I've been on finasteride for 10 months. From month 3-7, I would say there was a slight improvement and I was only shedding 1-4 hours in the shower. From the 8th month to till now, I have started an insane shed of 80-100 hairs a day. I used to be able to do a decent sidepart to cover thinning area on the top, but now my whole scalp has thinned out. I can no longer hide thinning. I hear this is common, and these sheds are only supposed to last around 6 weeks. But I'm still shedding a ton into the 10th month, when this was supposed to have stopped. It's been about 3 months of constant intense shedding. Is real improvement supposed to happen after the 1 year mark?
Has Anyone Had To Wait More Than A Year To See Improvement?
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finasteride inhibits DHT, but increases TST, TST kills hair, androgens kill hair, estrogens grow hair. You need to quit finasteride, this will not help your hair. Take CPA and estradiol
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finasteride increases testosterone by 5-10% i think and dutasteride does by 10-15
but the changes are still within normal physiological range
finasteride has more variability in response. It's peak response is a reduction of 70% DHT. so you may not be getting the full benefit.
dutasteride has way less variability. It will reduce DHT by 90% for most people.
I was on finasteride for 4 years. I switched to dutasteride roughly 5 months ago.
Last summer I began to lose my temporal peaks. Rapidly. Within months I had lost so much hair. Now, nearly a year later, I've lost about 1 cm off my temples on both sides.
But no one in my family manages to keep their temporal peaks - which are apparently under genetic control independent of male pattern baldness.
So far I haven't noticed any positive changes with dutasteride, but I'm sticking with it until I hit 1.5 years to assess things.
but the changes are still within normal physiological range
finasteride has more variability in response. It's peak response is a reduction of 70% DHT. so you may not be getting the full benefit.
dutasteride has way less variability. It will reduce DHT by 90% for most people.
I was on finasteride for 4 years. I switched to dutasteride roughly 5 months ago.
Last summer I began to lose my temporal peaks. Rapidly. Within months I had lost so much hair. Now, nearly a year later, I've lost about 1 cm off my temples on both sides.
But no one in my family manages to keep their temporal peaks - which are apparently under genetic control independent of male pattern baldness.
So far I haven't noticed any positive changes with dutasteride, but I'm sticking with it until I hit 1.5 years to assess things.