Stopping Finesteride - return to "as was"times?

[do it2]

Hi all

I've read a few times that after ceasing taking Finesteride, a person's hairloss will revert to the position they would have been in had tehy never taken it. I am stuggling a little with what this actually means.

1. Does it mean that say my hairloss is only half as severe as it would have been had I not been taken Finesteride and I've been on the drug for 10 years, that within a matter of months it will look like it would had I never taken the drug; or
2. does it mean that the conditions under which I am losing my hair will return to "normal" because the finasteride is no loner in your system within a few months?

I've always read these comments to mean point 1. but am struggling to understand how say 10 years can be undone in a matter of months.

Can anyone clarify which is correct and if it's 1. how does this happen?!?!?

 

[TheGrayMan2001]

The way I see it is your hair follicles become weaker and more sensitive to DHT over time.

If you are a NW1 but can tell you're going to keep recessing, you start taking finasteride. Let's say finasteride stops your recession and you stay an NW1. Well, your genetics may WANT you to be a NW3, but you aren't because you don't have enough DHT to make your hair continue falling out.

If you stop taking finasteride, the "NW3" pattern will start to emerge over time because those follicles are very sensitive to DHT.

This is assuming you're simply following Norwood patterns and that finasteride works flawlessly.

 

[do it2]

Thanks for the reply. That's what i understood. Your hair is still sensitive but it will take time (and not just a few months say) to get to the NW3 (to use your example).

The way I see it is your hair follicles become weaker and more sensitive to DHT over time.

If you are a NW1 but can tell you're going to keep recessing, you start taking finasteride. Let's say finasteride stops your recession and you stay an NW1. Well, your genetics may WANT you to be a NW3, but you aren't because you don't have enough DHT to make your hair continue falling out.

If you stop taking finasteride, the "NW3" pattern will start to emerge over time because those follicles are very sensitive to DHT.

This is assuming you're simply following Norwood patterns and that finasteride works flawlessly.