heisenberg
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I'm wondering if anybody has had a similar experience to mine.
- I've been losing my hair since I was 15, although I never really noticed/accepted it could be male pattern baldness until I was 17
-I've been on 1.25mg finasteride and rogaine foam consistently since I was 18 (2010)
-I suddenly noticed good regrowth from the Summer of 2011 up until the the end of the year, when I ran out of minoxidil and had to wait for 2 and a half weeks for a new shipment
-From 2012 my hair got a little thinner, but relatively maintained
-I decided to get on Dutasteride Feb. 2013, I immediately stopped finasteride. Now I've been continually shedding for year. I've read on forums to "ride out the shed", but it's been so long. My hair is worse than when I started Dutasteride, considerably in the left temple where my hair has become noticeably thinner!
Does any one have experience with Dutasteride sheds? Should I switch to finasteride, slowly decreasing my Dutasteride dosage to 1 once a week until I am done my last prescription? Has anyone experienced a big shed from going from dutasteride to finasteride or an improvement for that matter?
Just some other info - I'm currently 22 and a diffuse thinner, with light shining on my head, I can see a Norwood 5/5A pattern forming with an island of hair on the front. I also recently realized I have triangular alopecia as well, I always thought my hair was just like that and now I notice it looking back at old pictures - i.e. I have a small circular patch about size of a loonie on the side of my head beside my temple that's thinner than the surrounding area. According to the internet, the causes are unknown, it's just unfortunate I have it alongside male pattern baldness!
Thanks,
Any advice would be much appreciated!
- I've been losing my hair since I was 15, although I never really noticed/accepted it could be male pattern baldness until I was 17
-I've been on 1.25mg finasteride and rogaine foam consistently since I was 18 (2010)
-I suddenly noticed good regrowth from the Summer of 2011 up until the the end of the year, when I ran out of minoxidil and had to wait for 2 and a half weeks for a new shipment
-From 2012 my hair got a little thinner, but relatively maintained
-I decided to get on Dutasteride Feb. 2013, I immediately stopped finasteride. Now I've been continually shedding for year. I've read on forums to "ride out the shed", but it's been so long. My hair is worse than when I started Dutasteride, considerably in the left temple where my hair has become noticeably thinner!
Does any one have experience with Dutasteride sheds? Should I switch to finasteride, slowly decreasing my Dutasteride dosage to 1 once a week until I am done my last prescription? Has anyone experienced a big shed from going from dutasteride to finasteride or an improvement for that matter?
Just some other info - I'm currently 22 and a diffuse thinner, with light shining on my head, I can see a Norwood 5/5A pattern forming with an island of hair on the front. I also recently realized I have triangular alopecia as well, I always thought my hair was just like that and now I notice it looking back at old pictures - i.e. I have a small circular patch about size of a loonie on the side of my head beside my temple that's thinner than the surrounding area. According to the internet, the causes are unknown, it's just unfortunate I have it alongside male pattern baldness!
Thanks,
Any advice would be much appreciated!
