Baby hairs / peach fuzz on hairline Four months into finasteride Treatment?

[andragonous]

So I've been on 1/3-1/4 of Proscar daily since August 11th 2014 (depending on how accurately I manage to split them haha). My reasons were mostly preventative. All my hairdressers had said no signs of hairloss, no comments from friends (touchwood). However, my brother (two years older) and father all suffered substantial loss and a trichologist confirmed that I'd be next. Said there was thinning present, even though it was invisible to the naked eye. She said that my crown was the main concern though.

However, since I started 5 months ago, I have noticed that there could be more baby hairs across my hairline. I know I always had some baby hairs across the hairline but I tried to brush my fringe back today so the hairline was on display (which I admittedly don't normally do) and it seemed like there were more than usual. It could just be me getting paranoid. My hairline has never been all that straight anyway (it has always met at a point in the middle) but I fear that it could be getting worse.

So my question is, did anyone else experience these baby hairs on the fringe early on in their treatment? If it was to do with Finthen I don't think it would make sense because finasteride blocks the DHT that shrinks hair follicles. So why would finasteride cause smaller looking hairs to grow?

I've heard stories that Propecia can make the hairline worse but have dismissed these as a part of a small minority. I expect it to be less effective for frontal loss anyway but I hope it doesn't damage my hairline.

 

[viet nom nom]

Have that too. It's killing the things that are killing your hair. Give it time, they're probably getting better

 

[SayifDoit]

finasteride can never be a negative effect to people suffering from male pattern baldness.
It can either maintain, restore or slow hair loss. It can not worsen male pattern baldness.

 

[andragonous]

finasteride can never be a negative effect to people suffering from male pattern baldness.
It can either maintain, restore or slow hair loss. It can not worsen male pattern baldness.

Yeah I tend to agree. Although the reasons why it doesn't halt it completely are little understood. Have heard of a a few hairlines supposedly getting worse when on Propecia, but I think any causal relation between the two is questionable.

Have heard of quite a lot of 'worse before better' theories though. Hair shedding, then growing back not so thick, then getting thicker and thicker. Any thoughts on that?