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If you stop finasteride you will lose hair anyway, it's a 1 way fight, nothing to lose
Is Finasteride (Propecia) Thinning My Hair?
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HairDefender
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When i start to take propecia, i lost much hair and hair be thinned than ever in first two weeks.After lose become stable but never stop.
Benjamin36
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Any of you guys experienced any regrowth from the shed yet? My hair is still looking the same (thinner since started finasteride).
yes my hair has definitely stabilized after a recent shed and looking thicker. lot less coming out on my fingers while applying minoxidil and also in shower- feels stronger at the roots in general. but I've been down this road before, i know my hair sheds in cycles with finasteride/minoxidil. Im enjoying the moment!
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Horrible shedding, just horrible, I see long hairs all over, hair feels weak as hell
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It seems I'm heading for a shed at the 6 month mark which is odd, after starting off so ****in' good. Hope it's not a big one, ****, it was only a week ago when my hair was looking out-****in-standing ...... not looking forward to this.
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Benjamin36
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Are you noticing a lot of falling hairs, or is your hair looking thinner? Or both?
Are you noticing a lot of falling hairs, or is your hair looking thinner? Or both?
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The majority of hairs I'm shedding is without the white mark at the end, just long black hairs, does it mean it's from finasteride? Could it be from my rogaine? I recently changed from 2x liquid a day to x2 foam, then to mornin- foam, night-liquid, the thin hair is mostly from my temples, I'm also shed at my crown, a place who was untouchable by male pattern baldness until now
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TBH, I never really noticed hair falling, maybe I'd see one or two every now and again, it's just how it's looking. God, the last time my hair shed, a couple of weeks into starting finasteride, it looked so bad that I was afraid to leave my house ..... hopefully it's not that bad again.
Benjamin36
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I'm at that stage right now. It's been about four months now (since I noticed my hair being thinner), and I have yet to see any improvement. I'm starting to get worried.
I'm at that stage right now. It's been about four months now (since I noticed my hair being thinner), and I have yet to see any improvement. I'm starting to get worried.
WillNotLetItHappen
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I've just come across this and posted it in my own thread:
http://www.jle.com/fr/revues/medecine/ejd/e-docs/00/01/88/FE/article.md
There is a section that explains the shedding well I think:
In that study, initiation of finasteride treatment was shown to increase the number of anagen-phase hairs and to increase the anagen to telogen ratio, consistent with normalization of the growth cycles of previously miniaturized hairs due to the release of hair follicles from the inhibitory effects of DHT [26]. Consistent with these results, finasteride treatment was also shown to increase the growth rate and/or thickness of hairs, based on analysis of serial hair weight measurements [27]. Because these beneficial changes in the hair growth cycle are dependent on when therapy with finasteride is initiated and occur rapidly, the affected hairs are driven to cycle in a synchronous manner. If these hairs have somewhat similar anagen phase durations, they would enter telogen phase as the anagen (and catagen) phase ended, followed by subsequent shedding, in a partially synchronized fashion. This would be expected to produce a gradual decline from peak hair count after a period of time equal to the average anagen phase duration. Eventually, as subsequent growth cycles recurred, these hairs would be expected to become increasingly independent, thereby losing their synchronous character as their growth cycles further normalized over time, leading to a sustained increase in hair count at a plateau above baseline, as suggested by the 5-year data presented here.
Basically finasteride kicked a lot of hairs back into life simultaneously. Their life cycle is in synch. We are seeing the bad part about it: when they go to sleep together. We have to wait until they come back again to see the benefits of the drug. This is my reading at least. 100 hairs a day doesn't apply to us...and it seems the finasteride is working for us!
http://www.jle.com/fr/revues/medecine/ejd/e-docs/00/01/88/FE/article.md
There is a section that explains the shedding well I think:
In that study, initiation of finasteride treatment was shown to increase the number of anagen-phase hairs and to increase the anagen to telogen ratio, consistent with normalization of the growth cycles of previously miniaturized hairs due to the release of hair follicles from the inhibitory effects of DHT [26]. Consistent with these results, finasteride treatment was also shown to increase the growth rate and/or thickness of hairs, based on analysis of serial hair weight measurements [27]. Because these beneficial changes in the hair growth cycle are dependent on when therapy with finasteride is initiated and occur rapidly, the affected hairs are driven to cycle in a synchronous manner. If these hairs have somewhat similar anagen phase durations, they would enter telogen phase as the anagen (and catagen) phase ended, followed by subsequent shedding, in a partially synchronized fashion. This would be expected to produce a gradual decline from peak hair count after a period of time equal to the average anagen phase duration. Eventually, as subsequent growth cycles recurred, these hairs would be expected to become increasingly independent, thereby losing their synchronous character as their growth cycles further normalized over time, leading to a sustained increase in hair count at a plateau above baseline, as suggested by the 5-year data presented here.
Basically finasteride kicked a lot of hairs back into life simultaneously. Their life cycle is in synch. We are seeing the bad part about it: when they go to sleep together. We have to wait until they come back again to see the benefits of the drug. This is my reading at least. 100 hairs a day doesn't apply to us...and it seems the finasteride is working for us!
Benjamin36
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Thanks for the post. I think the scary thing though is the uncertainly we are all facing. This could be a shed, and if it is I can live with it as long as I know it will grow back eventually, but the thought that maybe the finasteride doesn't work for our situation and this isn't a finasteride shed, but further progression of the male pattern baldness is scaring us.
Thanks for the post. I think the scary thing though is the uncertainly we are all facing. This could be a shed, and if it is I can live with it as long as I know it will grow back eventually, but the thought that maybe the finasteride doesn't work for our situation and this isn't a finasteride shed, but further progression of the male pattern baldness is scaring us.
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Benjamin, where did you get that avatar? Seriously, once you look at it, it's hard to take your eyes off it! haha. :hairy:
Benjamin, where did you get that avatar? Seriously, once you look at it, it's hard to take your eyes off it! haha. :hairy:
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I know, cool ain't it? I saw someone with it on another forum and tracked it down. Let me know if you want me to send you the link.
WillNotLetItHappen
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I know, I hear you! I've been trying to find some science to give us comfort. And this is quite good I think. We often come to these forums and look for answers, and then some random guy gives us comfort by telling you how this and that worked for him. But studies involve a lot more people and a lot more objective truth.
In the end it will be different for everyone. But there is hope
Good luck...and it will be a shed. Things will get better, for both of us. If not, we take another route.
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Benjamin, I am the same as you. My hair is bigger in diameter in the crown but It still shedding in all of my head. (
I am 8 months on finasteride. Does it means that the finasteride not work or we are in the shedding phase? Ha ha ha.
I will go along with this thread.nfire:
(I am 8 months on finasteride. Does it means that the finasteride not work or we are in the shedding phase? Ha ha ha.
I will go along with this thread.
nfire:
Benjamin36
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Benjamin, I am the same as you. My hair is bigger in diameter in the crown but It still shedding in all of my head.
I am 8 months on finasteride. Does it means that the finasteride not work or we are in the shedding phase? Ha ha ha.
I will go along with this thread.
Well that's exactly the problem. I have read tons of posts about shedding and some people will experience it within a few weeks of taking finasteride while others are experiencing it a year after starting. There is no way to be able to tell if you are shedding or losing more hair naturally until the shed hair returns or you have been on the drug for a few years with no regrowth.
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I can tell its a she'd cuz the hair is without the white mark at the end
Seeing as it is still some activity on this thread I thought I might as well give another update on my progress. My thinning has definitely stopped (for now at least) and I also think it has thickened a little bit the last week or so.
Is it safe to say I'm feeling a lot more confident about my progress now than at the three week point and the start of this thread. I'm still considering starting rogaine but I think I will monitor my progress for a couple of months and make a new consideration about that then.
Im also using revita shampoo btw.
Is it safe to say I'm feeling a lot more confident about my progress now than at the three week point and the start of this thread. I'm still considering starting rogaine but I think I will monitor my progress for a couple of months and make a new consideration about that then.
Im also using revita shampoo btw.