Anyone Else Shedding Hair 5 Months In? (finasteride)

[Dhldan]

Hi there, I’ve been experiencing rapid hair loss on finasteride lately. (1 mg/day) During months 1& 2 I lost a few hairs so I thought maybe that was the shed, month 3 it stabilized I thought, and then month 4 and 5 now I’ve been losing a crazy amount of hair.

Ever since I’ve started my diffuse thinnings gotten noticeable worse and my hairline + temples have both receded and I can now start to see the horseshoe pattern in my hairline. Can anyone else based on experience tell me if this is normal?

If it isn’t should I hop on minoxidil? I’d prefer not to, but if finasteride isnt doing it’s job I guess I’d have to.

Btw I’ve heard of shed stories and been told to wait 9-12 months, but when I started I was told by months 3-6 I should notice a difference in my hair & it improving + halted hairloss. Months 9-12 for regrowth.

My shed seems really bad too, I’m worried that it could actually be minaturization & tht my hairline will never recover.

 

[fffalling1]

İm in Proscar for only 7.day and my shedding increas,losing big and small hairs at the same time...

 

[bluecyclone]

10 months aggressive shed and change to hair quality.

 

[itsjustsimon]

It's normal, ride it out.

 

[4242]

I started aggressively shedding around 10 months in, to the point I think I lost 50% of what I had gained (which was maybe 30% to begin with). However, in my case, I was on generic finasteride and it happened with a new package so I thought maybe it's fake. Sooo I didn't want to take any risks and just jumped on Dutasteride, 3 days on it and the shedding completely stopped and is still the case after one week.

 

[Dhldan]

Wow maybe I’ll do the same and get on duta if results don’t show soon. These last few days I thought the shedding was over until I got in the shower and counted almost 50 hairs. Bit concerned that my hair loss may be too aggressive for finasteride, I thought I’d atleast stop losing hairs and thinning further 5+ months in.

 

[brownhair]

I started shedding around 2 weeks and it never stopped, and just like bluecyclone, my hair texture changed and i've never got the quality of hair back despite being off finasteride for over 6 months now. I lose hair when I run my hands through it now, which never happened before and I even have a constant burning / tingling sensation down the center of my head which definitely was not present before I took finasteride. I do wonder if when people say your hairloss is too aggressive for finasteride, it's actually just us having a bad reaction to it. Apparently in the official studies it never sped up hair loss, but then they also state that shedding isn't a side affect, but it seems everyone goes through it. Good luck, I hope you have a better experience than myself

 

[Dhldan]

I started shedding around 2 weeks and it never stopped, and just like bluecyclone, my hair texture changed and i've never got the quality of hair back despite being off finasteride for over 6 months now. I lose hair when I run my hands through it now, which never happened before and I even have a constant burning / tingling sensation down the center of my head which definitely was not present before I took finasteride. I do wonder if when people say your hairloss is too aggressive for finasteride, it's actually just us having a bad reaction to it. Apparently in the official studies it never sped up hair loss, but then they also state that shedding isn't a side affect, but it seems everyone goes through it. Good luck, I hope you have a better experience than myself

Thanks, & I don’t think it’s a bad reaction, for myself atleast. I was shedding aggressively before finasteride already & it slowed the shed for a good month until my hair started going downhill again. Who knows though only time will tell

 

[brownhair]

Thanks, & I don’t think it’s a bad reaction, for myself atleast. I was shedding aggressively before finasteride already & it slowed the shed for a good month until my hair started going downhill again. Who knows though only time will tell

If the shedding hasn't increased compared to pre-finasteride and you're not experiencing sides, then I guess all you can do is keep on going then and hope it halts

 

[mannyFJ]

I started shedding around 2 weeks and it never stopped, and just like bluecyclone, my hair texture changed and i've never got the quality of hair back despite being off finasteride for over 6 months now. I lose hair when I run my hands through it now, which never happened before and I even have a constant burning / tingling sensation down the center of my head which definitely was not present before I took finasteride. I do wonder if when people say your hairloss is too aggressive for finasteride, it's actually just us having a bad reaction to it. Apparently in the official studies it never sped up hair loss, but then they also state that shedding isn't a side affect, but it seems everyone goes through it. Good luck, I hope you have a better experience than myself

THIS IS ME

 

[mannyFJ]

I started aggressively shedding around 10 months in, to the point I think I lost 50% of what I had gained (which was maybe 30% to begin with). However, in my case, I was on generic finasteride and it happened with a new package so I thought maybe it's fake. Sooo I didn't want to take any risks and just jumped on Dutasteride, 3 days on it and the shedding completely stopped and is still the case after one week.

WHERE DID U GET YOUR Dutasteride?

 

[kopiko4]

Any updates?