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Hello,
Long story short, 37, Norwood 2.5-3 with diffuse thinning.
Started on Finasteride a little over 6 months ago. Started at .5MG EOD for a while, then .5MG every day, then upped the dose to the full 1MG a day for the last 4 1/2 months.
It's working, and it's very noticeable already. My diffuse thinning all over the top of my head is filling in to the point where it's barely noticeable.
My crown has thickened up considerably, to the point where I have no doubt it will recover 100%, or at least appear to.
Finally, I have noticed my hairline is starting to thicken up, and have hundreds of vellus, translucent hairs either getting longer, or new short ones popping up in front of the longer ones. But it's still thin, and can see scalp in light/sunlight etc.
Overall I am very happy to be able to see the progress.......but I'm wondering if I should throw something else at it to supercharge the results a little?
Liquid minoxidil is a last resort for me, I would take oral minoxidil before having to put that sh*t on daily.
I have .5MG dutasteride capsules on the shelf ready.
My question is, should I wait until Finasteride results plateau, or should I think about possibly adding .5mg of dutasteride once every other week to try and maximize and possibly supercharge the regrowth I'm getting now?
Some more info:
Using Keto shampoo 2% a few times a week, and scalp massages here and there. I believe they are both helping somewhat. Could be coincidence, but it seems like if I really focus the vigorous scalp massages on thin areas for a while, within a couple weeks/month they begin to thicken up. Could be the finasteride, and the scalp massage is doing nothing.......but I can literally feel the tightness/thickness of my scalp almost break up when I hit an area hard for a while, and when it thickens up hair-wise, the scalp seems to feel more healthy/supple, not as tight and "cracky" as it had beforehand.
I have went through a TON of sheds over the 6 months, but each one seems to have resulted in the shed hairs growing back thicker, and vellus hairs popping up around the thick hairs. Finasteride literally seems to be reversing the hair loss, exactly in reverse of how it thinned to start with. The most recent losses came back first, then earlier losses came back, now.it seems even earlier losses are working their way back but slowly.
Just trying to get a consensus. Ride out finasteride/keto/scalp massages as long as possible, or toss something else in the mix now for hopefully better results long term?
Thanks in advance for any guidance!
Long story short, 37, Norwood 2.5-3 with diffuse thinning.
Started on Finasteride a little over 6 months ago. Started at .5MG EOD for a while, then .5MG every day, then upped the dose to the full 1MG a day for the last 4 1/2 months.
It's working, and it's very noticeable already. My diffuse thinning all over the top of my head is filling in to the point where it's barely noticeable.
My crown has thickened up considerably, to the point where I have no doubt it will recover 100%, or at least appear to.
Finally, I have noticed my hairline is starting to thicken up, and have hundreds of vellus, translucent hairs either getting longer, or new short ones popping up in front of the longer ones. But it's still thin, and can see scalp in light/sunlight etc.
Overall I am very happy to be able to see the progress.......but I'm wondering if I should throw something else at it to supercharge the results a little?
Liquid minoxidil is a last resort for me, I would take oral minoxidil before having to put that sh*t on daily.
I have .5MG dutasteride capsules on the shelf ready.
My question is, should I wait until Finasteride results plateau, or should I think about possibly adding .5mg of dutasteride once every other week to try and maximize and possibly supercharge the regrowth I'm getting now?
Some more info:
Using Keto shampoo 2% a few times a week, and scalp massages here and there. I believe they are both helping somewhat. Could be coincidence, but it seems like if I really focus the vigorous scalp massages on thin areas for a while, within a couple weeks/month they begin to thicken up. Could be the finasteride, and the scalp massage is doing nothing.......but I can literally feel the tightness/thickness of my scalp almost break up when I hit an area hard for a while, and when it thickens up hair-wise, the scalp seems to feel more healthy/supple, not as tight and "cracky" as it had beforehand.
I have went through a TON of sheds over the 6 months, but each one seems to have resulted in the shed hairs growing back thicker, and vellus hairs popping up around the thick hairs. Finasteride literally seems to be reversing the hair loss, exactly in reverse of how it thinned to start with. The most recent losses came back first, then earlier losses came back, now.it seems even earlier losses are working their way back but slowly.
Just trying to get a consensus. Ride out finasteride/keto/scalp massages as long as possible, or toss something else in the mix now for hopefully better results long term?
Thanks in advance for any guidance!
