Finasteride 2.5 Months Not Good. Hairline Much Worse
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Tours over boyo. Time to start saving for a hair transplant
Quick update been about 4 and a half months now since starting finasteride.
I added advodart (dutasteride) to my regime about 7 weeks ago, there hasnt been any additional sides. My scalp still gets inflamed from time to time on the crown and my libido is still high.
Also added minoxidl, saw palmeto, omega 3 & general food supplement.
Regarding the state of my hair its continuing to slowly detoriate especially at the front, iam slowly loosing my hair with little signs of regrowth. Ofcourse iam still going to carry on but i have come to terms with it now that these drugs have ruined my hair, anyone going to reply its a shed please dont.
I added advodart (dutasteride) to my regime about 7 weeks ago, there hasnt been any additional sides. My scalp still gets inflamed from time to time on the crown and my libido is still high.
Also added minoxidl, saw palmeto, omega 3 & general food supplement.
Regarding the state of my hair its continuing to slowly detoriate especially at the front, iam slowly loosing my hair with little signs of regrowth. Ofcourse iam still going to carry on but i have come to terms with it now that these drugs have ruined my hair, anyone going to reply its a shed please dont.
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If there’s anything I’ve learnt over the years, from personal experience and observation, its that anyone who is in the very beginning stages of hairloss and in a panic will be convinced that the treatments are causing them to lose hair.
When I first started treating hairloss years ago, I made numerous posts saying that finasteride had ruined my hair. I was convinced of it. I remember seeing my hair at four months in and feeling sick.
My advice to anyone just starting to treat hairloss, especially in the first year, is that you will be all over the place. Hair will be the only thing you think about. You will be worried, depressed and you will be convinced no treatment can save you.
This just isn’t the case in the majority of people taking finasteride. The studies support that.
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When I first started treating hairloss years ago, I made numerous posts saying that finasteride had ruined my hair. I was convinced of it. I remember seeing my hair at four months in and feeling sick.
My advice to anyone just starting to treat hairloss, especially in the first year, is that you will be all over the place. Hair will be the only thing you think about. You will be worried, depressed and you will be convinced no treatment can save you.
This just isn’t the case in the majority of people taking finasteride. The studies support that.
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These are strong hormonal drugs which can cause a big shock to the system once taken for many people. The body will eventually try to adapt to the change but one of the major negative consequences of that sudden hormonal change which some people get and others dont and they dont have this problem, is that in the beggining it affects the hairs on your scalp and once your hair follicles have become 'sensitive' or altered its a cycle or what ever it may do, the hair slowly detoriates.
I cant say what may happen in the future as i dont know however judging it on the basis that thick terminal hairs which fell out around the temples on the first day i took fina and 4.5 months later its now just peach fuzz.
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Are you saying that you lost hair within a single day of taking finasteride? Not saying that didn’t occur, just wanting to clarify.
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Yes definately around the first few days i had lost alot of hair especially at the hairline. Had some strong sides in the beginning, a strong burning sensation and my scalp felt very bumpy with a very high libido.
However i stopped taking it after the 5th day as i thought one of the sides it also gave me was a swollen throat however turns out i had just had tonsillitus at the same time. Once i realised that i got back on it 3 days later.
Perhaps that 3 day break without taking finasteride damaged my hair further as i remember during those 3 days my scalp had a crawling and tingling sensation all over and i have read when you stop the dht levels rises therefore attacking the hair due to unpregulated androgen receptors. However i dont think a 3 day break would be that much of a big deal and the main harm was from the initial hormonal change.
However i stopped taking it after the 5th day as i thought one of the sides it also gave me was a swollen throat however turns out i had just had tonsillitus at the same time. Once i realised that i got back on it 3 days later.
Perhaps that 3 day break without taking finasteride damaged my hair further as i remember during those 3 days my scalp had a crawling and tingling sensation all over and i have read when you stop the dht levels rises therefore attacking the hair due to unpregulated androgen receptors. However i dont think a 3 day break would be that much of a big deal and the main harm was from the initial hormonal change.
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@Harv there's no answer to your persistent questions bro. If you’re so sure finasteride is destroying your hair then quit. It’s as simple as that.
I tried finasteride for a year and continuously shed for the last 7 months so I quit. Should I have continued another year? Who knows.
I’ve seen success stories and I’ve seen nothing but shed posted on here, way past the year mark...
There was a member recently who recovered a temple shed worse than yours - PNL might have been his username. He switched to dutasteride but I personally think he was responding to finasteride anyway. So I know the shed is real.
You decided to take this drug and there’s three potential outcomes:
1 - quit and you might recover some lost hair.
2a - ride out the drug and recover all of your hair, plus more if you’re lucky.
2b - ride it out and continue to thin and never recover. Potential sides for nothing. Depression. The list goes on.
Sorry to sound cold but this is the realistic truth.
Had I known about 2b I’d never had touch the stuff. HOWEVER I’m not anti finasteride and I do believe the shed/recovery is real too.
Good luck with your decision. I’d tell you to try and relax but really that’s not possible.
I tried finasteride for a year and continuously shed for the last 7 months so I quit. Should I have continued another year? Who knows.
I’ve seen success stories and I’ve seen nothing but shed posted on here, way past the year mark...
There was a member recently who recovered a temple shed worse than yours - PNL might have been his username. He switched to dutasteride but I personally think he was responding to finasteride anyway. So I know the shed is real.
You decided to take this drug and there’s three potential outcomes:
1 - quit and you might recover some lost hair.
2a - ride out the drug and recover all of your hair, plus more if you’re lucky.
2b - ride it out and continue to thin and never recover. Potential sides for nothing. Depression. The list goes on.
Sorry to sound cold but this is the realistic truth.
Had I known about 2b I’d never had touch the stuff. HOWEVER I’m not anti finasteride and I do believe the shed/recovery is real too.
Good luck with your decision. I’d tell you to try and relax but really that’s not possible.
If you feel as if you’re not responding to finasteride/dutasteride well, you should look into other options.
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are you so sure that finasteride can accelerate hair loss? you might have been shedding cause you are a non responder
I never shed before using finasteride. Ever.
It definitely did, but like I said, it’s possible I jumped ship too soon. The only way for me to know for sure would be to try again.
I still have full coverage so I’m not sure I’m up for another gamble. I might just accept the density hit and move on. I had sexual sides anyway - 0.25 is disgustingly tempting though.
For whoever’s interested, I’ve been using Viviscal for a few months and it’s possible it’s thickening up existing hairs nicely, or I could simply be slowly recovering from the telogen effluvium.
I quit finasteride at the beginning of January and buzzed my head January 20th. The hairs were like fluff, it was weird. That grew in sh*t. I buzzed again on the third of this month, same grading but this time my hairs were hard and black again. Seems to be growing back nicer this time, not more but healthier and thicker.
So all very confusing. I’m not sure what the f*** happened really.
@Bradbury label sorry mate, I didn’t actually answer your question there.
I truly believe finasteride can cause a shed that some users do not recover from. I guess that is accelerating hair loss, yes.
I also believe that many users experience the shed and recover. It’s a gamble.
I was on finasteride for a year, however I was only shedding for 7 months. Therefore I cannot say whether or not my shedding was good or bad. Sometimes you need to follow you gut. I got to a point where I felt something was wrong. Neck hair, eyebrows and eyelashes all easily pulled out. Massive density gone.
There are responders, non responders and “you dun fucked up”.
finasteride is a gamble even if the odds are on your side. This is not a case of it either works or doesn’t work. That’s bullshit.
I truly believe finasteride can cause a shed that some users do not recover from. I guess that is accelerating hair loss, yes.
I also believe that many users experience the shed and recover. It’s a gamble.
I was on finasteride for a year, however I was only shedding for 7 months. Therefore I cannot say whether or not my shedding was good or bad. Sometimes you need to follow you gut. I got to a point where I felt something was wrong. Neck hair, eyebrows and eyelashes all easily pulled out. Massive density gone.
There are responders, non responders and “you dun fucked up”.
finasteride is a gamble even if the odds are on your side. This is not a case of it either works or doesn’t work. That’s bullshit.
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but so many people say its not possible. like that other guy said you coulf be panicking and assuming things
I agree with that comment, but he is talking about the majority of users. I guess there is a minority group that react badly - it’s been reported too many times on this site.
If you’re not getting sides just wait it out otherwise you’ll never know I guess.
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idk if its true or not man but evaluate carefully whether this happened due to finasteride or not because if it was not because of finasteride you will just be unnecessarily scaring people off it.Again what that guy said is you could be panicking.Plus you have to upload photos to prove that it got worse.Most people who claim it did dont provide proof.
i know you did but many dont. stick with the meds and update again in 3 months to see if it got any worse.Dont expect any regrowth
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But shouldn't you stop shedding in the first few months?
That last sentence confused me - you do realize I quit finasteride in January?
I have 1.5 years worth of pictures saved to my email which I’ll upload at some point if it is necessary. The reason I don’t is because I was a Pratt and clearly started finasteride too soon. I had a full head of thick hair and will be asking for abuse from high norwoods on this site.
The reason for starting finasteride? I thought I noticed thinning when I had a grade 1 buzz so I jumped on finasteride. 3 months later and my hair was as thick as my early 20’s - pure paranoia - did not need finasteride. Not yet anyway.
Shed started at month 5 and it’s clear from the pictures that I had a massive telogen effluvium.
I’m sure finasteride caused it because I did not shed before starting and I do not shed now. Like I said though I guess it’s possible that my massive shed would have grown back thicker had I have stayed on the meds.
Even after a Telogen effluvium I’m sure people on this site will say “no signs of thinning” seen it all before. So I don’t waste my time uploading. Pics are for me.
My dad is diffuse nw6 - nasty stuff. So I had reason to be concerned at 30. I’m 32 now and shedding is almost nothing again. I’ll either join him or I won’t. I’ll consider finasteride for the future if things start to look worse. I don’t hate the stuff and I’m not bashing it.
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