Is this a cowlick or should I switch to dutasteride?

fineasstoride

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Been on finasteride 1mg for two years now, and recently added 2.5mg oral minoxidill to my regimen so I'm just wondering if it seems like my crown is starting to thin or if I should switch to dutasteride. I started my finasteride treatment two years ago as a result of minor temporal recession, and the oral minoxidill I started taking in June of this year so it's been several months on this.

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Optimistic

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It's not a cowlick, it's just the crown. You appear to have a very luscious, thick and healthy head of hair so it's unlikely there's just thinning on the crown. It could just be the hair cycle that's making it sparser at this time, but it depends on whether you've noticed it is thinner on the crown over a longer period of time. I wouldn't be too concerned otherwise.
 

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It's over for your if you don't mimic my regimen
 

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Looks like how my crown looked a few years ago, it got a bit worse on finasteride. I switched to dutasteride a month ago. If you've noticed a change, you're probably losing ground and should switch. Blaming sheds after you've already been on treatment for a year is just a cope so don't listen to anyone saying that it's a shed.
 

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The majority of people have more hair on their sides and back then they do the crown. That's normal. Our skulls continue to grow for ten to twelve years, at which point it stops growing.
 

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The majority of people have more hair on their sides and back then they do the crown. That's normal. Our skulls continue to grow for ten to twelve years, at which point it stops growing.
How is the estradiol treating you thus far?
 

bsmith

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Why so upset? tell me when you start HRT.

I actually wish I could get some prescription androgen. For a while I took something from Australia, and it was illegally done through a site from New York.

I really feel I can focus better with androgens in my body. Maybe it's just my opinion. The thing is, it can cause prostate cancer, so many doctor's won't prescribe it to me. My family doctor won't, and I've asked urologists before, but I can't anybody to do it.

I'm enjoy sex and controlled substances. That's all I will say.
 

losingbattle88

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I actually wish I could get some prescription androgen. For a while I took something from Australia, and it was illegally done through a site from New York.

I really feel I can focus better with androgens in my body. Maybe it's just my opinion. The thing is, it can cause prostate cancer, so many doctor's won't prescribe it to me. My family doctor won't, and I've asked urologists before, but I can't anybody to do it.

I'm enjoy sex and controlled substances. That's all I will say.
Hmm I just talked to an online doctor on face cam this morning and got a finasteride prescription. I just showed a pic of my hairline and after 5 min she called me up. Gonna go out and pick it up at a pharmacy. Damn so simple. I always bought finasteride accord without a prescription from UK. It was abit more expensive and delivery was a week or longer. So glad that I finally got it prescribed.
 

bsmith

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Hmm I just talked to an online doctor on face cam this morning and got a finasteride prescription. I just showed a pic of my hairline and after 5 min she called me up. Gonna go out and pick it up at a pharmacy. Damn so simple. I always bought finasteride accord without a prescription from UK. It was abit more expensive and delivery was a week or longer. So glad that I finally got it prescribed.

That is good. It will definitely slow down androgen alopecia. It won't completely stop it, but it will slow it down a lot. It also does grow hair on the hairline as well, even though they say it's just the vertex area. Even 2% Minoxidil regrew my hairline when I was in my twenties, but it fell out again because I wasn't using an anti androgen to back it up.
 

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That is good. It will definitely slow down androgen alopecia. It won't completely stop it, but it will slow it down a lot. It also does grow hair on the hairline as well, even though they say it's just the vertex area. Even 2% Minoxidil regrew my hairline when I was in my twenties, but it fell out again because I wasn't using an anti androgen to back it up.
Im on oral min twice a day too. I also use finasteride topically with min for an extra boost.
 
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