4 months on finasteride. Should I stop? Pics

[losingbattle88]

yeah not a lot though, likely it is the minoxidil

Hi. Im on RU and oral minoxidill +topical. Also shedding more than usuall. But I think its the minoxidill because I was on RU first for 2 weeks without shedding. Then added in oral minoxidil and started shedding. I had that chest tightness on RU when I used it years ago. But this time I got zero sides even tried derma stamp 1.5mm and used 150mg ru still had no sides. im the guy that recommended you RU.

 

[Bw0434]

Hi. Im on RU and oral minoxidill. Also shedding more than usuall. But I think its the minoxidill because I was on RU first for 2 weeks without shedding. Then added in oral minoxidil and started shedding. I had that chest tightness on RU when I used it years ago. But this time I got zero sides even tried derma stamp 1.5mm and used 150mg ru still had no sides. im the guy that recommended you RU.

Thanks man was thinking of topical finasteride too. If I had no luck with oral would it be the same with topical you think ?

 

[losingbattle88]

Thanks man was thinking of topical finasteride too. If I had no luck with oral would it be the same with topical you think ?

Ye it would. I tried that and it didnt work. I even combined dutasteride oral and topical and NADA. But u can always try.

 

[pberm]

@Bw0434 any uptade?

 

[JWM2]

My first year on finasteride gave me some NASTY sheds. I was certain my hair was getting worse. I'm also a diffuse thinner in the front half of my scalp. I wasn't on these forums then (this was around the year 1999-2000), and I'm glad. I stuck with it, my hair thickened back up, and I've been on it for almost 25 years now. Still have my hair.

Just an FYI.

 

[Bw0434]

shedding like THAT is not a good sign. go to a dermatologist. finasteride gave you telogen effluvium 100%. it happened to me.

Thanks man yea got off it a few weeks ago. Anything I should also be doing

 

[losingbattle88]

My first year on finasteride gave me some NASTY sheds. I was certain my hair was getting worse. I'm also a diffuse thinner in the front half of my scalp. I wasn't on these forums then (this was around the year 1999-2000), and I'm glad. I stuck with it, my hair thickened back up, and I've been on it for almost 25 years now. Still have my hair.

Just an FYI.

Are you also using that crap called minoxidil or just on finasteride?

 

[Bw0434]

Are you also using that crap called minoxidil or just on finasteride?

Monoxidil only now once per day

 

[losingbattle88]

Monoxidil only now once per day

I responded to JWM2 but whatever.

 

[BRezende]

looks like finasteride gave you telogen effluvium and any dermatologist will probably confirm this. drop it asap and hopefully you can get your hair back after 5-6 months. same sh*t happened to me. that's not normal hair loss. no one talks about this. you f*cked your hormones and your body goes into crisis mode and sends up to 50% of your hair follicles into the telogen stage and your hair falls out.

Finasteride wipe out my hair in less than 15 days and I Never recovered not one single hair after stop it

 

[Oriol]

Finasteride wipe out my hair in less than 15 days and I Never recovered not one single hair after stop it

Nope. Don't know what it was, but it sure wasn't Finasteride. I think you're paranoid. Go get some air.

 

[BRezende]

Nope. Don't know what it was, but it sure wasn't Finasteride. I think you're paranoid. Go get some air.

I have photos evidences of it, imagine believing that you know more about someone else's body than they do kkkkkkkkkkkk. I’m not alone, there’s plenty of case like mine here in this forum.

 

[losingbattle88]

Not sure about 15 days but I definitely believe finasteride can just shred your f*****g hair with no recovery. It's your body responding by saying f*** you. Feedback by increasing test and receptors. I took it for 5 weeks a few months ago. Just like the first time when I took it for a year - DRASTIC hairline and crown inflammation (swelling feeling, crawling, slight burning) followed by hair loss and miniaturization, I have transplants only on one side so I can literally see the old native hair next to it that used to be terminal and hide the transplants miniaturized now. To think that "finasteride cant make things worst" is insane. Your body has been evolving for millions of years to normalize and counteract change.

It can if hormones arent balanced on the drug. But dutasteride definately made my hair thinner but finasteride doesnt seem to or less. I get zero inflammation or itch or whatever on these drugs still. I believe dutasteride is bad for some cause it increases T too much. finasteride alot less and I only use .25mg finasteride daily with 1.2mg oral min. Update. Sticking to 1mg daily despite side effects.

 

[JWM2]

Are you also using that crap called minoxidil or just on finasteride?

I added in minoxidil years later. For awhile, I was just on finasteride. Now I use finasteride 7x a week, dutasteride 1x a week, Nizoral 3x a week, and minoxidil once a day.

 

[losingbattle88]

I added in minoxidil years later. For awhile, I was just on finasteride. Now I use finasteride 7x a week, dutasteride 1x a week, Nizoral 3x a week, and minoxidil once a day.

Nice.

 

[Wvg]

I use Duasteride occasionally orally & topically so I have very low scalp DHT..
But it isn’t the answer to male pattern baldness. I have tried RU & pyrilutamide, latisse & they aren’t either.. although all are better than nothing. I am trying Spirolactone 100 mg..
Of course minoxidil..
So I should have the ideal system to grow & regrow hair. I have some results, but not what I want…
So the “hair theorist” I’ve become suggests that these compounds may work in a mouse & a test tube but on a damaged human scalp…not so much..
To a doctor my scalp & every other males looks perfectly normal.. but once my hair was flowing & growing & now not so much..
I noticed a correlation between minoxidil & Spirolactone & high blood pressure..
It seems it is potassium channels. Mix & spironolactone help open up potassium channels.
Ok what would happen if I put potassium solution in my scalp instead of say magnesium oil.. Btw I researched magnesium & bought lots of products & hair tested myself & have very high magnesium levels, but that’s not the answer. But topical potassium is for the most part blocked by the stratum corneum, the very top of the skin’s epidermis, collection of dead cells, but microneedling penetrates & allows absorption. So perhaps male pattern baldness results from a deregulation & imbalance in the potassium channels feeding the cells & hair follicles..building up over time w other electrolytes forming a barrier under the scalp..Another hypothesis..

Any update on your stack rn?