting worse as I’m a diffuse thinner. What I’m unsure of is whether to try topical this time or to give oral another shot.Apologies for the long post.
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Hi all
I was wondering if anyone knew whether hair texture changes when losing your hair?
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7 minutes ago, Westview said:
If worse comes to worse you can always do a scalphair transplant on top, and do a partial beardhair/scalphair transplant on the crown.
Thats kinda what I'm doing right now. I'm a NW6 and I dont have enough scalphair for both the top and the crown.
Read more here: https://www.realself.com/question/argentina-ar-norwood-achieve-visually-full-head-hair-combining-hair-back-head
Think I just need to get my donor area inspected by a doctor so I know where I stand.
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1 minute ago, Westview said:
What might save you is I can see little to no thinning along your sidebanks.
It would make for a rather strange MB pattern then, but I have seen them on occassion.
Another advantage you have is looking at your pics you have very thick hair. Thats a huge bonus!
Having said all that, its way too early to assess what Norwood you are headed for.
You need to be patient and let the baldness pattern take its natural course.
Not easy though. I know the exact anxiety you're going through right now, it sucks!!
Thanks very much for your thoughts. Those were pretty much my thoughts. It could be a case of a bad haircut. I wouldn’t say my hair caliber is thick but I have a lot of it. Well I did at least haha.
The amount of anxiety I go through is at times intolerable. Personally I think it’s the reason I can’t tolerate finasteride. I tried so hard to ignore the sides and talk myself into thinking it’s all in my head. But I just couldn’t cope.
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3 minutes ago, aaron1234 said:
I think @Westview correctly identified the area of concern. Are you on fin?
Not on fin. Got side effects from using a 0.25mg dosage unfortunately
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5 minutes ago, aaron1234 said:
I'm not so certain that you are heading towards a NW7, but your hair loss could be diffuse which can make things equally tricky. Seeing a dermatologist is fine, having multiple in-person consults with elite, ethical hair transplant surgeons is better.
Personally I see myself heading towards NW5/6. The plan was to go and see a few elite doctors but the covid situation doesn’t really help. What would you say about my actual donor area?
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3 minutes ago, Westview said:
Inside the red circle it looks like you're already thinning there too.
So that only leaves a tiny strip of donor (inside the green box).
But you would really have to have a doctor look at this to make sure
I saw a dermatologist a few months and they looked at my donor with a microscope. They didn’t mention any kind of thinning in the donor. They did say I had quite fine hair but nothing about thinning. If I am heading NW 7 then it’s pretty much game over right now then
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5 minutes ago, Westview said:
Hate to say it, but it looks like you're headed for a Norwood 7.
Have you tried topical FIN?? Works just as good without all the sides.
What makes you say that?
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Revisiting this.
Took couple of pictures of my donor area, would like to hear your guys thoughts.Thanks
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@ciausthanks for the response. I slacked off with minoxidil at times and I think the same could happen with topical fin especially when other aspects of life take over. Hair concealers will be used at some point but with a receding hairline it becomes increasingly difficult to use hair concealers. The initial plan I had in my mind was to get a conservative hairline put in and then to use hair concealers until I felt it was time to address mid scalp/crown.
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Thanks for the response @Dr. Suhail Khokhar And @Gabreille Nelson Mukhia. I don’t think and don’t really want to commit to any type of drug to be honest whether that be oral or topical. There’s no guarantee topical will even work and just like with minoxidil I could start slacking With applying the topical finasteride which wouldn’t do me any favours.
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Thanks for the response @Gatsby. I am fully taking into consideration future loss, it’s also why I’m prepared to have a conservative hairline. What I’m trying to workout is when to best time my first procedure without waiting too long. Also can transplants be successes even without taking finasteride? I’ve seen many success with finasteride but not many mentions of hair transplants without finasteride.
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@aaron1234the plan is to wait until at least the new year and take it from there but it’s quite hard not to feel like I’m wasting time.
Feel lost and struggling
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Thanks for the reply. I’m well aware regrowing hair from finasteride is not the norm and I was hopeful it would more than anything. But for my hair to feel the worse it’s ever done 11 months in to taking finasteride in some capacity is quite demoralising. I have been doing research on hair transplants and have narrowed it down and waiting for responses from surgeons. The reason for not getting a transplant just yet is I needed to see whether or not I was able to tolerate finasteride.