Miniaturisation accelerated since adding dutasteride, no shed

[BlackClouds]

I'm 20M with hairline recession. I had been on topical finasteride and min for a year and had continued to lose groud, albeit at a slower rate. On doctors recommendation I added oral dutasteride 0.5mg daily(did not stop the finasteride and min), and my hairline miniaturisation accelerated. After 3 months I increased dose to 1 mg daily, and still continued to recede. I tried it for 3 months, then went back to previous dose

Since adding dutasteride my scalp and face has become oilier, my erections became stronger, and my body odour increased. My T is 892.

Right now I'm at 7 months on dutasteride, and I am not sure if it would be safe continuing. Cannot afford RU or pyri, no idea what to do now.

December, before dutasteride

July, 7 months on duty

Ik the pictures aren't perfect, but there definitely has been recession.

 

[BlackClouds]

Also I use ketoconazole solution twice a week

 

[Delriver]

Same thing happened to me, and many others. I also had bloodwork done several times prior tu using 5-AR inhibitors, on finasteride, and on dutasteride. Turns out my DHT is higher on dutasteride (compared to finasteride, not baseline), I know ELISA is not the perfect methodology for studying hormones but 8 different blood tests can't be wrong, specially when they all give very similar numbers.

Btw, I also had sides on finasteride and none whatsoever on dutasteride, which further proves the point that it doesn't do as much (maybe my body as a biological limit for dutasteride absorption and won't absorb more of it after a certain amount, even if I take more pills). And I was on both for more than a year, so no, this has nothing to do with shedding, which I didn't even have. Unfortunately none of them stabilizes my hair loss so I'm pretty much f*cked.

 

[losingbattle88]

Wtf..... This happened to me too on dutasteride. Took it for 1.5 years and hair got thin as hell despite losing alot less hair. Fuk I regret ever using it.. there are guys on reddit that have picture proof of this too. Edit. Duta gives same side effects as finasteride. Im trying finasteride now instead because some respond much better to it than dutasteride.