4 Months In. Losing Ground On Propecia

[baba_yaga]

First pic from June 2018 one month before starting finasteride. 2nd and 3rd from June 2019. What you can’t see from these pictures is the state of my hair beyond the hairline. In June 2018 I didn’t even take any pictures because the only issue I had was recession at the temples although that recession came on abruptly and aggressively. I’d say I lost in inch at each temple in the course of 2 months (hence the reason I jumped on finasteride).

Today you can see that my hair has thinned noticeably at the hairline. What the pictures don’t portray is that same loss of density now extends across my entire scalp. In the two months since those last photos my hairline has receded even further but I don’t have a picture handy with the same angle and lighting.

So to recap since being on finasteride I lost density everywhere (and particularly in the forelock) and my temples and hairline continue to recede albeit at a slower pace than 1 inch per 2 months. My hair is much drier - almost strawlike at times and feels lifeless. I certainly did not maintain what I had and I’m way below baseline in terms of density and overall hair healthiness. When my hair is wet it’s a total disaster and you can really see the true condition of what’s being hidden by keeping my hair length longer.

I know you. I've seen your thread before. You are the only one who posted before and after pics that really shows finasteride made things worse. But it could be another cause. You said you receded one inch in two months, maybe your hair loss was aggressive and now finasteride has at least slowed down, you'd never know.
Your hair loss is now stable?

 

[MKP05]

I know you. I've seen your thread before. You are the only one who posted before and after pics that really shows finasteride made things worse. But it could be another cause. You said you receded one inch in two months, maybe your hair loss was aggressive and now finasteride has at least slowed down, you'd never know.
Your hair loss is now stable?

Hmm. Guess it depends on how you define stable. After the loss of density became evident between the 4-6 month mark i haven’t noticed a considerable change since. Still looks as terrible as it did 6 months ago and maybe a little bit more loss but nowhere near the amount of density loss which occurred between months 1-6. So it definitely stabilized in terms of the speed of loss but if it had continued at that pace I’d be pretty bald by now. My hairline and temples continue to recede slowly. I’m not anti finasteride. I think it works for most people. It just didn’t work for me and possibly caused things to go into overdrive. I’m really on the fence here about quitting or continuing. I know there has been a bunch written here about reflex hyperandrongenicity and maybe that’s what happened to me. It certainly seems possible. Anyone have any thoughts?