Propecia results fading after 5 yr.. NEED HELP

[CNY]

I am a Norwood 2 with reccesion at temples, my right temple is fine however my left temple is my main issue and has some diffuse thinning which is begginingg to get worse... when i got on the BIG 3: propecia(1mg) , nizoral (3 times /week), rogaine (5% 2 times a day). in 2002 got a bit better and maintained.

Now I feel in the last 8 months or so I have been losing some ground and getting some diffuse thinning which prevents me from putting my hair up as i usually do.

So I feel like I need to bump up my regime, has any one had a similar situation where propecia/finasteride results have began to fade and have had success with either:

1) bumping up the dosage of finasteride

or

2) continue on the finasteride then every 5th or 6th day instead of taking finasteride tak a advodart (.5 mg dutasteride )

please help share your experience.
appreciated

 

[Jake_89]

Increase to 1.5 -2mg propecia which I've read people say it has helped them...

 

[fromchicago]

not sure there is much you can do... shave your head

 

[Jake_89]

not sure there is much you can do... shave your head

Not sure there is much you can do? then you say shave your head? WTF was he trying to do for 5 yrs :stfu:

 

[Anarch]

Eat more fruits and vegetables. Focus on cardiovascular exercise rather than strength training. Meditate and pray to reduce stress. Drink more water. Change the pattern of your drug and topical usage. Go without all products for a while to "reset" your system. Change your attitudes and behaviors. Change your sexual behaviors?

Just throwing some ideas out there. Good luck, bro.

 

[Night]

You can always try dutasteride, even though it sounds like dangrous business. Though there is a thread in the success story with people that had long maintained with it. Including a mod.

Though you should possibly advise a doctor and take test before trying dutasteride. It isn't finasteride, its risky.

 

[fromchicago]

not sure there is much you can do... shave your head

Not sure there is much you can do? then you say shave your head? WTF was he trying to do for 5 yrs :stfu:

well, he's done the BIG 3. what is left? not much. upping the dosage of finasteride won't do anything. have you not seen the charts posted everywhere?

 

[OverMachoGrande]

He could try dutasteride or a stronger minoxidil like a 15%. They are always more options.

 

[fromchicago]

I wish him the best, sincerely.

I think part of this battle is acceptance though, but that is of course my opinion. I personally like the shaved/buzzed look.

dutasteride results aren't very consistent from my perspective.

 

[Petchsky]

Chances are the big3 is still doing a good job, but temple hair is notoriously hard to grow back and maintain, so you may lose some temple hair but i'm sure the rest will still hold well...the worst thing you could do right now is to stop taking finasteride.

 

[OverMachoGrande]

I agree Petch! Never stop the treatments, that would be bad but add dutasteride 1 time a week to the mix might bump up results. I am on that right now and have increased thicking. I do believe acceptance is the final thing we all need to do but for now I fight on!!!

 

[Anarch]

I agree Petch! Never stop the treatments, that would be bad but add dutasteride 1 time a week to the mix might bump up results. I am on that right now and have increased thicking. I do believe acceptance is the final thing we all need to do but for now I fight on!!!

Maybe going 4 days on Finasteride, 1 day dutasteride, and then a rest day. That'll compensate for the added expense.

 

[OverMachoGrande]

Good point, there are alot of ways to adjust it and I like that one as well.


Thanks

 

[cal]

After 4-7 years on finasteride, the loss is liable to at least resume, if not an abruptly start racing fast.


How common does this story need to get before we start taking the issue seriously?


The hair transplant industry should not be allowed to give 20-something kids aggressive hair transplants on the assumption that finasteride will work indefinitely.

It's a useful drug, but it just does not offer long-term help for A LOT of its users.

 

[HT55]

He's a Norwood 2 and never had a transplant, things aren't that bad. temples can be transplanted also. Let's see some pics

 

[fromchicago]

here's my question --- so it worked for 5 years, does the hairloss catch up to exactly where it would have been, or have you delayed things exactly 5 years. IE when you're 60, you'll have the hair you would have had at 55

 

[Slartibartfast]

Option C: Five years of maintenance followed by resumption of hair loss at a considerably slower rate than his non finasteride-taking twin is experiencing.


CNY: My situation differed: I upgraded from finasteride. to Avodart because the former wasn't able to halt my frontal thinning, something a daily dose of the latter achieved for a good 4 years - sadly I'm once again starting to lose ground, I think.

If you do go down the Avodart route, I wouldn't bother with anything less than an EOD dosing. That was how I transitioned onto Avodart - due to cost and newness of the drug back in early '03 - and even at that level the boost over finasteride. was fairly modest; which is why after 16 months, I went up to the daily option.

Slarti