Finasteride Doesnt Seem To Be Doing Anything.

[slimeballbob]

as the title says, finasteride doesnt seem to do squat for me, ive been on it for 8 months and i see no signs of my hair loss getting better, im 21, on the contrary i think it might actually be getting worse since i started, im probably around a nw3 right now, started on finasteride when i was around a nw2, i have been stupid and havent tracked with pictures, but i can just tell its gotten worse, my current regime is finasteride 1mg daily, a shitton of vitamins, biotion, and so on. incorporated derma rolling once a week 05m once a week. is there anything else that i can do?

 

[INT]

Add minoxidil

 

[badhabiz]

check your hormones and precursors, check zinc, copper, iron and vit D levels, do you have a diagnosed aa? are you in particular diet? any steroid? thyroid issues?

 

[slimeballbob]

check your hormones and precursors, check zinc, copper, iron and vit D levels, do you have a diagnosed aa? are you in particular diet? any steroid? thyroid issues?

Thanks for the reply, i just recently had blood work done and it didnt show anything unusual, i dont feel as though i have been properly diagnosed
,my doctor only went over my head looked at my hairline and said it was probably male pattern baldness, not on any partiucular diet, though it might be poor, no steroids, and no recorded thyroid issues, though i have considered that aswell.

 

[badhabiz]

Thanks for the reply, i just recently had blood work done and it didnt show anything unusual, i dont feel as though i have been properly diagnosed
,my doctor only went over my head looked at my hairline and said it was probably male pattern baldness, not on any partiucular diet, though it might be poor, no steroids, and no recorded thyroid issues, though i have considered that aswell.

you should consider to take your analysis to a second opinion, an interested one, in order to exclude any other cause. after that there are other treatments, it is not finished. btw not sure what you mean for nothing unusual, since there should be a visible finasteride work on your estrogens and testosterone (dht is too fluctuant)

 

[slimeballbob]

you should consider to take your analysis to a second opinion, an interested one, in order to exclude any other cause. after that there are other treatments, it is not finished. btw not sure what you mean for nothing unusual, since there should be a visible finasteride work on your estrogens and testosterone (dht is too fluctuant)

Hi sorry should have been more precise, my blood work came up normal, for everything including testosterone and estrogen, should my testosterone be lower? my estrogen higher? for now they are just normal. also im getting a skin doctor to look over my head some time in the future, it might be a long time before he gets time to see me.

 

[badhabiz]

finasteride pushes T, and the exceed amount cant be converted in dht so it will raise estrogen as well (15%) according to your aromatase enzyme.
btw get a second opinion if fina seems ineffective, there are few other options.
you could dermaroll+ minoxidil, and use oral fenugreek, there are other topicals like zinc+b6, but thats up to your md

 

[slimeballbob]

Add minoxidil

i tried minoxidil, but i just realized that getting that stuff in twice a day was not gonna be feasible, it made my scalp itch and burn like crazy. its also very costly where i live.

 

[slimeballbob]

finasteride pushes T, and the exceed amount cant be converted in dht so it will raise estrogen as well (15%) according to your aromatase enzyme.
btw get a second opinion if fina seems ineffective, there are few other options.
you could dermaroll+ minoxidil, and use oral fenugreek, there are other topicals like zinc+b6, but thats up to your md

Hi thanks for all the replies, will look into what you have proposed, what about dutasteride, i heard that should be better than finasteride, but i think the chances of obtaining a prescription for it in my country is zero to none. so arent my options kinda slim. im willing to try anything,