6 Months On Finasteride = Hairline Receded Back A Full Norwood

[djhype]

lol f*** these drugs.

 

[djhype]

I meant finasteride can cause Telogen Effluvium. One of the causes of Telogen Effluvium is hormonal changes/imbalance.

Bingo.

It can be chronic too if you keep taking it.

I'd say anyone who sheds more than a couple months on finasteride should get the f*** off. They will just keep on shedding as the the finasteride will continue to perpetuate the Telogen Effluvium.

 

[djhype]

So afraid I might have it. Another 200 hairs plus today. Not even kidding my hairline is getting worse by the day. Pics are a year apart. This last one has been the worst on my hair times 10. Red dots are comparison points. I think tapering off duta and oral min plus adding tropical min has crushed it

Can't say I see much but if the meds aren't helping they are probably hindering and maybe you should get off all of them.

 

[Jpon541]

that's not a normal rate of balding.

Visit a derm and get a biopsy. If you don't know what you have, you won't be able to treat it.

Derm said it's classic male pattern baldness

I'm under a lot of stress. Does stress counteract finasteride? I worry about that

 

[baba_yaga]

Derm said it's classic male pattern baldness

I'm under a lot of stress. Does stress counteract finasteride? I worry about that

Stress-caused hair loss is very rare. Rarer than you being teleported to the moon due to quantum phenomenas. Take your meds and stop worrying because its not beneficial at all.

 

[Jpon541]

Stress-caused hair loss is very rare. Rarer than you being teleported to the moon due to quantum phenomenas. Take your meds and stop worrying because its not beneficial at all.

I don't understand why the thick hairs shed.. I get a mix of different hair that sheds

 

[Jpon541]

I think I'm still minaturizing. Hair on my crown is insanely thin and i barely have any hairline left. Am i really suddenly gonna improve in a few months? I doubt this

 

[baba_yaga]

If there is a clear and bad worsening, you should change/add something.

 

[basketbull]

I think I'm still minaturizing. Hair on my crown is insanely thin and i barely have any hairline left. Am i really suddenly gonna improve in a few months? I doubt this

I don’t understand, why everyone keeps on shoving finasteride and similar drugs down our throat. Even minoxidil for that matter. I remember taking minoxidil like 4 years ago, because i started panicking about my hairline, even though i was like a norwood 1.5, with insanely thick hair. (You do the most darnest things, when you start panicking.) anyway from the moment i started applying minoxidil, it’s like my scalp and the liquid had a massive fight, and my hair started to thin considerably, with an itchy and inflamed scalp. I stopped after like 4 weeks, but as a result, my scalp has become has sensitive ever since, i didn’t have any scalp problems to begin with. Anyway fortunately, i managed to find a shampoo that a derma advised me to get, and lord behold, my hair is back to normal with the original density. The moral of the story is, even though you may have a receding hairline at a young age, doesn’t necessarily mean you’re destined for a norwood 8. Sometimes you should just ride it out, because you might not even get any hair loss, as everyone is different. It just seems like these drugs mess with the equilibrium, as the body, and hormonal system are so f*****g complex.

 

[Jpon541]

I don’t understand, why everyone keeps on shoving finasteride and similar drugs down our throat. Even minoxidil for that matter. I remember taking minoxidil like 4 years ago, because i started panicking about my hairline, even though i was like a norwood 1.5, with insanely thick hair. (You do the most darnest things, when you start panicking.) anyway from the moment i started applying minoxidil, it’s like my scalp and the liquid had a massive fight, and my hair started to thin considerably, with an itchy and inflamed scalp. I stopped after like 4 weeks, but as a result, my scalp has become has sensitive ever since, i didn’t have any scalp problems to begin with. Anyway fortunately, i managed to find a shampoo that a derma advised me to get, and lord behold, my hair is back to normal with the original density. The moral of the story is, even though you may have a receding hairline at a young age, doesn’t necessarily mean you’re destined for a norwood 8. Sometimes you should just ride it out, because you might not even get any hair loss, as everyone is different. It just seems like these drugs mess with the equilibrium, as the body, and hormonal system are so f*****g complex.

Norwood 1.5 is not balding. Anything past NW2 is. But a mature hairline (NW2) does not automatically mean you WILL go bald.

 

[Jpon541]

I'm gonna be bald in a couple months..

Look at this sh*t. Why won't the shedding end..

Literally this happens each week:

I shed hard. Then it slows down to almost nothing.

Then the next week another big shed.

 

[JohnSmith21]

I'm sick of the fact that no one has an answer for me.

dude finasteride doesn’t regrow hair, it just maintains. your hair looks the same in all the pics. it’s a pause button moreso then a regrowth pill. i’m sorry , maybe you hopped on a little late. if it stays the same for a year consider a transplant

 

[JohnSmith21]

I'm gonna be bald in a couple months..

Look at this sh*t. Why won't the shedding end..

Nothing is funny when you're depressed.

You either have Tellogen effluvium or you're sensitive to T.
In case 1: continue finasteride. If its Telogen Effluvium, hair will grow back given enough time. However, some people here, like buckthorn, got Telogen Effluvium from finasteride and the hair never came back.
In case 2: add an AA to finasteride. spironolactone, cpa or bica (bica is recommended). Do research on each drug and chose wisely, if you're going this route.

just wondering . what’s with people saying “sensitive to testosterone”. is that a proven thing ? i’m almost positive all hairloss is due to dht, and if finasteride or duta doesn’t work it means your follicles are super sensitive to it

 

[JohnSmith21]

like do you have pics of before you started finasteride? might not be getting worse could just be staying the same, in which case, finasteride is working

 

[baba_yaga]

just wondering . what’s with people saying “sensitive to testosterone”. is that a proven thing ? i’m almost positive all hairloss is due to dht, and if finasteride or duta doesn’t work it means your follicles are super sensitive to it

If DHT is the only cause of hair loss, duta would stop hair loss in all cases, which is not true.
Hair loss is caused by sensitivity to androgens. T and DHT are both androgens.

 

[JohnSmith21]

If DHT is the only cause of hair loss, duta would stop hair loss in all cases, which is not true.
Hair loss is caused by sensitivity to androgens. T and DHT are both androgens.

but females lose hair too , and they have very little dht and testosterone .

 

[LastHope123]

but females lose hair too , and they have very little dht and testosterone .

Everyone is slowly loosing their hair. Cells in your body can only divide themselves a limited amount of times. You will always find thinner hair in people who are old.

There may be other causes than DHT and testosterone. Other hormones, stress, bad scalp health, diseases/disorders etc.

 

[baba_yaga]

but females lose hair too , and they have very little dht and testosterone .

I believe I've read multiple times that female hair loss cause is unknown, although some AA drugs help slow female hair loss.
You could say you're lucky that you're a male experiencing hair loss. But, we're not.

 

[Jpon541]

dude finasteride doesn’t regrow hair, it just maintains. your hair looks the same in all the pics. it’s a pause button moreso then a regrowth pill. i’m sorry , maybe you hopped on a little late. if it stays the same for a year consider a transplant

I've heard people at my stage of loss can sometimes get regrowth after a year. Idk. Could duta work?

 

[Jpon541]

Everyone is slowly loosing their hair. Cells in your body can only divide themselves a limited amount of times. You will always find thinner hair in people who are old.

There may be other causes than DHT and testosterone. Other hormones, stress, bad scalp health, diseases/disorders etc.

I've had a dry flaky scalp for a long time.. Even using conditioner. Air is dry where i live