Upregulation Or Telogen Effluvium From Stopping And Starting finasteride

[Sweeny1982]

I was on finasteride for about 5 years and seemed to be working. I may have even had a bit of regrowth. After being on finasteride for 5 years I stopped for about 2 months for personal reasons. I then started back up. My life was pretty chaotic and my hair was not my priority. I soon noticed that I had lost a TON of hair! I'm not sure if it happened in the two months off finasteride or right after I started back on it. I naturally have very thin hair and I think I've lost about 1/2 of my hair since stopping and starting back on. About a 3 month period. I'm hoping that stopping then starting back up just shocked my hair and I will eventually regrow those hairs. My worry is that by stopping I experienced some sort of upregulation or catch up loss and those hairs are gone forever. I'm still on finasteride and don't seem to be shedding but my hair looks pretty bad. I know it's a shot in the dark but does anyone have any insight about what may have happened or had anything similar? I lost a ton of hair right on the top of my head. The very front has stayed thick but lots of receding on my temples. Help!!

 

[BaldingHelpMe]

My worry is that by stopping I experienced some sort of upregulation or catch up loss and those hairs are gone forever. I'm still on finasteride and don't seem to be shedding but my hair looks pretty bad. I know it's a shot in the dark but does anyone have any insight about what may have happened or had anything similar? I lost a ton of hair right on the top of my head.

It's Telogen Effluvium. Hair follicles shouldn't be dead with Telogen Effluvium, so hair that lost should come back. I experienced that as well when I switch to dutasteride las year! Did you experience increased libido and getting pimples on your scalp when you started finasteride again?

 

[Sweeny1982]

It's Telogen Effluvium. Hair follicles shouldn't be dead with Telogen Effluvium, so hair that lost should come back. I experienced that as well when I switch to dutasteride las year! Did you experience increased libido and getting pimples on your scalp when you started finasteride again?

Yes to both of those! How long until you noticed new hair growth?

 

[BaldingHelpMe]

Yes to both of those! How long until you noticed new hair growth?

It's either Telogen Effluvium or reflex androgenicity. But keep taking it, it should subside eventually. As for hair growth, it's very hard to say.

 

[abcdefg]

Why would it not just be you losing all the hair you had kept on finasteride? If you stop taking it your going to lose all the hair it helped you keep. Why reach for more far fetched explanations? 2 months is a long time to stop taking it
Whether you get it all back? I doubt anyone knows I mean no one can predict how someone will respond to finasteride or any number of things in the random world of medicine your guess is as good mine.

 

[Sweeny1982]

Why would it not just be you losing all the hair you had kept on finasteride? If you stop taking it your going to lose all the hair it helped you keep. Why reach for more far fetched explanations? 2 months is a long time to stop taking it
Whether you get it all back? I doubt anyone knows I mean no one can predict how someone will respond to finasteride or any number of things in the random world of medicine your guess is as good mine.

Thanks for the reply and good point. I figured that was what had happened but didn't think it could happen that fast. I guess I thought it would be more gradual like normal balding patterns and not just all at once.

 

[BaldingHelpMe]

Thanks for the reply and good point. I figured that was what had happened but didn't think it could happen that fast. I guess I thought it would be more gradual like normal balding patterns and not just all at once.

No, you can't lose that much hair just by stopping finasteride for two months! You mentioned your life was chaotic, usually tragic event could induce Telogen Effluvium, plus stopping and then restarting finasteride. Your hair follicles aren't dead

 

[buckthorn]

No, you can't lose that much hair just by stopping finasteride for two months! You mentioned your life was chaotic, usually tragic event could induce Telogen Effluvium, plus stopping and then restarting finasteride. Your hair follicles aren't dead

source? What makes you think drastically altering your hormones for two months can't result in Telogen Effluvium?

 

[BaldingHelpMe]

source? What makes you think drastically altering your hormones for two months can't result in Telogen Effluvium?

Read again, I did say it was Telogen Effluvium.

 

[Xxx001]

I'm in the same boat I take finasteride for several years, I have already breaks; and when I re take Finasteride I find that after a few days / weeks the shedding back again, especially at the temples, behind the ears and neck. With the white bulb keratinizes visible. When I do the pull test, the hair out easily.

Looks like when I finasteride breaks, the shedding seems diminished a lot.

Very strange.

If anyone has a solution, I already think that can be 1 mg / day was too strong and can be triggered Telogen Effluvium, maybe that 1mg / EOD could reduce the Telogen Effluvium or 1mg / every 72 hours.
Sorry for my bad English, not my native language.