Hi, I took finasteride for 1 year, and switched to dustasteride over 5 months ago, as I saw positive stuff of regrowth from dutaseride online, and experienced no sides from finasteride, so thought why not. Seems to have thickened up my hair overall from baseline on finasteride, not sure if regrowth, or just reversing some of the miniaturised hair.
as for hair on the sides, they have been like that for over 10 years with no further change, seems to have been a hormonal thing post puberty, the hair when grown out is more like beard hair, coarser, and wirey.
here is photos of my hair from 8 months ago, https://imgur.com/a/HYKDO5p
had very long hair then, and shaved it bald to get a true assessment of the hair loss.
what I have noticed is lighting plays a massive role in things, some photos I can take and hair looks thick and normal, others look thinner than ever.
https://imgur.com/a/J6ypjHo
also think I have mixed hair colour throughout, which can make some photos deceiving.
as for hairline this is what I would like it to be brought back too, which is basically where it is, just reinforcing it really https://imgur.com/a/O69xW6c
I don’t want to disclose where I am getting transplant done yet, but it is one of the ones mentioned above.
I’m in sorts of panic mode as the day approaches really and perhaps overthinking things, I know I am doing all the right stuff to maintain existing hair as best I can, and I am aware it is likely I will need further transplants in the future, thanks for all the responses