6.5 months in, need advice

[balding79]

So before I started propecia, I was losing a lot of hair in the shower - to give you an idea, I've probably lost about 70% of the hair on top of my head in the last 2 years.

Since taking propecia, my hair loss has definitely slowed a little, but I'm at the point now where I haven't seen any more reduction in the amount of shedding in the past few months.

If I haven't seen an imrovement in the amount of shedding in the last few months, is there any hope that it will eventually stop the shedding? I'm fairly certain that the shedding is from male pattern baldness, and not the propecia. I've been contemplating switching to dutasteride lately, and just need some advice.

I think i'm going to go to the doctors as well, just to see if there's anything else that might be affecting my hairloss besides mbp - but I can't see it - since I'm losing most of the hair on top of the head. Also, stress has never really been a factor.

 

[Bossman15]

Yeah there's hope....6.5 months isn't enough for many people to realize the full benefit. For me I'd say it took about 9 months before my hair stopped falling out (besides normal levels).

 

[bababa]

Yeah I'm with the Bossman...

I started about 7 months ago (just over), and I have been having mega sheds on and off every couple of months... but I did see a noticable reduction kick in after 3 months and it has slowly gotten better and better, but alas no noticable regrowth yet.

I just finished a mega shed about 2 weeks ago, and since then its really stopped. Keep going and give it its full year.

 

[ANDREW_J_I]

u lot takin 1mg or 0.5mg?

 

[balding79]

u lot takin 1mg or 0.5mg?

I'm using 1mg.

I guess it's not so much that fact that it's been 6.5 months, it's the fact that I haven't seen any kind of improvement in the shedding in the last 2 that has me worried.

 

[klink]

I was doing Propecia only back in 2002, and I saw some regrowth starting in month 5. I'll be honest, I never had any real crown regrowth until a couple of months ago when I started doing the big3.

 

[bababa]

me = proscar cut in 1/4's...

have you got pics of your hair. Take some now, and then check again in 3 months (around the 9 month mark), and the at the 12 month mark. If there hasn't been any movement then at least the stuff's working. Gettin it to stop is the main game with finasteride, but if you want regrowth you gotta use the big 3 from the sounds of things