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I've been on Propecia for close to 3 months now and started about a month and a half after i started noticing hair loss. I'm far from bald at this point, but I'm 19 years old and the thought of looking like my father when I'm 22 is scaring the crap out of me. I feel like I've noticed an increase in hair loss since I've been on propecia and have seen multiple times that this can be a shedding phase which would be a sign that the drug is working. My initial question is, how, if at all, can one know if this is the shedding phase or just normal hair loss? My main purpose of making this post is to know when i should start seeing regrowth from propecia. Ive seen the shedding should/could last 3-4 months. By this, is it meant that regrowth (buds on the scalp) should occur only after this phase has passed? And if so, how far after, should i see the initial regrowth in the 6-8 month frame or closer to the 4-5 month time frame? I know every person reacts differently to this type of treatment, but if you guys can humor me, that will do. I will probably begin using rogaine foam soon, although i'm having reservations about the difficulty and pain of applying it, since my hair is on the longer side. Sure, I could cut it, but i'm afraid that it will become obvious that I'm balding. Thanks for all the help.

dont have many answers but im in somewhat of a similar situation i'm 19, and for the past few years my hairs been pretty long and very thick, then all of a sudden 4 months ago i noticed a good amount of hair coming out in the shower and over the course of the day i was concerned cuz most in my family are bald and knew i was going to go bald at somepoint, i just didnt think it would be this early...i went to a doc to see if it actually was MPB or something else, the doc said it looked like MPB and put me on propecia, ive been on it for about 2 and a half months now and have experienced serious shedding (and since my hair is longer, when hairs fall out in the shower and on my clothes, its a lot more noticable) at this point, im sure most people going through MPB would kill to have my hair, but like you said, its getting really scary considering how much its thinned in such a short period of time like i said, i dont really have any answers unfortunately, i just came here to see if other people did