Recent content by spmorgan

I'm having a similar situation as the op. I began finasteride in March last year. I started losing hair fairly quickly after that and lost hair for a good 5 months. It then seemed to take a break (at least not losing the hundreds that I was losing), but starting in November, the sheds started again...

So I recently moved from Florida to the Bay Area. I've been on Propecia for about 9 months now. My hair is continuing to shed in dramatic fashion, with my temples receding quite a bit and my crown becoming very diffuse. So, I'm looking for a good doctor in the area who can help me understand...

Just finasteride: Month 1 - Some shedding Month 2 - Lots of shedding Month 3 - Lots of shedding Cut down to 1 finasteride every other day Month 4 -slowdown for a couple weeks and now massive shed My hair wasn't bad, but finasteride has really destroyed it lately, especially in this latest shed. My hairline is really...

Thanks for your story, although clearly not what I hope to hear. I'm really struggling with this because it isn't making any sense to me. If this was just a shed and things were going to grow back, wouldn't it be shedding everywhere? Why is it mostly on the vertex and peak area? Also, these...

So I thought I would post my (horror) story about shedding, since I think about it on a daily basis. My background. I'm 37, and I have red hair, and it has always been very thick. Over the past few years, I have noticed some loss of hairline, nothing terrible, but as time went by I thought...